Formation of the Galapagos Islands
Have you ever wondered about the Formation of the Galapagos Islands? Use this unit to help teach your middle school science class about the changing surface of the Earth!
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Formation of the Galapagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands provide us with a rich and ongoing story of geological changes due to plate tectonic, volcanic, and seismic activity. Students will learn about the formation of the Galápagos Archipelago and the ongoing geological processes that continue to shape this region.
Galapagos Islands continue to form over the same hotspot, however the tectonic plates are continuing to shift and move. This means the Galapagos Islands appear to drift away from the spot where they were first created. Islands closer to the hotspot are the younger islands with still active volcanos. Islands farther from the hotspot are older and have had more time to evolve and change.
Formation of the Galapagos Islands
This resource includes multiple activities including four pages of informational text, two pages of comprehension questions, a crossword puzzle, a CER prompt/page, and answer keys for everything! The formation of the Galapagos Islands goes nicely with the changes to the Earth’s surfaces that students need to learn about in middle school science.
Formation of the Galapagos Islands
This unit is aligned with standards NGSS MS-ESS2-2 and Utah SEEd 7.2.2.
You can be sure that you’re covering the information that you need to when you are using this unit!
NGSS MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
Utah SEEd 7.2.2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales. Examples of processes that occur at varying time scales could include slow plate motions or rapid landslides. Examples of processes that occur at varying spatial scales could include the uplift of a mountain range or the deposition of fine sediments.
Formation of the Galapagos Islands
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Want to read more about the Galapagos Archipelago? Check out these blog posts Biodiversity in the Galapagos and Conservation Efforts and Environmental Resopnsibility in the Galapagos.Formation of the Galapagos Islands
