Plate Tectonics and Ecological Connections

Project:     ATEP: Alaska Tsunami Education Program
Subject:Seismology
Theme:Tsunamis
Grades:9-12

In this lesson, students examine the relationship between tectonics and ecology. More specifically, students examine how subsidence and uplift, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis can affect the ecology of an area. Students explore how these types of changes to Earth’s surface can affect subsistence users who depend on the land and sea for food.