Earthquakes

**Earth's Systems **
Four Spheres: Air Land Water Life This session is about what's below our feet, espcially with the shake, rattle & roll of Earthquakes.
 * Atmosphere Geosphere Hydrosphere Biosphere** [|See it here]

Earth's layers inside and out Plate Tectonics Earthquakes Tsunamis Volcanoes Volcano [|Movies] from Hawaiin Volcano Observatory Mountain building Rock Cycle Human Challenges: Measuring, Recording, Predicting, Disasters, Preparedness, Personal & Emergency Responses, Social Impact Questions: Is there an earthquake in your future?


 * Web Sites**
 * US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/ [|Earthquakes for Kids] and [|Dynamic Earth] online edition
 * Hurricane Strike and index of other modules for tropical storms online at http://www.meted.ucar.edu/topics_hurricane.php
 * BBC Schools Geography [|Plate Tectonics Section] for students (emailable test)
 * Exploring Earth McDougal Little [|Text Book] with Visualization and Resources
 * South California Earthquake Center http://www.scec.org/resources/movies.html
 * American Museum of Natural History [|'Ology' websites] include Earth with animations and interactives good for primary grades and includes nice sections on Rocks, Plate Tectonics with interactive map, Journey to Deep Sea Vents with game
 * National Geographic's [|Forces of Nature]includes sections on Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tornados and Hurricanes, also interactive and interactive animations including Build Your Own Volcano; Trigger an Earthquake; Go from "lab' to case studies - including video of 1906 and 1989 California quakes
 * More detailed and excellent animations and small Quicktime videos at [|PBS Savage Earth website]. Topics include Earth's crust, Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tsunamis; Sidebars on Ring of Fire, Black Smokers, Predicting EQ, Building for EQ
 * Interactive Map with Layers of Data http://baird.si.edu/minsci/tdpmap/viewer.htm
 * Advanced |Geology Explorer from North Dakota State University
 * Seismology in the [|Classroom articleand activity idea * Southern California Earthquake Data Center [|educational resources]with lots of detail and investigation activities
 * Geology Labs [|Virtual Earthquake] activity lets students calculate seismic readings to determine epicenter and magnitude of 4 different earthquakes. A completion certificate is available. Not as difficult as it sounds! Connects to [|Virtual Courseware,] Check out [|Welcome to Earthquake] for more detail about how seismic waves are used to determine earthquake location and magnitude. There's also [|demonstration tutorials] of P & S wave lag time and understanding longitude and latitude.
 * Geology [|online labs] also has Virtual Dating (detrmining ages) and Virtual River (discharge and flooding)
 * Oregon State University's [|Volcano World]
 * [|Geology.com] is another great resource updated frequently with oustanding features for teachers and students
 * IRIS: Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology website has educational resources (one-page publications and posters), seismic monitoring data and realtime map, plus you can [|apply to get a seismograph for your school]. http://www.iris.washington.edu/quakes/quakes.htm animations http://www.iris.washington.edu/gifs/animations/faults.htm
 * PBS Nova's [|Birth of the Himalayan Mountains]
 * Online [|continent mover]
 * [|Windows to the Universe] from University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) / The Regents of the University of Michigan
 * More seismic [|resources on the web]


 * Especially For Teachers**
 * Lesson Plans at National Geographic Xpeditions website; View the full index
 * Thinkfinity's NY web site is searchable and aligned directly with NYS standards at [|http://thinkfinityny.org]
 * USGS Teacher Page with searchable [|Lesson Plan database]
 * Plate Tectonics Teaching with Puzzle from [|USGS]and from [|Purdue] University
 * Shaking Spaghetti Webquests [|8th Grade] and [|5th Grade] (another adaptation [|here)]; Spaghetti [|tower pictures]from camp contest
 * Earthquake Shaking - [|Bulding contest and Shake Table]Testing activity; More plans for a [|Shake Table]; Discovery Channel's |Lesson Plan Library includes one on building an [|earthquake generator]; [|Here's another one (HS) Virtual Courseware, Welcome to Earthquake illustrates how seismic waves are used to determine location and magn]itude. **SIMPLE shake table directions can be found [|here]**.
 * One middle school teacher's [Scott Johnson 5/8 grade) [|Earth Science lesson plan] web site. There are great! (Use some of these activities)
 * More ideas for teaching [|plate tectonics] from Geology.com and [|Discovering Plate Boundary] Processes - Excellent! I[|nteractive Tectonic Plate Map]; Fossil evidence from [|Earth Like a Puzzle]
 * Teacher's guide for using [|Virtual Earthquake]
 * Teacher guide to [|Earthquake unit lesson plans] from Regents of University of California for middle-high school students
 * Frank Potter's [|Science Gems] - links grouped by age/grade level and topic
 * DLESE Teaching Boxes [|http://teachingboxes.org/:] [|Evidence for Plate Tectonics] - [|Essentials of Weather] - [|Feeding Frenzy: Seasonal Upwelling] - [|Global Ups and Downs: Changing Sea Level] - [|Living in Earthquake Country]- [|Mountain Building]

Tsunamis and Some Articles from the NY Times
 * What [|causes tsunamis] (Geology.com)
 * Extreme Science [|Biggest Wave]
 * NY Times: [|Thousands Die as Quake-Spawned Waves Crash Onto Coastlines Across Southern Asia]
 * [|Asia's Deadly Waves Interactive] (NY Times); Multimedia presentation [|Fearing the Sea]
 * [|Quakes Defy Seismologists] (12/28/04)
 * [|Asian Tsunami Repeat Performance] (1/4/2005)
 * Deadly, but necessary, [|Quakes Renew the Planet]
 * [|Earth Science Meets Social Science] (NYT 3/14/2006)