Tectonic plates

This afternoon, we explored the movements of tectonic plates and the boundaries created. We looked at Divergent and Convergent boundaries.  

To help children u sweat and this concept, we re created the idea of tectonic plate movement. 

First we placed a piece of polystyrene (representing the supercontinent Pangaea) in a bowl of water containing red paint (representing the magma). We then broke the polystyrene into pieces to represent the continents separating. We then looked at what happened with each plate boundary. First we moved thes pieces of polystyrene away from eachother. This allowed the magma to appear between the pieces ( representing the divergent boundaries). Next we pushed one plate u see the other to represent convergent boundaries where volcanoes are formed. And finally we bumped the pieces together to represent how earthquakes occur.