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Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings
Students examine different materials and design options that can affect the durability of a building. For this investigative lesson students conduct several earthquake experiments.
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Earthquake Preparation and Survival Strategies
Students examine the different ways that earthquakes have been predicted. In this earthquake lesson students plan ways that people can prepare for earthquakes.
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Stressed Out!
Students identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes and analyzing seismic data. For this earthquake lesson students simulate the action of P and S waves.
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It looks Like Champagne
Students interpret phase diagrams and explain the meaning of vocabulary words. In this ocean explorer lesson students describe two uses of super-critical carbon dioxide.
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All Shook Up
Students calculate the amount of displacement after an earthquake. In this seismic event instructional activity students research the Internet, and fill out a CORS data sheet.
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My Friend, The Volcano
Pupils describe the positive impacts of volcanic activity on marine ecosystems. In this volcano lesson students explore the process that causes volcanic activity along the Mariana and Kermadec Island Arcs.
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Volcano Live
Students discover the inevitable threat of volcanoes as they identify the ring of fire. In this natural disasters lesson, students examine the tectonic plate theory and discuss how magma works it's way to the surface of the Earth....
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Cultures of the Ring of Fire
Students explore the Ring of Fire. In this Ring of Fire activity, students research information about the Ring of Fire and plate tectonics. Students write 2-page research papers regarding their findings.
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Earthquakes
Students explore the causes of earthquakes and the impact they have on the geology of an area. In this geology lesson students view video footage of earthquakes, get into groups and study plate tectonics.
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English Exercises: Earthquakes and Present Continuous Tense
In this present continuous tense instructional activity, 6th graders watch 3 videos about real earthquakes, then write 5 sentences using present progressive tense, read a story and interactively select the correct word for 13 blanks,...
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It's Not Your Fault
Learners study the San Andreas Fault, calculate its movements, and compare the movements on both sides. In this earthquake lesson students use the Internet to track movement, and calculate movement using a spreadsheet.
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Whole Lotta Shakin Going On
Learners study how tectonic plates can produce earthquakes. In this earthquake lesson students use a model earthquake machine to explore hypotheses about earthquakes.
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It's a Gas! Or is it?
Students describe the effects of temperature and pressure on solubility of gases and other materials. In this investigative lesson students read an article and answer questions about it.
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Seismic Calendar
Students discover how often earthquakes happen in a region of their choice. In this science instructional activity, students use online resouces to help them do their investigations. Students make their own map of their region and show...
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Volcanoes!
Students study the Mount St. Helens eruption and how it occurred. In this experimental lesson students complete a lab that shows the eruption of Mount St. Helens.
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Are You Ready to Shake
Students examine earthquakes and tsunamis. In this Earth science lesson, students investigate the causes and hazards associated with earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Plate Patterns
Pupils review the patterns they discovered from a previous activity. In this investigative lesson students plot data as a class and color a map.
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What's The Difference?
Students identify geologic features that are associated with volcanoes. In this volcanic exploration lesson plan students compare and contrast convergent and divergent volcanoes and are able to explain why some erupt more explosively.
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Plate Tectonics - Electronic Scavenger Hunt
Pupils explore the attributes of plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson plan, students use computers to access a plate tectonics scavenger hunt file and complete the required activities using their textbooks.
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A Hydrothermal Adventure
Students analyze hydrothermal vents. In this hydrothermal vents instructional activity, students discover the effects of hydrothermal vents on tectonic plates. Students make model hydrothermal vents to understand how they form and operate.
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Living With the Heat: The Ring of Fire
Students investigate the planet Earth's infamous ring of fire and the life that thrives from it. In this ocean environment lesson, students investigate hydrothermal vents and how organisms thrive off their heat. Students...
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Curious? Quake Up!
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!
In this "Curious? Shake it up!" instructional activity, students answer 4 multiple choice questions interactively about earthquakes, then find out how others answered the same questions.
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The Dynamic Earth
Students use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes. They connect the...