Continental Drift Comic & Lesson Plan

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Kick off your plate tectonics unit with continental drift doodle notes they will love! This print-and-go science comic illustrates Alfred Wegener and his development of the theory of continental drift. The comic style will captivate all of your learners and deliver the concept of continental drift in a fully illustrated comic-style manner.

Ideal for struggling readers, English language learners (ESL, ELL), graphic novel lovers, and everyone in between Comics have the power to get kids reading science!

This product is crafted to align with NGSS MS-ESS2-2 (Grade 6 or Grade 8)

This Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift product includes

Content Comic

Color and black and white version
Project it on the front board while teaching
Enlarge to create a vivid Earth science anchor chart
Black-line version makes a great science coloring page
Add to science interactive notebooks

Guided Notes

Many words have been removed allowing students to fill it in as they learn
Use as guided reading or homework
Two formats provided- standard answer boxes, large answer boxes
Also great for interactive science notebooks
Builds foundational understanding of plate tectonics

Doodle Notes Worksheet

Allows students the opportunity to get a little more creative
Another great addition to science interactive notebooks

Easel Activity

Allows you to upload guided notes directly to your virtual classroom
Great for supplemental support or homework

Answer Keys

For both guided notes and doodle notes

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Buy the Complete Lesson Plan for only a few bucks more! The Continental Drift Lesson Plan includes…

Everything listed in this download
An intro activity in comics form
Hands-on group project
One-pager comic project
Differentiated rubrics
Google slideshow
More Easel activities

Select ‘complete lesson plan’ in the drop down menu.

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What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN!

This is the most crucial benefit.
Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.

About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
Visual information is processed faster.
Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement!

These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
Instructions are in a visual format
Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

- Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
- Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
- They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
- Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
- Comics help English Language Learners and SPED students find success.