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Plate Tectonics Readers and Passages

Transform Plate Boundaries: Earth's Sliding Plates - reading educational content
Transform Plate Boundaries: Earth's Sliding Plates
This NGSS aligned nformational passage examines transform plate boundaries where tectonic plates slide horizontally past...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Types of Plate Boundaries - reading educational content
Types of Plate Boundaries
This science passage explores how geologists use rock formations, fossil distributions, and seafloor structures to ident...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Divergent Plate Boundary: Where Earth's Crust Pulls Apart - reading educational content
Divergent Plate Boundary: Where Earth's Crust Pulls Apart
This science passage explains how divergent plate boundaries form where Earth's crust pulls apart, creating features lik...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Convergent Boundary: When Earth's Plates Collide - reading educational content
Convergent Boundary: When Earth's Plates Collide
This science passage describes three types of convergent plate boundaries (oceanic-continental, oceanic-oceanic, contine...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
How Are Metamorphic Rocks Formed? - reading educational content
How Are Metamorphic Rocks Formed?
This science passage explains how metamorphic rocks form through metamorphism, detailing the effects of heat (150°C-1,00...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
How Are Igneous Rocks Formed? - reading educational content
How Are Igneous Rocks Formed?
This science passage explains the complete formation process of igneous rocks, covering both intrusive (granite) and ext...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Extrusive Igneous Rocks: Formation and Features - reading educational content
Extrusive Igneous Rocks: Formation and Features
This educational passage describes extrusive igneous rock formation through rapid cooling of lava on Earth's surface. It...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
What Type of Plate Boundary Is the San Andreas Fault? - reading educational content
What Type of Plate Boundary Is the San Andreas Fault?
This explanatory passage examines the San Andreas Fault as a transform plate boundary where the Pacific and North Americ...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Intrusive Igneous Rocks: Formation and Features - reading educational content
Intrusive Igneous Rocks: Formation and Features
This passage explains the formation of intrusive igneous rocks through slow cooling of magma beneath Earth's surface. It...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
Type of Mountain Ranges Formed at Convergent Plate Boundaries - reading educational content
Type of Mountain Ranges Formed at Convergent Plate Boundaries
This passage explains how Earth's tallest mountain ranges form at convergent plate boundaries. It details two main forma...
MS-ESS2-3RI.6.1RI.7.4RI.8.2
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ): Earth's Weather Belt - reading educational content
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ): Earth's Weather Belt
This science passage explains the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a key equatorial weather system. Covering NGSS ...
MS-ESS2-5MS-ESS2-4RI.6.7
Talus Slopes: Formation and Features - reading educational content
Talus Slopes: Formation and Features
This earth science passage explains talus slope formation through mechanical weathering processes, aligning with NGSS MS...
MS-ESS2-1MS-ESS2-2RST.6-8.4
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