Your Own Plate Tectonics Map 6 th Grade Science

Step 1 Each person will receive a copy of the “Moving and Shaking” Tectonic Plate Map

Step 2 With a ‘shoulder partner’, identify the following plates. Write the names of the plates on your map. Use the textbook (p. 202). Eurasian Plate African Plate North American Plate Antarctic Plate Nazca Plate Pacific Plate South American Plate Indo-Australian Plate

Step 3 Notice on the map … There are lines of latitude and longitude marked. These will help you locate features on the surface of the Earth.

Step 4 Using a GREEN marker or colored pencil, draw a dot where 35N and 70E intersect. Draw another dot where 30N and 90E intersect. Connect the dots with a line and write “HIMALAYAN MTNS” as close to the line as possible. Draw two arrows pointing towards each other. Arrows should be on either side of your line.

Step 4 (cont.)

Step 5 Using a BLUE or PURPLE marker or colored pencil, draw a small square at the following coordinates: 60N and 30W 40N and 30W 15N and 45W 5S and 20W Draw a line to connect the squares. Label this the “MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE”. Draw ‘Y’s on either side of the line, showing the young crust. Draw ‘O’s to represent older crust.

O Y Y O Y Y O O Y Y O

Step 6 Using a RED marker or colored pencil, draw a triangle at the following coordinates: 55N and 160W 50N and 180W Connect with a line and label this the “ALEUTIAN ISLANDS” Draw small triangles along the west coast of South America, starting at 0 degrees latitude and ending at 50S. Connect the lines and label this the “ANDES MTNS”

Step 7 Using a ORANGE marker or colored pencil, write the letter “F”, for fault, at the following coordinates: 30N and 120W 40N and 123W Connect the “F”s and label it “SAN ANDREAS FAULT”.

Step 8 Using a different marker or colored pencil, draw in the “Ring of Fire”. (see below)