Sciences: Year 6: Tectonic activity (Earthquakes)

Read/listen to this simple and short article about the continents of the world.
HINT- you can change the article’s reading level (1 or 2) to suit your understanding.

Read/listen to this article to learn about how and why earthquakes occur in nature.
HINT- you can change the article’s reading level (1 or 2) to suit your understanding.

Read/listen to this article for a simple explanation of what it means by the term ‘tectonic’. Learn also about how plate movement and continental drift are connected to this phenomena.
HINT- you can change the article’s reading level (1 or 2) to suit your understanding.

Read/listen to this short article about ‘earthquakes’ and learn about how and why they occur.

Read/listen to this short article about how the Earth’s surface was formed including information about volcanoes, mountains and continents of the world.

A very detailed and informative article about ‘earthquakes’. There are many sections to further explore and look out for the great diagrams. Remember to activate the ‘read to me’ function to listen to the information.

Read a more detailed article about the theory of plate tectonics The article is broken up into five sections: Introduction, Structure of tectonic Plates, Plate Interactions, Plate Movement and History of Tectonic Theory. Remember to use the ‘listen/read to me’ as there is a lot more text to work your way through.

What is continental drift? Anyone who’s ever experienced an earthquake or seen a volcano knows that the phrase “solid ground” doesn’t always apply. Over Earth's long history, the great landmasses have continually rearranged themselves, separating from one ancient land mass known as Pangea. Find out how the world came to look the way it does.

Visit this link to the National Geographic Kids site for information about the ‘earthquakes’

Visit this website for detailed information about the science of earthquakes. Lots of links to explore which include, basic facts, simple animations, pictures and a link to another non-fiction book about ‘The Story of Plate Tectonics’.

Visit this link to the National Geographic site for a detailed information report about the ‘plate tectonics’.

Click on this link to open up an informative diagram explaining how tectonic forces work and their connection to the continental drift.