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Exploratorium: The Faultline/seismic Slinky

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A lesson plan for investigating longitudinal waves by use of a Slinky toy. Directions, questions, and applications to seismic waves are provided.

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Concepts
earthquakes, geology, longitudinal waves, seismic waves, seismology
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Additional Tags
earth science, earth sciences, earthquake wave, earthquake waves, p-wave, p-waves, seismologist, slinkies, slinky, surface wave, surface waves, exploratorium, earthquake, geologist, longitudinal wave, seismic wave
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)