Color the legend on the puzzle pieces handout according to the key. Using the pangaea exploration field journal, the students will record their observations as they go through each step. On the puzzle pieces handout, assign a color to each type of fossil or. In this continental drift lesson, students examine a worksheet which uses the world continents as puzzle pieces to create the single land called pangea. This is why india is patterned differently than europe. Pangaea or pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late paleozoic and early. Showing top 8 worksheets in the category pangea puzzle. A supercontinent is a large landmass comprised of multiple continents. The activity is thanks to the natural history museum. During this activity, students will use fossil and geographic evidence to prove or disprove wegeners theory.
Have students glue pangaea onto thick cardstock and color for homework before doing this lesson. Pangea supercontinent the 7 continents of the world. This supercontinent was made up of all the major continents. Expand your childs horizons and knowledge of our world with this cute and catchy continents of the world worksheet that features goofy shapes to identify continents. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Feb 12, 2011 the story of pangea and plate tectonics 1. Aug 18, 2016 plate tectonics and earthquakes lesson plan and worksheet. Handson geography activity free printable pangaea puzzle. World map from data section of this worksheet scissors glue stick procedure.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pangaea puzzle to each student, and ask students if they think earths continents were ever joined together. This reading comprehension worksheet teaches students about volcanoes, then asks them questions about what they just read. Ross, cushman foundation for foraminiferal research, special publication 24. The supercontinent and was created by member thedumpling. Reuniting pangaea continental drift lesson by science teaching.
We had another busy class as we engaged in notes, text, and a puzzle activity all to learn about pangaea pronounced. Pangaea science activity with pastry grades 35 teachervision. Over tens of millions of years, pangaea began to break apart. Pdf pangea breakup and northward drift of the indian. So many people come here looking for maps of pangea and gondwanaland that i decided to give you a dedicated page. On the analyzing evidence worksheet, read the statement in each box and check.
This includes all of the worksheets in both pdf and doc format. Alfred wegeners fossil evidence for continental drift is shown on the cutouts. Pangea was a supercontinent that existed up until about 175 million years. Pangea continent map continental drift make printable broshures download pangaea printable map, oneclick search for pangaea printable map pdf. Pangea, also spelled pangaea, in early geologic time, a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on earth. Teach your students the concept of pangaea with this lesson plan that includes a video lesson, discussion questions, two geography activities and a quiz. Plate tectonics and earthquakes lesson plan and worksheet. Zusgs fossil and mountain chain evidence directions. Multiple choice questions for plate tectonics chapter 19 each chapter will include a few questions designed to test your knowledge of material covered in the chapter and in the internetbased resources. According to wegener, pangaea existed about 300 million years ago. You will be piecing together a puzzle of the supercontinent pangaea based on fossil and rock evidence on the presentday continents. Glossopteris plant cynognathus land reptile lystrosaurus land reptile mesosaurus freshwater reptile these organisms had no way to travel across such oceans that exist today. Demonstrate the breakup of pangaea into the continents by making pastry. The making of pangea is the result of largescale amalgamation of continents and microcontinents, which started at the end of the neoproterozoic with the formation of gondwana.
Great for the map pangea activity that we have planned in our unit planning. Paleogeography and paleoceanography of top early permian and bottom early late permian times. Xl kids prek to 5th grades, english, maths, science, geography, social studies, computer science, preschool, lkg, ukg, first grade, second grade, third grade. Eurasia, north america, south america, africa, antarctica, australia and india. You will be piecing together a puzzle of the supercontinent pangea based on fossil and rock evidence on the present day continents. The video aid provided by really helps connect the dots for a much deeper understanding. Improve your students reading comprehension with readworks. Access thousands of highquality, free k12 articles, and create online assignments with them for your students. Jun 2, 2010 triassic pangaea at paleomaps 7 feb 2010 pangaea printable map.
