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Blog con un montón de recursos STEM.

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Extinción masiva del Cretácico-Paleógeno.
Vídeo sobre la extinción con la lluvia de meteoritos y extinción de los dinosaurios.
https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/day-mesozoic-died

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tema 5 extincion masiva de los dinosaurios

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Muy interesante para trabajar y descubrir fósiles de todo tipo.
https://sites.google.com/site/proyectandobiogeo/chasing-after-caminalcules

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Vídeo super interesante sobre la formación de fósiles y lugares de interés en España para ver fósiles y yacimientos marinos y continentales.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmHgKz1dBMQ

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Es una plataforma muy interesante para entender los tiempos geológicos.
http://www.athro.com/geo/hgfr1.html

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Trabajar tectónica de placas con simulaciones

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Para trabajar placas tectónicas y glaciares

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Smithsonian Institution | Global Volcanism Program

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Database updated (5.2.0). Completed review of 2023 eruptions. Current eruptions updated through 6 June 2024. General updates to volcano data.

Database updated (5.1.7). Current eruptions updated through 19 April 2024. General updates to volcano data.

Database updated (5.1.6). Current eruptions updated through 2 March 2024. General updates to volcano data.

Database updated (5.1.5). Current eruptions updated through 15 December 2023. General updates to volcano data.

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The Global Volcanism Program (GVP) seeks better understanding of all volcanoes through documenting their eruptions--small as well as large--during the past 12,000 years. The range of volcanic behavior is great enough, and volcano lifetimes are long enough, that we must integrate observations of contemporary activity with historical and geological records of the recent past in order to prepare wisely for the future.

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Para hacer reconstrucciones con los alumnos

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Para hacer reconstrucciones con los alumnos

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Visible Geology is an interactive online educational tool for visualizing 3D geologic block models. You can create your own topography and show the outcrop pattern of geologic beds, folds, dykes, or faults in seconds!

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Para trabajar con las capas y las edades
https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/examples/49004.html

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This page is authored by Laurel Goodell, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University.

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This page first made public: Sep 3, 2010

This material was originally created for On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty
and is replicated here as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service.

Summary

Students are introduced to Google Earth, and then start by exploring the major physiographic features of the continents and seafloor. They then use a kmz file, compiled by the author, which includes layers showing seafloor age, locations and depths of 20 years worth of large earthquakes, USGS dynamically updated near-real time earthquakes, volcano locations, "hot-spot" tracks with age dates, and the Bird (2003) plate boundary model. A guided exploration of these data serves as an introduction to plate tectonics - including the general characteristics of plates and plate boundaries, and the use of seafloor age and "hot spot" tracks to determine long-term average rates of plate motion.

Topics

Tectonics

Grade Level

College Lower (13-14)

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Learning Goals

Students learn how to use Google Earth and become familiar with the some of the important data on which the theory of plate tectonics is based, and how long-term average plate motions are determined. As a culminating (and assessment) activity they sketch a cross-section across three major plate boundaries - from the African plate, across the South Atlantic plate, across the Nazca plate, and ending in the middle of the Pacific Plate.

Context for Use

This exercise is adaptable for all level of students, from introductory level students to more-advanced students wanting a crash course in plate tectonics. I submit two versions, one being slower-paced and more explicitly guided. I have used it in a number of class settings. For example, for our hazards course for non-majors, I assign a portion of the more-explicitly guided version as a preparation assignment, then students complete the rest during a lab session. For our faster-paced introductory class typically taken by more quantitatively-able students including engineers, the less-guided versions is assigned as a problem set then discussed at precept. Depending on a student's previous experience with Google Earth, background in plate tectonics, and ease with simple graphing and calculations, and how far the instructor wants to take it, the whole exercise typically takes several hours to a lab period or two. No background is assumed, although it is helpful for students to have have a basic knowledge of global geography.

The kmz file compiled by the author is a easy-to-use resource adaptable for other activities.

Description and Teaching Materials

Materials include two versions of the student handout, one more explicitly guided than the other, and a Google Earth kmz file with data layers compiled from other a variety of sources. The sources of the compiled data are given in the Google Earth layer menu.

