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Faulty Movement

Students are introduced to faults in the context of plate tectonics. They learn about different kinds of faults and their relationship to earthquakes. Student pairs create cardboard models of the three types of faults—transcurrent, normal, and reverse—as they learn how earthquakes form and impact the structure of the Earth’s crust.

    Standard:
  • MS-ESS2-2
  • MS-ESS3-2

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