Lesson Plan

Bigger Faults Make Bigger Earthquakes

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Students experiment with string to visualize how earthquakes are created. Using various lengths of string, students determine which earthquakes lasted the longest and hypothesize why. Students look at a fault map and determine which may be capable of the longest earthquakes.

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Grade
K - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Lesson Plans
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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