1. ERESE Enduring Resources in Earth Science Education The Mystery of the Pangea Puzzle Inquiry- based lesson Nancy Dow Mosley High School

2. Mrs. Dow’s Marine Science Honors class engaged in an inquiry lesson called “The Mystery of the Pangea Puzzle”

3. Observing and questioning the provocative phenomenon of several models of Pangea

4. Looking at the age of the seafloor and magnetic anomalies during an animated Pangea model.

5. Field work: Hands-on model of Pangea showing fossils and mountain formations

6. Hands-on model of Pangea showing fossils and mountain formations

7. Another hands-on model that shows fossils, mountain ranges, rocks and mineral deposits

8. Close-up of Pangea Puzzle

9. Debriefing: Honoring Student Observations

10. “Observations from each model”

11. Students’ Questions from observing the different models of Pangea

12. “I wonders…”

13. The Mystery of the Pangea Puzzle: Intent and Researchable Question

14. Choosing their topic of investigation

15. Pieces of evidence

16. Each student signed up for the topic that they wanted to investigate.

17. Working in groups planning their hypothesis and experimental design

18. Discussing their hypothesis and what type of data they will need to support their hypothesis

19. Using ERESE database and search engines to search for data to support their hypothesis

20. Groups working data analysis

21. Groups presenting their PowerPoint presentations to the class