Geology: Plate Tectonics Animations
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

University of California Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

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Plate tectonic animations for a broad range of time periods are provided on this site. These animations depict continental configurations through time and supply several links to additional information about each time period. Links to detailed discussions about plate tectonics are provided.

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This resource is referenced here:

• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach: Solid Earth
• Integrating Research and Education:Cretaceous: Paleogeography
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach: EEC 340: Research-Science Elementary Teaching
• Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience:Using an Earth System Approach:Earth System Science in a Nutshell: Land
• Cutting Edge:Enhance Your Teaching:Web-Based Resources:Workshop 03: Example Web Sites

Subject: Geoscience:Geology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8)
Focus on the Cretaceous: Paleogeography, TectonicsKeywords: Pangaea, Continental drift, Orogenesis, Convection, Sea floor spreading, Geomagnetic anomalies