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Curious? Quake Up!

For Students 4th - 5th
In this "Curious?  Quake up!" worksheet, students answer 4 multiple choice questions about earthquakes, interactively, then check their answers.
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Curious? Shake It Up!

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this "Curious? Shake it up!" worksheet, learners answer 4 multiple choice questions interactively about earthquakes, then find out how others answered the same questions.
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Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and a Geographic Information System

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students examine the frequency and distribution of earthquake epicenters and compare these epicenters to the distribution of plate boundaries and cities.
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A Model of Plate Faults

For Teachers 6th Standards
The San Andreas fault is one of the longest fault zones in the world. In a series of 20 lessons, the fourth lesson has pupils use a paper model to recreate various types of plate faults. Each is held in position then drawn...
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A Whole Lotta Shakin'

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read first hand accounts of earthquake survivors in order to begin the describe the different types of earthquake waves and the order in which they arrive. They engage in using earthquake waves as a means to indirectly study the...
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Shaky New Zealand

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore geography by answering study questions in class. In this plate tectonics lesson, students identify the earthquake data concerning the country of New Zealand and answer questions regarding the data. Students identify...
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Plate Tectonic Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's movements by completing worksheets. In this plate tectonics lesson, students define such natural disasters as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and mudslides and discuss their connections to plate tectonics....
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The Future of Haiti

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the future of Haiti. In this Haiti lesson plan, students research the economy of Haiti as they read several artcles and participate in group discussion. Students then collaborate in small groups to propose...
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National Tragedy, Global Response

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how different people on local, national and international levels respond to a destructive natural disaster and the needs of its victims and how various facets of the media cover such an event. The August 1999 earthquake...
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Front Page News

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students write original earthquake articles typically found on the front page of a newspaper. Each student has the freedom to write in a variety of writing styles (lead story, human interest story, editorials, etc.). They research...
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Destruction by Earthquakes

For Students 7th - 12th
In this earthquakes learning exercise, students review terms associated with earthquakes such as Richter scale, seismographs, and the Moho scale. This learning exercise has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Earthquake Waves

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earthquake waves worksheet, students are given the three types of waves and they match the type with their definition.
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Vocabulary for Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Students 6th - 10th
In this plate tectonics worksheet, learners define 27 terms associated with earthquakes and volcanoes such as subduction zone, mantle, and divergent plate.
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Virtual Earthquake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students visit a website that features online interactive geology and biology simulations. They observe and estimate the amplitude of the largest wave and transfer the information to a nomogram. Based on the nomogram students will...
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Dangerous Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view a Dangerous Earth video and research a historic or recent earthquake.  In this earthquake lesson plan students create a piece of are to portray the experience of their particular earthquake. 
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Finding Epicenters 1

For Students 8th - 10th
In this finding epicenters learning exercise, students complete a table given the "P" and "S" wave arrival times of 6 different earthquakes. Students calculate the difference in arrival time of the waves, the distance to the epicenter,...
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Earthquake Waves

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders pour three cups of sand on the top of a plastic table near the edge. They tap the table lightly with the rubber mallet. When they tap the table lightly they see the sand ump into the air.
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Comparing the New Madrid and San Andreas Fault Zones

For Students 7th - 10th
In this faults worksheet, students use an earthquake reference sheet to find the numbers for a modified Mercalli and Richter scale. They compare the San Andreas Fault zone and the New Madrid fault zone on the United States map. They...
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Moving the Earth

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders simulate the three primary types of fault movement lateral fault, reverse fault, and normal fault by positioning their hands and applying pressure to them to observe the similar action taking place in the Earth's crust.
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Exploring Building Resonance Phenomenon through a Discrepant Event Demonstration

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a model of a city street with various sizes of buildings on it. They use the model to demonstrate the effect of building oscillation during varying degrees of seismic activity.
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The World’s Longest Bridge

For Students 5th - 9th
In this comprehension worksheet, students read a story and answer the six multiple choice questions that follow. They identify the longest bridge in the world, what happened during construction, and what possible dangers to the bridge...
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In Harm's Way: Natural Disasters in My Community

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research and debate natural disasters that have occurred in their community. They assess whether these natural disasters were avoidable or were accidents. They investigate the extent of insurance coverage for disasters.
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research separate elements of the theory of Plate Tectonics, then share that information with each other, drawing conclusions from the culminated information.
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"101 Amazing Earth Facts" Game

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students read for comprehension, work cooperatively to learn "101 Amazing Earth Facts," and compete as teams in a Jeopardy-like game.

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