Dynamic Earth kmz file for use with Plate Tectonics exercises (KMZ File 1.1MB Feb21 23)

Handout for Exploring Plate Tectonics with Google Earth, more guided version (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 103kB Feb23 13)

Handout for Exploring Plate Tectonics with Google Earth, more guided version (Acrobat (PDF) 204kB Feb23 13)

Handout for Exploring Plate Tectonics with Google Earth, less guided version (Microsoft Word 51kB Feb23 13)

Handout for Exploring Plate Tectonics with Google Earth, less guided version (Acrobat (PDF) 130kB Feb23 13)

Individual Google Earth data layers

Plate boundary model (KMZ File 66kB Aug14 14)
Plate boundary model with orogens (KMZ File 79kB Aug14 14)

Data source: Bird, Peter (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027; converted into Google Earth format by Thomas Chust (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen).

USGS 5.4+ epicenters colored by depth.kmz (KMZ File 1.5MB Dec25 16) 'USGS Earthquakes 5.4+ 1986-2015, colored by depth']

Data source: compiled from USGS NEIC catalog http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/search/

USGS Earthquakes 1.0+ for the past week, plotted by depth, updated every 5 minutes (KMZ File 440bytes Aug14 14)

USGS Earthquakes 2.5+ for the past 30 days, plotted by depth, updated every 15 minutes (KMZ File 442bytes Aug14 14)

File source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/feed/v1.0/kml.php

Seafloor age 10 my isochrons (KMZ File 227kB Aug14 14)
Seafloor age 5 my isochrons (KMZ File 9.6MB Aug14 14)

Data source: Muller, R. D., W. R. Roest, J. Y. Royer, L. M. Gahagan, and J. G. Sclater. 1997. Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor.J. Geophys. Res. 102:3,211-3,214; AND Müller, R.D., Sdrolias, M., Gaina, C. and Roest, W.R., 2008, Age spreading rates and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 9, Q04006, doi:10.1029/2007GC001743.

Holocene Volcanoes (KMZ File 534bytes Aug14 14)

Data source: Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism. http://www.volcano.si.edu/learn_products.cfm?p=9

Teaching Notes and Tips

Italian translated version of this activity, hosted by ICLEEN - Google Earth e la dinamica della Terra

Assessment

The last question serves as an appropriate assessment - students sketch a cross-section across three major plate boundaries. By assessing the sketch, the instructor can gauge the level and accuracy of student understanding. The sketches also serve as a natural springboard for discussion about various aspects of plate tectonics.

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Using Google Earth to Explore Plate Tectonics

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Students use Google Earth to learn about plate tectonics by exploring the topography of the earth's continents and ocean floor, the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes, and seafloor age. They become familiar with these global data sets and understand how Earth's tectonic plates and plate boundaries are defined.

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Para trabajar los fondos oceánicos, su expansión, calcular la edad volcánica de las islas… podemos medir y obtener una gráfica que los alumnos pueden interpretar.

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The current version of GeoMapApp is 3.6.15 (Released September, 2022)

GeoMapApp is a map-based application for browsing, visualizing and analyzing a diverse suite of curated global and regional geoscience data sets. These cover geophysics, geology, geochemistry, physical oceanography, climatology, and more.

GeoMapApp provides data layering, display customization and analytical tools to support the analysis of multidisciplinary data sets. Choose from Mercator, North polar and South polar projections. Save the images for papers and presentations.

Users can import their own grids, tabular data, images, and shapefiles. For imported grids, the color palette, shaded relief, and contouring are customizable; users may also extract profiles and digitize grids. Imported table values can be edited and the map symbol, color and size are adjustable. Tabular values may be plotted on a graph and captured and saved with a lasso function.

Several custom portals provide visualization and basic analysis for data types that typically require specialist software. Examples include seismic reflection profiles and geodetic velocity vectors.

The GMRT base map provides multi-resolution global elevation data upon which other data sets can be layered.

GeoMapApp is developed and maintained as part of the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University.

System requirements

GeoMapApp runs with Java under the Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix/Solaris operating systems. Use the Download Links on the left to install GeoMapApp. Alternatively, if you are unable to install the application, you may launch GeoMapApp directly from the internet using a Java-enabled web browser. Click here to launch GeoMapApp using Java WebStart.

GeoMapApp in the community

GeoMapApp is widely used by geoscience educators and researchers as a tool for discovering and integrating multidisciplinary earth science research data, for proposal preparation and meeting presentations and talks, for the generation of figures for publications, and for a broad range of education practices at the graduate, undergraduate and high-school level.

