Prompt
#Tectonic Thriller (To the tune of "Thriller" by Michael Jackson)
Verse 1:
Earth's crust is moving, through the night
Plates are grooving, such a sight
Convergent boundaries make mountains rise
While divergent ones make oceans wide
Pre-Chorus:
Continental drift, it's no myth
Pangaea split, that's what it is
The mantle flows beneath our feet
Making continents dance to this beat
Chorus:
'Cause this is tectonics, tectonic plates
Watch them collide and create earthquakes
You know it's tectonics, Earth's moving force
Making volcanoes, changing our course
(Tectonic plates!)
Verse 2:
Transform boundaries slide away
While subduction zones don't want to play
Oceanic crust dives down below
Continental crust puts on a show
Bridge:
The Ring of Fire burns so bright
Where plates meet, they show their might
Mid-ocean ridges spread the floor
That's what planet Earth has in store
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:
The Earth keeps changing day by day
That's how mountains find their way
Plates keep moving, that's their style
Making changes mile by mile
(Tectonic plates!)
Note: This educational parody maintains appropriate content while teaching about plate tectonics in an engaging way that middle school students can understand and remember.