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Exploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities Unit PlanExploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities Unit Plan
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Exploratorium
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9th - 10th
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Exploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities

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This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.

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Concepts

convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, faults, plate boundaries, plate movement, plate tectonics, earthquakes

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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