Plate Tectonics Theory Lesson

A middle school lesson on plate tectonics theory for grades 6-8. #KAtalentsearch
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LOOOOL the description says this was made for gr 6-8ers. And im sitting here in my first year of university learning all of this, lmaooo thank you very much it really helped me for my geology class

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Likewise >.

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Im gonna tell this to my mom

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I find it hard to believe how I learn more from an 8 minute video than I do in school for 1 whole week.. This video covered lessons that took my teacher 2 weeks to teach me completely.... this is why I prefer KZbin. It’s so much better.

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same

[@Fx-ov5dn]

I'm not trying to be mean or anything but u are the problem cause if ur teacher spent 1 week teaching you this and you still needed a video to understand that mean you weren't paying attention at class Which is BTW the same reason I'm here lol but yea you can't always plame the teachers when you r the one that isn't paying attention

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@@Fx-ov5dn That may be possible, and another possibility is that some teachers don't deliver the lesson well for the students to understand, because believe it or not, seeing the fun and enjoying the class really depends on the teachers. For example, I used to hate math when I was in elementary, but when I got to senior high school, for some reason, the teachers made learning Math fun, that's why Math is my favorite subject in senior high.

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This really helped with studying!

[@CaryGraham]

Thanks, Shaeli!

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Yeah, this helps a lot! Thanks!

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I will rather eat my hands

[@johnr.timmers2297]

Don't forget to look up John Tuzo Wilson. His theory of transform plate boundaries, and their eventual discovery along continental ridges confirmed Wegener's theory for all

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Honestly, when schools stop asking students to rot everything and instead come up with such wonderful lessons, kids will run back to school, not away from it. Wonderful lesson Cary.

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You taught me more in this 9 min video than my science teacher did in a whole term. Thanks for the video

[@williamseru1376]

I can remember this rather then reading one whole notes

[@bl00dedsaints]

This was assigned to be one of my 6th grade home assignments for work, and it really helped me out! Great video!

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Thank you so much for putting valuable time and effort into this, it really helped me visualize every thing in such a detailed topic ! You did a great job Cary.

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[@NOTTHASAME]

It is not true , dont be do gullible , this guy has never seen the inside of the earth . No one has seen the inside of the earths layers , thus this is BS at best , guessing . The world is not what you have been taught.

[@alimhd6871]

@@NOTTHASAME there's so much proof.... ur going to fail school xD

[@cmcg3738]

Great video. May not be the most complex subject, but the way you broke it down for someone like me, who knew absolutely nothing about it, was brilliant. Clear and concise script, great visuals, one of the best lessons on anything I've seen.

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You need more subscribers my dude. I'm so glad my history teacher played your video at my school! If he didn't, I wouldn't have discovered this channel.

[@lilligibson2321]

i was looking for hours for a good video about this and u explained perfectly

[@yasminmabdi563]

Absolutely love how you included examples into your explanations. Thanks a lot.

[@rachellee6807]

I'm a TOEFLer and it is very helpful. I appreciate your great work!

[@kaileymercy7257]

This helped me a lot to understand the theory and I loved the review at the end! Please make more videos :)

[@mauricelao2292]

Congratulation for learning a lie. The truth is expanding Earth

[@erickfranco3933]

@@mauricelao2292 bro expanding earth can also be a theory and not truth.

[@NOTTHASAME]

Hurting with deception and lies , people are so gullible about everything. How can people be for certain about this planets layers when it has never been cut in half to inspect ? They are full of shiot ! The truth is something you can't hardly handle , you have no place for truth until you clean out the BS that you've been force fed. Truth ...... There is mo such thing as tectonic plates , it reality is what you were told in this video is another lie . They have not witnessed one single tectonic plate in their life , it is made , a guess without proof. What they are calling tectonic plates are the dead petrified body's of humongous creatures and gigantic humans , a gigantic graveyard of dead creatures. Any land mass above the oceanic water's are nothing more than the humongous dead creatures. Where one body ends and another begins is the San Andreas fault line , earthquakes happens when the body's move around or shift by the water's surrounding it.

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Holy Moly! This just covered my whole sixth grade unit! ;D

[@taposhichowdhury1884]

This is 3 yrs ago?? Your probably in 9th or 8th by now

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Awkward! :D

[@harveycharles3890]

great Video! I really love the review at the end because it summarizes the main concepts. However all around, excellent job. This was great and I would like to see you do more videos about other Earth Science concepts later. Thanks for Making This! :)

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You are doing a great job. Things which I never understand at online school, you explain them soooooooooooo well. I enjoyed the animation and the explanation. The most important thing I love is your voice in the video. Your voice is really nice. Keep up making educational videos and making children understand what they do not understand at school. Your videos really help me.

