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Understanding Plate Tectonics

Explore the dynamics of plate tectonics and how they shape Earth's features through various boundary interactions.

Next Generation Science Standards · High School
HS-ESS2-1Develop a model to illustrate how Earth’s internal and surface processes operate at different spatial and temporal scales to form continental and ocean-floor features.
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Understanding Plate Tectonics

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Mike Sammartano

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