American Museum of Natural History Plate Tectonics lets you explore volcano, mountain, hotspots, and earthquakes and see how the plates are moving and learn about it. This activity works on the iPad, but the scrolling on the story is "very" slow.
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The Geographer Online Plate Tectonics - This site contains lots of great videos and interactives. This activity works on the iPad using the Puffin browser, but the interactives must be played in "full screen" and some of the controls must be pushed repeatedly to take effect.
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How are materials from the earth broken down? This activity works on the iPad but can be laggy at times using the Puffin browser.
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Learn to read a topographical map.
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National Geographic Mapping Land forms. This works with either the Puffin or Safari browsers.
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This links directly to "Earth Facts" on the DK Findout Site. For this unit you can look at "earthquakes", "tectonic plates", and "volcanos". It works well on iPads using the Safari web browser. Kids can explore this site on their own.
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