Ivy Waters International Standards · G6.C-02

Physical Geography & Tectonic Geology

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G6.C-02Ages 11–12 · Grade 6 · Good Citizenship/Humanities

Physical Geography & Tectonic Geology

Societies & Systems (Humanities)

Your child can explain how plate tectonics, continental drift, magma currents, and faults structurally cause volcanic activity, mountain building, and seismic earthquakes.

In real life

Standing at a volcano viewpoint or feeling a small tremor in the night, your child explains what is happening underneath: two plates grinding past each other and magma finding the weak point. Then they explain why the whole island chain lines up in a row.

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