Plate tectonics globe basketball activity

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

Help students visualise plate boundaries on a spherical Earth, rather than on a flat map. The model shows plate boundaries and land masses, and highlights our own Indo-Australian plate. Ready to cut out and construct (basketball required). Assembly instructions included. Suitable for primary Years 5 - 6 and secondary Years 7 - 12.

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Title Plate tectonics globe basketball activity
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/c6c25150-b803-4bf5-8a88-59c5cde7c37c
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/05/2025
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Plate tectonics globe basketball activity". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/plate-tectonics-globe-basketball-activity