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Lesson Plan: Exploring Plate Motion and Deformation in California Using GPS Time Series Plots
Up one levelThis lesson plan includes the Reading Time Series plot activity and the Exploring Plate Motion and Deformation in California Using GPS Time Series Plots activity.
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Lesson Plan [pdf] (v. Jun 2008)
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Lesson Plan [doc] (v. Jun 2008)
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Earlier Versions
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Exploring Plate Motion and Deformation in California Using GPS Time Series Plots
- Students analyze real GPS time-series data to determine plate tectonic motion
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Introduction to Reading GPS Time Series Plots
- This activity provides a brief introduction to GPS and provides a student activity to practice creating and reading time series plots with simplified GPS data. Students graph how a tectonic plate (and the GPS unit attached to it) has moved over a five year time period by moving a GPS model across a North-East coordinate graph. After this activity, students are ready to explore authentic GPS data.
