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This site has directions for a classroom activity in which students plot locations of major Southern California earthquakes on a map. A table listing major earthquakes, when they occurred, their locations and their magnitudes is included. There is also a set of questions for the students to answer once they have plotted the earthquake data on their map. This site is in PDF format.
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The
prediction
of
earthquakes
may
be
inexact,
but
it
is
vital,
especially
when
large
cities
such
as
San
Francisco
or
Los
Angeles
are
threatened.
The
San
Andreas
Fault
and
two
other
faults,
the
Heyward
and
Calaveras
faults,
all
have
the
potential
to
deliver
a
massive
earthquake
to
the
San
Francisco
Bay
area.
In
this
video
segment,
a
seismologist
explains
the
historical
pattern
of
seismic
activity
in
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This
page
contains
a
map
of
southern
California
with
epicenters
of
earthquakes
shown
as
circles
of
different
sizes
and
colors.
The
size
and
color
of
each
earthquake
symbol
corresponds
to
its
magnitude,
as
indicated
by
a
scale
on
the
map.
Clicking
on
an
epicenter
takes
the
user
to
a
page
of
information
about
that
earthquake.
Earthquakes
dating
back
to
1812
are
shown.
Also
available
on
this
page
are
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This
page
provides
an
overview
of
the
role
of
plate
tectonics
in
the
generation
of
earthquakes.
It
provides
a
map
of
plate
locations
and
figures
that
illustrate
fault
types
and
tectonic
environments
(extensional,
transform,
and
compressional).
Examples
of
surface
features
in
the
Pacific
Northwest,
Nevada,
Indonesia,
the
San
Andreas
Fault,
the
Red
Sea,
the
Zagoros
Mountains
in
Iran,
and
on
the
planet
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This
activity
uses
the
free
software
'Seismic
Eruption'
to
visualize
seismicity
and
volcanic
activity
in
space
and
time
and
to
explore
the
relationship
of
earthquakes
and
volcanic
activiy
to
plate
tectonics.
Students
run
simulations
on
the
Pacific
coasts
of
South
America
and
California
and
the
mid-oceanic
ridge
in
the
Atlantic
Ocean,
answer
questions,
and
construct
a
cross-section.
A
link
to
download
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This
report
describes
how
the
work
of
K.
Wadati,
Charles
F.
Richter,
Harry
O.
Wood,
and
Beno
Gutenberg
resulted
in
a
way
of
rating
earthquakes
in
southern
California
according
to
an
instrumental
analysis
of
the
amount
of
energy
they
released
in
the
form
of
seismic
waves.
This
work
resulted
in
the
first
use
of
the
term
"magnitude"
for
describing
the
amount
of
energy
released
by
an
earthquake,
and
in
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In
this
module,
students
use
Geographic
Information
Systems
(GIS)
together
with
the
tools
and
data
from
the
North
America
Global
GIS
CD
to
investigate
earthquakes,
volcanoes,
and
population
on
local
and
global
scales.
As
an
example,
in
the
first
earthquakes
lesson,
students
are
given
a
scenario
where
they
must
report
on
the
distribution
and
frequency
of
earthquakes
in
North
America
related
to
cities,
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This
web
page
provides
links
to
earthquake-related
educational
activities
for
kids,
teachers
and
adults
in
general.
Facts
about
earthquakes,
animations
of
earthquake
activity,
ideas
for
science
fair
projects
and
lists
of
recent
earthquakes
are
provided.
Materials
for
use
by
teachers
are
arranged
by
grade
level.
Extensive
links
to
other
web-based
resources
are
provided.
The
kid's
section
includes
such
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This
easily
built
classroom
apparatus
is
ideal
for
gaining
a
better
understanding
of
how
earthquakes
work
and
how
they
are
recorded.
The
apparatus
consists
of
a
heavy
object
that
is
dragged
steadily
with
an
elastic
cord.
Although
pulled
with
a
constant
velocity,
the
heavy
object
repeatedly
slides
and
then
stops.
A
small
vibration
sensor,
attached
to
a
computer
display,
graphically
monitors
this
motion,
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This
web
site
provides
a
lesson
plan
for
teachers
on
plate
tectonics.
Created
for
students
in
grades
6-12,
it
allows
individuals
to
interactively
learn
about
plate
tectonics
via
web
sites
and
in-class
activities.
The
site
is
broken
down
into
sections
to
help
with
the
formulation
of
the
lesson
plan.
These
include:
objectives,
materials,
procedures,
adaptations,
discussion
questions,
evaluation,
extensions,
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