Plate tectonics globe tennis ball 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 major plate boundaries, boundary types and highlights our own Indo-Australian plate. Ready to cut out and construct (tennis ball required). Assembly instructions included. Suitable for primary Years 5-6 and secondary Years 7-12

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Title Plate tectonics globe tennis ball activity
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/ca75cc43-0762-4265-b291-fcd77cbb86e8
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage Australia
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Plate tectonics globe tennis ball 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-tennis-ball-activity