Intro to Plate Tectonics Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets | Middle School Earth Science | Grades 6–8

Intro to Plate Tectonics Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets is bell ringer and exit ticket prompts for Middle School Earth Science (grades 6–8) on Intro to Plate Tectonics.

Pairs with: Intro to Plate Tectonics Slide Show Presentation; Intro to Plate Tectonics Guided Notes; Intro to Plate Tectonics Lesson Quiz; Intro to Plate Tectonics Vocabulary Words & Definitions.

Sample item: “1. Who proposed continental drift, in what year, and what did the hypothesis claim about the continents?”

What's inside: Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets (editable .docx + PDF, about 2,112 words, 8 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: NGSS Middle School Earth & Space Science (MS-ESS) disciplinary core ideas and the science practices of analyzing data and constructing explanations.

Resource type: Bell Ringers & Exit Tickets. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Open class with a bell ringer and close with an exit ticket to check understanding. Built for Middle School Earth Science, grades 6–8.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.