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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part 1

For Teachers 5th Standards
Using the Jigsaw protocol, scholars study chunks of text from a speech given by former US presidents following a devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti. As they read the speech in small groups, they build background knowledge and share...
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DiscoverE

Build an Earthquake-Resistant Structure

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Future engineers design and build structures out of toothpicks and marshmallows. They then make sure the structures can withstand an earthquake simulator!
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Curated OER

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Nice pictures, maps and informative diagrams are incorporated into this PowerPoint about earthquake types and the types of waves carrying energy produced.  There are a number of pages explaining scientific terminology and diagrams to...
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Curated OER

Earthquake Experiments

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the effects of earthquakes. In this earth science lesson, students create earthquake models and earthquake-proof buildings. They construct their own seismograph.
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Curated OER

How Do Earthquakes Affect Buildings?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate earthquakes utilizing an online program, and examine the earthquake-proofing construction for their building. They chart and analyze their simulated data using
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Curated OER

Earthquakes: Learn From the Past, Prepare for the Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the destruction caused by earthquakes. In this community safety lesson, students examine the risk involved in living in an earthquake zone and how to prepare for future earthquakes.
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Curated OER

Earthquake preparation: Acquiring knowledge about different ways to prepare for earthquakes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop critical reading comprehension skills while learning how to be prepared for earthquakes, and list at least three things they can do to prepare for an earthquake.
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Curated OER

Earthquakes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students inspect the causes and effects of earthquakes and examine how seismic waves travel. In this earthquake activity, students determine where earthquakes happen and why, before determining how to build an earthquake resistant...
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Curated OER

Earthquakes: Getting Ready For The Big One

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars devise a plan to prepare a city for an earthquake. In this lesson on earthquakes, students differentiate between the different types of earthquakes, examine the impact they can have on a city, and write a proposal on how...
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Curated OER

Earthquakes And Fault Lines

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars discuss major causes of earthquakes and identify famous fault lines, access and map information about ten largest earthquakes in world from 1989 to 1998, and theorize about location of these earthquakes as they relate to...
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Know Your Boundaries: Earthquake Lessons in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
With all the recent attention on Haiti, and now Chile, it is the perfect time to teach your students about earthquakes!
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Curated OER

Earthquakes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take a closer look at earthquakes. In this earthquake instructional activity, students investigate the causes of Kashmir earthquake and the impact of the earthquake. Students also consider aid efforts in the aftermath of...
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Curated OER

Earthquake Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 6th
With earthquakes a regular occurrence all over the world, including a recent one in Haiti, students can learn about these phenomena.
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Curated OER

Earthquakes

For Students 5th - 6th
After reading an article on earthquakes and tsunamis, students answer a series of multiple choice questions about what they have learned. All answers can be found within the article, making this a good way to prepare for reading...
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Curated OER

Northridge, California Earthquake Map

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earthquake intensity worksheet, students are given a map labeled with the intensity of shaking for the Northridge area and its surroundings for the earthquake that occurred in 1994. Students color an intensity scale and then...
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Curated OER

Build an Earthquake-Proof Structure

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create straw structures and experiment to see how they would withstand an earthquake.  In this Earthquake lesson, 6th graders use increasing vibrations and record the effects on their straw structures.  Students discuss...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: Jigsaw to Build and Share Expertise about the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, Part 2

For Teachers 5th Standards
Calling all experts! Using the educational resource, pupils work together in small expert groups, reading an article about the 2010 Haiti earthquake. As they read, they record two main ideas and supporting details from the text.
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Curated OER

Cartoons for the Classroom: Earthquake in Haiti

For Students 9th - 12th
Trying to expand your scholars' perspectives to think globally? Use this critical-analysis handout. A poignant political cartoon points out the devastation required to get U.S. attention focused on helping Haiti. Background information...
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EngageNY

Researching about the Red Cross, Continued: How Did the Red Cross Aid Haiti After the 2010 Earthquake?

For Teachers 5th Standards
What a puzzle! Scholars participate in a Jigsaw discussion within their expert groups, determining the gist of an article about the 2010 Haiti earthquake. As they read and discuss the article, they record thoughts on their note catchers. 
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EngageNY

Launching the Performance Task: The1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

For Teachers 6th Standards
Picture that! Pupils view photographs of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, discussing what they know and wonder about each image. Then, scholars watch a short video about the historic event and complete a KWL...
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Radford University

Earthquake Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Shake up things in the classroom. The unit uses earthquakes to bring a real-life connection to finding arc lengths, logarithms, and equations of circles. Small groups determine whether particular towns would have felt an earthquake after...
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Hazards: Fourth Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 4th Standards
Learn about damage associated with earthquakes and materials that best withstand a quake. A lab engages class members in the experimental design and construction of sturdy structures that can endure various earthquake intensities. Groups...
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Curated OER

Devastation of Indian Quake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read an online article at CNNfyi.com to determine what happened in India after an earthquake. They determine the magnitude of this earthquake and address the issue of relief efforts from other countries.
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Curated OER

The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812: Shaking Our Misconceptions about Earthquakes in United States History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners Examine how earthquakes work and what plate tectonics and fault lines are.  In this earthquake lesson students complete an earthquake scavenger hunt.

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