Some of the worksheets displayed are pangaea puzzle, pangaea puzzle, activity a plate tectonic puzzle, continental drift activity packet, the continental jigsaw puzzle, reconstructing pangea, this dynamic planet, science 7th earth science crossword name. Each group is given a cutout sheet containing fossil evidence student puzzle pieces, the key to. Use those same colors to color each type of fossil or mountain belt according to your legend. Pangea breakup and northward drift of the indian subcontinent. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper. After 65 myr, the supercontinent starts to tear apart from inside to many pieces fig. Pangea important people plate tectonics questions fossils continents scientists now believe that about 250 million years ago, a supercontinent known as pangea existed. Plate tectonics and earthquakes ks2 lesson plan and worksheet.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The students label each continent on their pangaea pieces. North america australia eurasia africa south america greenland the world today this map shows the continents as they appear today. The theory of continental drift continental drift discovery the world alfred wegener theory of continental drift continental drift p95 red book, 182 in sciencesaurus theory that continents were once part of a single landmass that broke apart and have moved to their present locations. Pangaea or pangea is the name given to the supercontinent that existed during the paleozoic and mesozoic eras, before the process of plate tectonics separated each of the component continents into.
Many secular historians think that a long, long time ago they think millions of years ago, the continents were not continents but one body. Pangeas lifespan ran from the early paleozoic era through the mesozoic period. The patterns on the map represent different tectonic plates. Reading comprehension worksheets, science worksheets. The corresponding worksheet is based on a handout created by another teacher, mrs. The story of pangea and plate tectonics linkedin slideshare. Some of the worksheets for this concept are inside earth work, pangaea puzzle, pangaea puzzle, continental drift activity packet, this dynamic planet, reconstructing pangea, sixth grade plate tectonics, activity a plate tectonic puzzle. During these phases in the earths history, early forms of dinosaur were the.
There is a pdf of all of the files and an editable version of each file you just need to delete. I make these ahead of time to save time in class and i can reuse them for each class. Pdf summary the main tenets of plate tectonics theory describes that the rigid lithosphere of the earth consists of numerous variablesized pieces. Try to reunite the pangaea puzzle pieces based on the clues. It is super interesting to talk about the possibility of pangaea. The pieces of pangaea slowly moved toward their presentday locations, becoming the continents of today. Have a sample of how to color so that students can see that. Browse pangea activity resources on teachers pay teachers, a marketplace trusted by millions of teachers for original educational resources. Multiple choice questions for plate tectonics chapter 19. Pangea reached its final shape at the end of the triassic, following a long history of terranes and continent accretion. Can be accomplished in lecture or lab by observing student progress and troubleshooting challenges. In this plate tectonics worksheet, 5th graders are given notes with diagrams showing earths layers, the tectonic plates, evidence of pangaea, seafloor spreading and the types of boundaries.
Find pangea puzzle lesson plans and teaching resources. Usgs landmasses pangaea activity pdf blue construction paper. The pangea puzzle acrobat pdf 62kb jul5 17 determining whether students have met the goals. Once you find your worksheet, click on popout icon or print icon to worksheet to print or download. What clues are provided to show that the surface of our planet has changed. Pangea earth science activities, earth science, teaching. Cut out each of the continents along the edge of the continental shelf the outermost dark line. Students have to cut out the land masses and create pangaea. This looks at what the earth was like 220 million years ago pangaea. The timing of these collisions is usually quite well known from sedimentary and metamorphic records, what is less clear is. Use a globe to help you identify the continents on your map. A plate tectonic puzzle american museum of natural history. Students explore world geography by identifying the continents on earth. Reuniting pangaea continental drift lesson by science teaching junkie inc.
In the case of pangea, nearly all of the earths continents were connected into a single landform. Pdf since around 200 ma, the most notable event in the process of the breakup. There is a pdf of all of the files and an editable version of each file you just need to delete the watermark logo from each of the editable files. Distribute scissors, a glue stick and the student worksheet. Pangeas name comes from pan, which means universal, and gea, which means land. On the puzzle pieces handout, assign a color to each type of fossil or mountain belt in the legend and color the areas on the landmasses.