8th Grade: Pangea

Students will try to reconstruct the original organization of tables in their classroom based on clues, and then relate this activity to Pangea.

By Amplify Classroom

Grades: 8th Grade

Subject: Science

Learning goals: Today’s Goals • Determine past arrangements of land based on clues left in the fossil records of that land. • Observe how Earth’s plates have moved, colliding or spreading apart, over long periods of time. • Language Goal: Students will speak and listen to each other as they try to create a solution based on clues. (Speaking and Listening) Duration • This Bite Sized Science Moment takes about 15–20 minutes and can be used in or outside of a Science block. It is designed to be flexibly implemented in your day! Standards • Next Generation Science Standards: MS-ESS2-3, ESS2.B, SEP-4, CCC-1 • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills: RTC-8.5A See At a Glance for Materials, Prep Checklist, and Lesson Preview.