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1,308 Earthquakes Lesson Plans
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- 6th - 8th
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Students build their own tower using concepts from previous lessons. They are given a set of materials to use and general guidelines. They share what they have created with their classmates. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work together to determine how forces work on different objects. They practice graphing data and calculating slope of a line. They discover how graphing data in an organized fashion is helpful to engineers. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students work together to create their own greenhouse effect model. They discuss the dangers of global warming for the population. They discover the role engineers play in protecting the environment. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students work together to build their own structure out of spaghetti and marshmallows. They discover which ones are able to handle more weight. They are introduced to the concepts of tension and compression. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students design and build a tower out of newspapers that is able to withstand a lateral wind load. They construct the tower to specific height and stability requirements using specific material limitations. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students research the concepts of center of mass and how to make different things balance. They make symmetrical cut-outs of different "creatures" and experiment with how they balance on a tightrope of string. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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students analyze how oil is formed and where in the Earth we find it. Students take a core sample to look for oil in a model of the Earth. They analyze their sample and make an informed decision as to whether or not they should "drill for oil" in a specific location. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze eolian science which is a mix of meteorology and geology. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students compare and contrast a major news story from various newspapers. They complete a graphic organizer to compare how different newspapers cover a specific news story, and write an essay. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students conduct a hands-on experiment designed to demonstrate how continents and oceans formed and why the manner of formation is relevant to a study of volcanoes. Full Review »

