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United Scientific Supplies Tectonics Model Set
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Catalog No. S27858
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Product Type:
Replacement Sand
Tectonics Model Set

Demonstrates plate tectonic principles, plate boundary interactions, and the geometry/relative motions of faulting of geological layers

  • Contains a Fault 3D Model Set (5 Manipulatives) and a Tectonics Sand Layer Model
  • Fault Model Set demonstrates normal faulting (extension), reverse faulting (compression), and horizontal slip faulting (shear)
  • Tectonics Sand Layer Model explores orogeny of the Appalachian Mountains, including coal formation in the sedimentary Appalachian Basin and its coal seam
  • Construct a sand layer model system mimicking a subduction zone of oceanic crust (Juan de Fuca Plate)
  • Simulate the creation of the San Andreas Fault
  • Includes three hands-on, geoinformation activities for students to work on using metadata (Map the Continental Shelf, Tectonic Plate Movement, Earthquake Prediction)
  • Access code is provided to download interactive Teacher and Student Guides, videos, geoinformation data sets, and other resource information

Specifications

For Use With (Application) Demonstration of Plate Tectonics
Product Type Tectonics Model Set
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