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Plate tectonics globe tennis ball activity

TLF ID A003998

This activity is designed to help students visualise plate boundaries on a spherical Earth, rather than on a flat map. The downloadable PDF includes a model to cut out that shows major plate boundaries, boundary types and highlights our own Indo-Australian plate. The activity includes assembly instructions and pieces to cut out and construct (tennis ball required).





Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

8

Learning area
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Publisher
  • Name: Geoscience Australia
  • Organization: Geoscience Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Downloadable
Rights
  • Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence © Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2020