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You just explained the whole theory in 9:00 and my teacher take 3 weeks to explain it

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I am a first year Envrionmental Science student and this helped me immensely! You explained this so well and I love the visuals. Thank you!

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I have exams tomorrow and I am reviewing, and I have NEVER seen such detail in a video ever! You really helped me! THANK YOU!!! PLEASE make for videos explaining more things like this! :)

[@MrConan89]

I wish I could have seen this in the 1960's when I was studying.

[@ralsharp6013]

I didn't realise tectonic plates was still a theory. I thought it was a proven fact. Thank you for taking me through all of the guesswork.. Must be really hard for geology students to remember all of this stuff. Fabulous how you did a recap at the end of the video. Thanks for the learning

[@shelleysteva2251]

Ral Sharp it is a fact as much as anything is. That is what a theory is - an idea that has been “proven” by repeated observations and experiments

[@appleyt6757]

plate tectonics is most definetly a fact. Plate tectonics and Plate tectonics is different, but not entirely. We already have observed about plate tectonics, hence its a fact. Plate tectonics theory tells us why there's plate tectonics and how it moves.

[@ralsharp6013]

@@shelleysteva2251 thank you so much for explaining that.. I thought a 'theory' was in the box of 'guesswork.' Now I know🙏🏽👣💧🌱

[@ralsharp6013]

@@appleyt6757 thank you for explaining the how in the why.. I completely missed any understanding during my school days, concerning the plates. I went to Google Earth to see if they could be noticed in the ocean

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This is 3 weeks of our lesson in 8 minutes ! Gosh thank you for this!

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This was so short and well organized and easy to understand with the animation its a master piece

[@warhawk638]

ah, yes, thank you for the permission to rewind the video.

[@deskyshow9840]

I have a geo standardised test tomorrow on this and this really helped because I have a photographic memory so seeing it helps alot plus the information was identical to the notes we were given. So this video basically saved me 2 hours of revising long notes

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Great animation! I'd love to learn how to create animation like this. Very well narrated also. I might nitpick a few technical details but an excellent job overall.

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This was such a helpful video for my Earth Science test!! Thank you very much! I can already feel a good grade coming along! :)

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Helped me a lot! Thanks ☺️

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Sir, your 8-minute video is much clearer than all of the readings and classes that I have watched on the subject. Great animation to support those who prefer visual input like me. Thank you so much, I hope you continue to explore this and other subjects.

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thank you for making this video , i was totally out of my mind because i dont understand it in school but thanks ive learned so much in this video

[@divyavyas9003]

This literally told me more about tectonic plates than my entire chapter did. Thanks! You earned a sub!

[@CaryGraham]

Thanks, Divya! Glad it helped!

[@stevenbaumann8692]

Great video. Two things. 1-the Earth spins counterclockwise relative to north. 2-Continental rifts lead to sea floor spreading. The way it's presented it sounds like you're describing two types of divergent boundaries. There's one. Continental rifts are the precursors to sea floor spreading. The process and mechanisms are the same for both.

[@miguelj.rubalcava3120]

quick question... when he talks about the divergent boundaries, he mentions that usually the heavier, denser crust is the one that slides down. I saw another video where it states that its the thinner plate that slides down. is this the same thing? if not, who's right? thank you

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This video is so helpful! Thank you!

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This is an amazing video! Cleared all my concepts. Thank you so much!

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Who else is watching this on 2020? This helped me a lot and it just summarized everything I learned on class today. I think I learned more in here than in class.

[@eyaniyb]

I had trouble to understand the plate movements but now, things have changed. Thank you!

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This was aamaaaazing Cary, i'm learning this in grade 9 and I dont know how to thank you.

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[@carlzapffe7858]

I wrote a term paper on Plate Tectonics and Alfred Wegener in 1968 in my pursuit of a degree in Geology at Michigan Technological University. Then this was merely considered a theory at that time and not given much attention at all. Nor much credence either. I totally bought in during my studies of this theory and the writing of my paper. I strongly argued for it. Not one course, or even a mention of plate tectonics, in any of my university classes during the 1960s. It has been amazing to me to watch this theory become fact within a few decades of my graduation.

