12-1C+Piecing+Together+Pangaea

**Materials**: - Photocopy of continents
- scissors - 21.5 x 28 cm sheet of paper - glue

**Procedure**: see page 515 from Science 10 textbook


1. The continents that were the easiest to fit together were South America, North America and Africa. The reason why they were so easy to fit together is because they look exactly like they are pieces from a big puzzle. 2. First I tried to use the jigsaw puzzle method, but not all of them worked. Then I looked at the fossils and glacial deposits. Eventually, with a little bit of help from my classmates, I managed to reconstruct it. 3. a) Yes. Europe was the hardest one to fit in. b) I looked at how to glacier deposits moved over time and that made me realize what I was not doing right.
 * __Analyze__**

__**Conclude and**__ **#|Apply**

1. a) Well first of all I imagined how to continents actually look like on the map. Then I tried to combine them as they were jigsaw puzzle pieces. Some of them did not work, so I then looked at the fossil and coal deposits areas, because they were supposed to __#|match__ and form a continuous line. b) He first tried to align the pieces as if they were puzzle pieces. Then, he compared to geological structures, fossils, and evidence of ancient glaciers on different continents. These clues did not seem significant until Wegener placed the continents together. 2. I used several pieces of evidence to reconstruct Pangaea not because the first one didn't work really well, but it's better to be double assured before you finish something. 3. In 200 million years from now, the continents might meet again, but I don't think the Earth is going to last that long.