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The current version of GeoMapApp is 3.6.15 (Released September, 2022) GeoMapApp is a map-based application for browsing, visualizing and analyzing a diverse suite of curated global and regional geoscience data sets. These cover geophysics, geology, geochemistry, physical oceanography, climatology, and more. GeoMapApp provides data layering, display customization and analytical tools to support the analysis of multidisciplinary data sets.

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Se puede ver la cartografía de la Tierra gracias a imágenes satelitales y posibilidad de crear mapas.
Se pueden ver lugares increíbles (desde meandros, deltas, glaciares...) en muchísima calidad.

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GEOLOGÍA EN ACCIÓN (Geología desde Ávila DIVULGACIÓN)

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GEOLOGÍA EN ACCIÓN (Geología desde Ávila DIVULGACIÓN)

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Esta página sirve para futuros docentes que se dediquen a divulgación geológica.
- Facilita la búsqueda de recursos y material de calidad.
- Es una página muy completa que tiene un montón de recursos como el anterior "Desafío Trans-Iberiano" y muchos más.

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Desafío en el Trans-Iberiano (EGE - Sociedad Geológica Española)

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Desafío en el Trans-Iberiano (EGE - Sociedad Geológica Española)

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Es un videojuego que te descubrirá la historia geológica de la Península Ibérica.
Es un complemento didáctico para el profesorado preuniversitario en las asignaturas relacionadas con las Ciencias de la Tierra, pero también que se convierta en una herramienta de divulgación de la Geología para el público en general.

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En esta página podemos encontrar mucha información y noticias sobre geología y ciencias de la tierra.
Tiene una galería de rocas.

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Video de Youtube - Gea y la formación de rocas 

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Video de Youtube - Gea y la formación de rocas 

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Vídeo muy visual para que los alumnos aprendan sobre la formación de rocas.

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Gea y la formación de las rocas completo

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Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) 

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Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME) 

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Es súper útil para aprender el proceso de formación de las rocas. Sobre todo la página de Gea (de una pequeña geóloga virtual protagonista de 3 DVDs didácticos).
También se puede encontrar sitios de interés geológico en esta parte de la página http://info.igme.es/ielig/

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ROCAS ÍGNEAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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ROCAS ÍGNEAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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Esta página es para conocer los tipos de rocas ígneas (magmáticas), las diferencias entre ellas y cuales son las más importantes. Existen rocas ígneas intrusivas o plutónicas y las rocas ígneas extrusivas o volcánicas.

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ROCAS METAMÓRFICAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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ROCAS METAMÓRFICAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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Esta página es para aprender sobre rocas metamórficas, cómo se forman y cuáles son las más características.

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ROCAS SEDIMENTARIAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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ROCAS SEDIMENTARIAS. Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (GENCAT)

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Esta página está muy bien para descubrir el mundo de las rocas sedimentarias.

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Esta página está muy bien y está dedicada a un montón de áreas. Hay muchos recursos y sirve para hacer simulaciones interactivas.

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ESERO (La Oficina Europea de Recursos para la Educación Espacial en España)

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ESERO (La Oficina Europea de Recursos para la Educación Espacial en España)

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Centrada en los docentes, ya que hay formaciones y recursos que se pueden utilizar para trabajar en el aula.
Está orientada a centros educativos, ya que hay mucho material para los alumnos y se promueven un montón de proyectos.
Avalada por la Agencia Nacional Europea

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ApEA (Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Astronomía)

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ApEA (Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Astronomía)

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Es una aplicación SUPER COMPLETA.
Tiene un montón de material para alumnos de Primaria, Secundaria y Bachillerato.
Exclusivamente dedicada a la Astronomía.
Hacen también encuentros para la enseñanza de la enseñanza de la Astronomía y publicaciones.

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Es una página con información más básica pero mucho más visual.
Se pueden ver una imagen mucho más realista del sistema solar.

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Esta es una página de la NASA, para alumnos un poco más pequeños que están en Primaria.
Se pueden crear mapas topográficos.

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Es una buena aplicación para alumnos de la ESO. Nos muestra como está el cielo y las constelaciones en una hora y fecha determinadas. Muy dinámica y divertida para los alumnos.