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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Earthquakes Living Lab: The Theory of Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Working in pairs, students think like engineers and connect what they understand about the theory of plate tectonics to the design of structures for earthquake-resistance.
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Lesson Plan
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Musical Plates: Designing an Earthquake Resistant Structure

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson where students look at how the sudden movement in an earthquake causes a building to collapse, and how to design a building that can withstand it.