Tectonic Tennis Balls: The STRATegy COLUMN for Precollege Science Teachers.

Metzger, Ellen Pletcher

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ERIC Number: EJ546540

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Tectonic Tennis Balls: The STRATegy COLUMN for Precollege Science Teachers.

Metzger, Ellen Pletcher

Journal of Geological Education, v42 n5 p481-86 Nov 1994

Contains instructions and two patterns for making a terrestrial globe and a tectonic globe. The pattern is designed to be glued onto a tennis ball. By constructing the globes, students obtain a greater understanding of the locations of the edges of continents and the earth's plates. (AIM)

Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Geology, Instructional Materials, Plate Tectonics, Science Activities, Science Instruction, Teaching Models, Three Dimensional Aids

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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