A German Scientist who proposed the idea that the Earth's continents were slowly moving over time. His biggest piece of evidence was the shape of the continents and how they looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces.

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Alfred Wegener and Continental Drift

​Read the article on google classroom with your group and make annotations as you go. Afterwards, we will discuss and answer questions about it.

Explore the simulation

​Go to regions three and create a landmass that has fossils. Make observations on what happens when the plates are separated by a convergent boundary and then make observations on what happens when they are separated by a divergent boundary.

Evidence So Far...

Shape of the continents appear to fit together (continental drift)

Fossils found in unusual places give us clues to the movement of landmasses (continental drift)

Patterns of Earthquakes and Volcanos only occurring in certain places give us clues to geologic anomalies (plate boundaries)