Use these videos and resources to learn how stress on the Earth's crust causes changes in the Earth's surface.

 

Video 1: Plate Tectonics: An Introduction from PBS Learning Media (http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.plateintro/plate-tectonics-an-introduction/)

 

Video 2:  Plate Tectonics: The Changing Shape of the Earth from National Geographic (http://education.nationalgeographic.com/media/plate-tectonics/)

 

Use World Book Online:Student to learn about a high-magnitude Earthquake (http://www.worldbookonline.com)

 

 

 

For additional information:

 

PBS: Try It! (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/intro.html)

 

Plate Tectonics (http://geology.com/plate-tectonics/ )

 

NSTA (http://geology.com/nsta/ )

 

Intro to Plate Tectonics (http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ess05.sci.ess.earthsys.plateintro/plate-tectonics-an-introduction/ )