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- 6th - 12th
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Students, in committees, develop and propose solutions to rebuild various elements of Colombia's infrastructure in the wake of the January 25, 1999 earthquake, as well as compare and contrast the earthquake's affects on Colombia to an earthquake in Los Angeles. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students develop awareness of occurrences of earthquakes in Illinois and their past and potential future damage, and examine distribution of earthquakes in central U.S. regions. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore the causes and effects of earthquakes. They also collect and analyze data in graphs. They also use the Internet to research earthquakes Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the Internet to predict, interpret, and summarize concepts about the earthquakes. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students create their own earthquake machine. They observe the machine in action and identify the different types of plate boundaries found throughout the world. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the risks of earthquakes in coastal communities. They conduct research, complete a worksheet, and present mitigation options identified for their assigned hazard. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to earthquakes. Using a photograph, they identify a fault and describe the various movements different faults can make. They interpret a map to predict where a future earthquake might occur. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students investigate the Richter scale and seismology in a teacher-led lab in which they are introduced to the concept of seismic waves and epicenter location. They further investigate the inner workings of a seismograph and practice using the circular intercept technique to find the epicenter of an earthquake. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in an activity in which they simulate geological events such as earthquakes and erosion. For a fifteen to twenty minute time period, they shake a jar with 100 grams of marble chips and water. They measure the mass of the marble chips at the end of the time period and determine how much mass was lost. Full Review »
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- 6th - 10th
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Students build an earthquake shake table. They design and build the table and test their completed structures using sandbags. Full Review »
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