The story for kids
Look, the continents are moving! They drift very slowly, as slowly as our fingernails grow. Once, all the land joined into one big continent called Pangaea. Then, in the time of the dinosaurs, it broke apart, and today's continents were made.
Facts
- The continents drift very slowly – about a fingernail's length each year.
- About 300 million years ago all the land joined into one big continent: Pangaea.
- In the time of the dinosaurs Pangaea began to break apart, and today's continents formed.
Numbers
- Maps
- PALEOMAP (Scotese & Wright)
- Time span
- 540 million years