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Hotspot Lesson: Take Home Exam
Microsoft Word 2003
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High School (Grade 9-12)
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Jamie A. Russell
The Formation of Seamounts
This take home exam asks the students to compare two data sets of age data from Samoa. One graph is composed of ages collected prior to the data Jamie collected and the other graph including the new results. This exam evaluates the students understanding of some critical points from the weeks lectures.
Give this take home exam after the first week of the lesson is completed. I may also be useful to have the students compare their results from the Samoa age activity with the graphs of the actual Samoan ages and find discrepancies and what they might mean.
Argon dating, Geochronology, Samoa, hotspot, Plate Velocity
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