Continental Drift Lesson Plan

➡️ Are you looking for a LOW-PREP and UNIQUE way to engage your students in learning about plate tectonics and continental drift?

➡️ Searching for HANDS-ON, but INEXPENSIVE “large-scale systems” project?

➡️ Looking to add something fun to your student’s interactive notebooks?

➡️ Do you have reluctant readers missing valuable content?

This JAM-PACKED and COMPLETE lesson pack is the perfect solution!

⭐️ Google Slideshow ⭐️ Content Comics ⭐️ Guided Notes ⭐️ Doodle Notes ⭐️

⭐️ LOW PREP, Hands-on Continental Drift Project ⭐️ BONUS Content ⭐️

⭐️ Lesson Plan Template ⭐️ Final Create a Comic Project ⭐️

⭐️ Easel Activity ⭐️ Differentiated Rubrics ⭐️

BONUS CONTENT: 

• Check out the video provided in the preview from my YouTube Channel!
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Topics Covered in the PDF and BONUS Video:

• Fossil types on different continents
• Shapes of continents (as evidence for drift)
• Ocean ridges (in BONUS video)
• Theory of Continental Drift
• Alfred Wegener
• Different Earth periods (i.e. Jurassic, Ordovician, etc)
• Plate tectonics (in BONUS video)

Everything is presented in a highly-visual, comics-style format.

This PDF can be printed as a regular comic or a large poster! Glue any aspect of this download as a unique interactive notebook addition.

This PACKAGE download includes:

1. Lesson Plan Template- A clear plan as to how you can carry this download over the course of an entire week!
2. Link to Google Slideshow– The link is on the first page of the PDF. A full slideshow of all of the content and the activity.
3. Interactive Table of Contents
4. Fully Colored Version– Perfect for projecting on front board or printing as a poster.
5. Black and White Version– Easily printable, fun to color. Glue directly into the interactive notebook to use as a reference.
6. Fill-in-the-Blank Doodle Notes– Use as guided reading or guided note-taking tool
7. Doodle Notes– Many words remain, but images are missing. Students draw them in.
8. Create Your Own– A completely blank comic template. Students can draw in vertical lines where they see fit. Assess their understanding in a unique way.
9. Drifting Continents Large-Scale Project- Students are challenged to create a large-scale model of a specific period in Earth’s history
10. Drifting Continent Project Rubrics- Assess the projects using either the rubric I created or create your own with the template included.
11. Rubrics for “Create Your Own” Comic- Two rubrics to serve as instructions for students and a grading tool for you. Rubrics are differentiated to accommodate diverse learning levels.
12. Answer Key for Guided Notes and Doodle Notes
13. Original, VINTAGE Lesson Plan– See how much the Cool School Comics have evolved over the years.

Comics have the ability to captivate all levels of learners! From the proficient reader to the struggling reader, comics make learning fun and accessible. Capture your students’ attention and the power of visual learning.

Check out our blog to learn more about how this package was developed and how to streamline it into your classroom. Click Here!

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NGSS Standards

MS-ESS2 Earth’s Systems

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