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The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the true powers of Mother Nature through this vivid collection of research which delves into the causes of natural disasters and the impacts on those affected.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Quick or Slow? I've Got to Know!

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Earth changes can happen quickly or slowly. The students will work in teams to stake a claim about these changes and then use texts to find evidence to prove their claims. Included in this lesson are video clips of the class, a list of...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tectonic Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain shows the relationship between tectonic boundaries and the locations of earthquake events and volcanoes around the world.
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Interactive
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Real Time Earthquake Map

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, real-time map showing current earthquakes happening all over the world. Students may choose options for which earthquakes to display by age, depth, magnitude, or intensity.
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Living in Earthquake Country

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An inquiry unit that teaches students about the how and why earthquakes cause damage and about life in earthquake country. Students specifically learn about: earthquake damage, where earthquake occur, earthquake patterns, seismic waves,...
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Other

New Madrid: Earthquakes of 1811 1812

For Students 9th - 10th
This very detailed description of the largest series of earthquakes in the United States tells what happened to the land and rivers as a result of the quakes. Read about the series of earthquakes that shook the region between December...
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Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Global Volcanism Program: This Dynamic Planet

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive activity that allows the learner to make their own regional map using layers of their choice such as volcanoes, craters, plate tectonics, or earthquakes. This map of the Earth zooms in and out, highlights essential processes,...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Mechanical Waves: Interactive Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about mechanical waves, which transfers energy from one place to another through liquids, gases and solids, with this interactive lesson.
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The Washington Post

Washington Post: Mapping America's Wicked Weather and Deadly Disasters

For Students 9th - 10th
Features data collection for natural disasters and maps the trends giving us an idea of where disasters have a tendency to strike.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Seismic Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the pattern of earthquakes on Earth, including magnitude, depth, location, and frequency.
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PBS

Pbs: Earth Science Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An earth science collection where students can explore earthquakes, volcanoes, and more natural phenomena. The collection uses videos and interactive activities to investigate our dynamic planet and earth systems.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Faultline

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes all things shaky--earthquakes that is. Observe real-time data regarding seismic activity all over the world. Other modules include information about history's great quakes, earthquake basics and how to recover from...
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Handout
Cengage Learning

Geology Link

For Students 9th - 10th
A geology news site that is updated daily with news on the latest geological happenings, such as earthquakes. It also has virtual field trips and a glossary of geology terms.
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Extreme Science

Extreme Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the science behind the "extremes" in our world. Organized into sections on earth science, the animal kingdom, technology, and space science, this site opens your eyes to giant creatures, amazing technological advances, vast...
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Earthquake Science

For Students 9th - 10th
This section of the Burke Museum's online exhibit on earthquakes and natural disasters focuses on the science of earthquakes. Topics that are covered include plate motion, heat, interior of the earth, and more.
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Burke Museum

Burke Museum: Earthquake Preparedness

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the Burke Museum's online exhibition titled "The Big One" which focuses on earthquakes and quake science, this site looks at safety precautions to take when dealing with earthquakes.
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Idaho State University

Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: Earthquakes

For Students 9th - 10th
Study earthquakes from the earth's faults to the measurement system used in researching the shakers. Investigate what the primary and secondary effects are.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tectonic Plate Movement in Alaska

For Students 9th - 10th
In this video adapted from KUAC-TV and the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, learn how tectonic plate movement is responsible for building mountains, such as the Wrangell and St. Elias Mountains. 2m 16s
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This exercise will help students understand the plate boundaries of earthquakes.
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Handout
Province of British Columbia

B.c. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources: Earthquakes in b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers information on how earthquakes are created and why they hit British Columbia as hard as they do.
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University of California

Earthguide: Mystery Detectives: Mystery Epicenter: Earthquake

For Students 6th - 8th
Students analyze seismograms to locate mystery earthquake epicenters as they produce a news story about a major local earthquake to complete their mission.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review facts and terms associated with earthquakes.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies:testing Compression Waves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here's a project for studying compression waves in different soil types. It uses a homemade wave tank for solids, with a frequency generator, amplifier, and loudspeaker as the vibration source. There are lots of interesting possibilities...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Getting to the Point: Exploring Tectonic Motion Point Reyes Seashore

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The intent of this module is for students to make straightforward numerical calculations as they learn about earthquake geology at a National Park.