Teaching Plan: Layers of Earth SC.7.E.6.1 - Free Educational Games - Legends of Learning

Assignment: Layers of Earth SC.7.E.6.1 Assignment

Created by Tricia P on 10/13/2022

6 activities: 6 games

63 min

Activity 1: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 6 min

Seafloor Secrets

In this game, you will learn about the structures and functions of oceanic landforms. You will explore the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and its forms. Learn how the mantle makes a new crust and pushes out of the center of the mid-ocean ridge and match sea-floor land forms to their functions. Click on the correct answer to move forward in the game. Have fun recreating the ocean.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (90) 3.8 stars.

Student Ratings (21053) 3.1 stars.

Activity 2: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Seafloor Explorer 9

In this game you are a deep sea explorer. You have sonar and a drill so you can take samples of rock. You will be able to obtain sonar images within each rock. With each sample and each sonar reading you interact with your team at headquarters. With the help of your team, you'll understand what you are seeing and learn about deep sea rock, plate tectonics, sedimentation, and trenches.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (37) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (21783) 3.5 stars.

Activity 3: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Tectonic Designers

Become a tectonic designer and help a friendly alien in a set of challenges to recreate the earth. The story guides the player through interactive tasks located in the 3D world. This game teaches plate tectonics and large-scale system interactions concepts.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (79) 4.0 stars.

Student Ratings (40978) 3.4 stars.

Activity 4: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 11 min

Seafloor Explorer 9

In this game you are a deep sea explorer. You have sonar and a drill so you can take samples of rock. You will be able to obtain sonar images within each rock. With each sample and each sonar reading you interact with your team at headquarters. With the help of your team, you'll understand what you are seeing and learn about deep sea rock, plate tectonics, sedimentation, and trenches.

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (37) 4.3 stars.

Student Ratings (21783) 3.5 stars.

Activity 5: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 15 min

Escape

Your city has been destroyed by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods all caused by plate tectonics. You must escape the disaster!

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (59) 4.4 stars.

Student Ratings (34092) 3.9 stars.

Activity 6: Instructional Game. Estimated duration: 10 min

Walter's Travels - Tectonic Plates (Mid)

Join Walter on an exploration of Earth's interior and discover information about tectonic plates. The tectonic plates are like puzzles just waiting to get put together. In this game, you'll get to play some puzzles and learn about the tectonic plates. You'll move and shake through the lessons before you unlock arcade mode where you can earn a high score! Are you ready for this ground shaking adventure?

Ratings

Teacher Ratings (305) 4.2 stars.

Student Ratings (105596) 3.4 stars.

Description

Standards

NGSSS

Topics

SC.7.E.6.7 Results of Heat Flow and Movement of Materials within Earth
SC.7.E.6.1 Layers of Earth

Vocabulary

static, sea floor spreading, mid-ocean ridge, oceanic crust, abyssal plains, rift valley, trench, seamounts, continental slope, volcanic island, mantle, seafloor composition, sediments, mid-ocean ridge, tectonic plates, deep sea trench, crust, basaltic rock, subduction point, sonar, abyssal plains, magma, tectonic plates, volcanoes, mountain ranges, continents, plate boundaries, convergent boundaries, divergent, mid-ocean ridge, trench, transform boundary, earthquake, inner core, outer core, lower mantle, upper mantle, crust, lithosphere, asthenosphere, continental drift theory, seafloor composition, sediments, mid-ocean ridge, tectonic plates, deep sea trench, crust, basaltic rock, subduction point, sonar, abyssal plains, magma, plate tectonics, geological science, transform plate boundaries, convergent plate boundaries, divergent plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridge, ocean trenches, fold mountains, fault, inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, lithosphere, Pangaea (Pangea), continents, subduction, continental drift, earthquakes, seafloor spreading, folding, faulting, breaking, tectonic plates, lithosphere, continents, ocean basins, crust, mantle, outer core, inner core, tectonic boundary, divergent boundary, convergent boundary, transform faults, continental drift, seismic activity