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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Earth Structure: Virtual Journey to Center of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out about the interior structure of the Earth and the role of seismic waves as they move through Earth's layers. The research details both compositional layers as well as mechanical layers.
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Living in Earthquake Country

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An inquiry unit that teaches learners 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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California Institute of Technology

Scedc: Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about earthquakes and how they are measured. Follow up with some activities that help to enhance your learning.
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PPT
Other

Impact Tectonics: Earth's Interior, Gravity, and Magnetism [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Topics covered in this slideshow include the Earth's interior, seismic S- and P-waves, the crust and mantle, phase boundaries encountered by seismic waves, the Earth's internal heat, gravity and density, gravitational anomalies, the...
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Tomography [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how seismic tomography imaging helps scientists understand the formation of the Earth's interior.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Earthquakes and the Earth's Interior

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will learn about earthquakes and seismic waves. Learn about why and how these form and also discuss the hazards - direct and indirect - posed by earthquakes. You will then learn how our knowledge of...
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Exploring the Earth Using Seismology

For Students 9th - 10th
The paths of some seismic waves and the ground motion that resulted are shown in this poster.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Modeling Earthquake Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers model earthquake waves with a slinky toy.
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Handout
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Tomography

For Students 9th - 10th
Using a technique called seismic tomography, scientists decoded the information contained in seismograms' squiggles to develop this image of an individual slice through the deep Earth.
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Sequences

For Students 9th - 10th
In this exercise, students will interpret one (1) 2D seismic line- Line C. This line is from offshore West Africa. This is as specific that the students need to know to work the exercise. During the review of the solution, it will be...
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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Seismic Reflection

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete lesson on seismic reflection. A video, slide presentation, and practice with solutions are included.
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Activity
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Exploring Sound Waves

For Students 2nd - 6th
This activity explores the behavior of sound waves. Learn how to test how sound travels through different types of rock.
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Earthquake on the Playground

For Students 9th - 10th
In this experiment, students go outside and create a simulation of P and S waves traveling across a 30-meter span. This is repeated using a 30-meter square. They experiment with P and S wave behavior, record results, and use...
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eBook
Other

Tulane University: Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

For Students 9th - 10th
College instructor's notes on seismology includes earthquake origins, seismic waves, risks and damage assessments, and other information about the interior structure of the Earth.
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Handout
Columbia University

Columbia University: Evidence for Internal Earth Structure and Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
College-level research information describes how the movement of Earth's interior causes seismic wave activity.
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Other

Digital Library for Earth System Education: Teaching Box: Earthquake Country

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of earthquakes. Inquiry-based exploration of earthquakes includes measuring seismic waves, predicting earthquakes, investigating magnitude and intensity, mapping fault lines, and evaluating...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking Into Earth With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Multi-lesson activity where students will work with data from a seismic wave model in a GIS (geographic information system) program. They will examine maps, select data, and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic wave velocities...
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Earthquake: Earth's Interior

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A look inside the Earth to see what happens as an earthquake propagates through it. Also on the site is a short quiz based on seismic waves.
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Website
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Us Array Ground Motion Visualizations

For Students 9th - 10th
The USArray Ground Motion Visualization (GMV) is a video-based IRIS DMS product that illustrates how seismic waves travel away from an earthquake location by depicting the normalized recorded wave amplitudes at each seismometer location...
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Interactive
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Walk Run: Locating an Earthquake Using Triangulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Roll over the seismic stations to see earthquake epicenters triangulated. Touch buttons to watch movies of seismic waves.
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Los Cambios en El Medio Natural Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
In this unit you can learn about the deformation of rocks, magmatism, plutonism and seismic waves. It has 16 interactive activities.
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Curated OER

Michigan Technological Univ.: Seismology & Seismic Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions and descriptions of a variety of seismic waves such as s, p, Love, and Rayleigh waves, diagrams, and speeds.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Michigan Technological Univ.: Seismology & Seismic Waves

For Students 9th - 10th
Definitions and descriptions of a variety of seismic waves such as s, p, Love, and Rayleigh waves, diagrams, and speeds.
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Website
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Iris: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

For Students 9th - 10th
This university consortium provides on-going, current information on seismic activity happening all over the world. Of special interest is the Seismic Monitor. Open this page to a full screen to monitor global earthquake activity in real...

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