Take a Tectonic Vacation!

Education material from the Rocks on the Move Traveling Trunk, brought to you by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, part of the National Park Service.

Purpose: To integrate plate tectonics with language arts, geography, history, and art, and to provide students with an opportunity to learn about a geologically significant locality of their choosing.

Duration: Variable

Materials required: 

•	Tectonic Travel Decal information sheets Tectonic passport and travel journal 
•	Tectonic Passport stamps printed on clear, full-sheet labels (Avery #8665)
•	World map
•	Art supplies or computer to produce new decal and stamp 
•	Travel planner (print out for each student)

Directions: 

•	Tell students they are planning their own vacations in places with tectonic significance. Since they will be traveling throughout the world, they will need passports and journals to document their experiences.

•	Post the laminated tectonic travel decal reference sheets in the classroom where all students can view them as they plan their vacations.

•	Post a map of the world (political map, showing countries) so students can identify the country of each travel destination on their trip.

•	Give each student the travel planner and instruction sheets for this lesson. Have students complete their travel planners and plot their routes.

•	Distribute passport and journal pages for each student. Have students assemble their passports and journals.

•	Let students know that they will have an opportunity to post or present a tectonic destination advertisement for the rest of the class.