Summary of Digital Lab: Divergent Boundary

Summary

The goal of this virtual lab is to explore how plate properties affect different types of formations created at diverging plate boundaries.

Driving Questions

Divergent Boundaries: Introduction
Investigate how the convection current speed affects the spreading rate.
Investigate how the plate type affects the formation type.
Today, your geologist team is taking measurement near a divergent boundary. Investigate how your distance from the spreading center impacts the age of crust.
Divergent Boundaries: Advanced
Investigate what affects the formation observed at the divergent boundary.
Investigate what affects the spreading rate at the divergent boundary.
Investigate what affects the age of crust at the divergent boundary.

NGSS Standards