You may want to print out and make copies of these resources that students will read in the lesson if your students don't have access to computers with Internet access: 1  The Greek Concept of Atomos: The Indivisible Atom. 2  The Atomists: Leucippus of Miletus and Democritus of Abdera. 3  Democritus of Abdera.
continental drift definition. A term, no longer used by geologists, that refers to the fact that continents are not stationary, but move across the Earth's surface. Continental drift is one feature of the modern theory of plate tectonics. (See Pangaea.)
Alfred Wegener and the Theory of Continental Drifting. The theory of continental drifting was first introduced by a German meteorologist and geophysicist named Alfred Wegener in 1915, when he published his book, The Origin of Continents and Oceans.he theory of continental drifting was first introduced by a German meteorologist and geophysicist named Alfred Wegener in 1915, when he published his book, The Origin of Continents and Oceans.