Plate Tectonics

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Plate Tectonics Resources

• Judi Kusnick
• Geology Dept.
• kusnickje_at_csus.edu
• http//www.csus.edu/indiv/k/kusnickj/index.html

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• How this happened

• We hadnt done a SIRC workshop on plate tectonics
  in a while.
• Weve never done a SIRC workshop on resources (I
  think)
• So I said, SURE, I can do that.

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• So regard this as fair warning

• You are the guinea pigs.
• I just made this up this week.
• Its what I would do with MY students.

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• This is what I promise you get from this
  presentation

• Some understanding for you of how resources
  (petroleum and minerals) are related to plate
  boundaries.
• A chance to try out a jigsaw strategy.
• You also get to help me figure out how to make
  something like this work with high school kids.

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• First lets all remember what we already know
  about plate tectonics

• On your whiteboard
• Divide it into quarters
• In each quarter you will illustrate one of these
  plate boundaries in words and pictures
• Diverging, transform, converging-subduction,
  converging-suture (continent-continent)

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• Now on to the new activity

• You are a member of a resource exploration team
  for a new geoscience company.
• Name it.
• Now you need to develop experts in minerals and
  in petroleum. So decide who will be the mineral
  people, and who will be the petroleum people.
• Rearrange yourself. Find a table with the
  appropriate sign and join an expert group

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• In your expert group

• Read the handout called Reading Assignment
• Use the collaborative reading protocol to read
  your handouts.
• Find the answers to the questions in the reading.
• You will be going back to help your teammates
  understand this material, so be sure you
  understand it.

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• Now back to your team

• I am bringing you your challenge.
• Your job is to choose a region of the world (out
  of a set of three) that you think is the most
  likely place to find petroleum and minerals.
• NOT based on your prior knowledge.
• Use the chart to organize your thinking.
• Use your whiteboard to prepare a presentation for
  your investors.