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Plate Tectonic Puzzle

Teaching the plate tectonics with a puzzle to 3-12 graders
Ross Stein and Chuck Wicks have designed a puzzle to help teachers and students visualize where and how fast the tectonic plates are moving. How to teach with the puzzle for grade 3-12 (40kb - PDF). Download the letter-size puzzle here (PDF - 0.3 Mb) Download the poster (A0) size puzzle here (JPG - 5.9 Mb) Pictures from the class 1 2 3 Remark: To download the files 'Save link as' in your browser window (right-click in Windows, CTRL-click on Mac). You will save time.

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