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Cookie Subduction

Cookie Subduction

This is a quick activity that shows how large amounts of rock and sediment are added to the edge of continents during subduction. You may ask, how can such a huge phenomenon be demonstrated quickly and cheaply? The answer is simple: with a cookie!

Keywords:
Social Sciences, Geoscience, Geology, Cookie, NSDL, Plate Tectonics, Anthropology, Earth Processes, Accretion, Subduction, Earth's History, Continental Plates, Earth Science, Continental Plate, Earth System Science, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics, Oceanic Plate, Oceanic Plates, Geologic Time
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Creative Commons:
Unknown

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