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I learned more from this 8:30 video then the last 4 weeks of science class.

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OMG! i don't even speak English in my country but i learned more in this yt vid then i do in school! thank u SO much for making this video! (u saved me for my final exam!)

[@man6127]

Excellent video sir. One point I'd like to add is, there are two types of base on the crust namely oceanic crust and continental crust. This may result in different outcomes during convergent , divergent and transform boundaries.

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Well hopefully I will get 2 more marks in my exam... ty Cary

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i just wanted to 3 bounderies but you said my whole test thank you it realy helped

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Thanks very much for this review. It has really helped me in understanding the theory very well.

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Absolute lifesaver, been slacking in class for 4 months+ and thought I was gonna fail. Thanks for this comprehensive and informative vid!

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It really helps im advance studying so I was thankful that I understand it thank you so much!

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loved the animation and explanation waS WONDERFUL.

[@CaryGraham]

Thanks, Swara! Glad you enjoyed it. If you like this type of explainer, check out my "Stuff I Should Have Known Yesterday" playlist. New science videos coming.

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@@CaryGraham yes sir

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thanks,I have learned lot of information...

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Thank you for putting so much effort into this, this was a great video I learned a lot more than I learned at school thank you

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Great stuff man..! There are only few videos in your channel 🤔 I recommend you to do more videos and trust me you have a brighter one 🤘

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Please upload a video on folding and faulting process

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that amazing man, thanks:)

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You are a lifesaver. I understand this topic with much greater depth now. Thank you so much! :D

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Such a great video... Cleared all the conceptual doubts I had. Good job Cary

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man u can totally explain, love the structure and animation very pleasant and clear.

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your a good teacher Cary Graham!

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Doing a great job Cary i have watched this video multiple times and it has helped me a lot for my exams , keep up the good work , Thanks

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This really helps me a lot! I have a report about Plate Tectonic Theory this Friday! Thanks for this video! Btw I subscribe :3

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He just explained my 9th class chapter. I- In the description it says for middle school😂 Thanks btw

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Same here

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Wow when I leraned the next day this was there in my exam

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Thanks Cary. Truly appreciate your efforts!

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This summed up 2 chapters in my textbook, thanks!

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I used this to help me study for my exam hopefully this helps! ^-^

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Thank you for making thisssss I WAS SOO LAZY TO READ MY SCIENCE BOOK

[@CaryGraham]

Glad it was helpful!

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R u idiot its an Sst topic ?

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You did a great job. This helped me study for a science test, thanks alot!

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Do you have any more videos like this? They are so useful!

[@CaryGraham]

Thanks, Ellie. I'm planning to do more soon!

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useful for college level too. believe it or not!

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Dapromaster, Like Labeled Soup said, believe it or not. I'm not going against your statement. :]

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Cary Graham: If you decide to do more, you may want to set up a Patreon account so you can be compensated for your work.

[@JDYOON007]

Alfred Wegener proposed the theory of continental drift - the idea that Earth's continents move. Despite publishing a large body of compelling fossil and rock evidence for his theory between 1912 and 1929, it was rejected by most other scientists.

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Lol, I had to watch this for school… thanks guys, this made this easy to comprehend 😊

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Thank you so much, this really helped me with the confusing notes my teacher gave us

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I think way more people learn from your videos than middle school students...

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Wow! I understood the whole topic without any doubts😊 pl upload more videos sir, I have subscribed and liked your video

[@byvekaryal6088]

Learning this thing in First-Year of Undergraduate Level :) I knew there were plates on earth earlier but had no idea what that meant. I'm feeling my schooling was incomplete when I saw it was a middle school lesson for 6-8 graders !!

[@CaryGraham]

There is no shame there. I learned this when I made the video...and I was probably much older than you with two college degrees. Never too late to learn new things. Hope it was helpful!

[@byvekaryal6088]

@@CaryGraham Indeed it was helpful ❤️ It helped me understand stuffs that my textbooks couldn't explain well enough. It helped a lot for my Physical Geology Classes. Thanks for the video 😉

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I was looking for a good explanation of this, got a test coming up now I understand better.

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*This video explains better than my teacher explanations*

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Am I the only one here watching this for 6th period science class during quarintine? lol

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1st lol

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Jeez this helped me to understand our lesson more. Thanks Cary Graham.

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Duuude thank you very much you have no idea how helpful you are right now

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Finals coming up in 20 min God bless my soul