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The New Madrid Earthquakes of 1811-1812: Shaking Our Misconceptions about Earthquakes in United States History
Students Examine how earthquakes work and what plate tectonics and fault lines are. In this earthquake lesson plan students complete an earthquake scavenger hunt.
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Comparing the New Madrid and San Andreas Fault Zones
In this faults worksheet, students use an earthquake reference sheet to find the numbers for a modified Mercalli and Richter scale. They compare the San Andreas Fault zone and the New Madrid fault zone on the United States map. They...
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Earthquakes Study Guide
In this earthquakes activity, learners answer questions about the components of earthquakes, the causes of earthquakes, how they are measured, the types of seismic waves and the types of faults. They also answer questions about the types...
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Destruction by Earthquakes
In this earthquakes worksheet, middle schoolers will name the parts of a seismograph and then review information about large magnitude earthquakes that have occurred. This worksheet has 4 fill in the blank and 7 short answer questions.
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Trembling, Spewing Earth: Impacts on Human Activity
Seventh graders study to identify patterns in earthquake activity and impacts on human behavior. They also develop plans to cope with such natural disasters.
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Geology Rocks
Students discuss information relating to Illinois geology. They examine top mineral resources in Illinois to find detailed information about geodes and where they can be found. Students complete geode lab to explore external structure of...
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New Madrid: Earthquakes of 1811 1812
This very detailed description of the largest series of earthquakes in the United States tells what happened to the land and rivers as a result of the quakes. Read about the series of earthquakes that shook the region between December...
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Geological Survey Program: Facts About the New Madrid Seismic Zone
It's surprising to find out that the New Madrid Seismic Zone is the most seismically active area in the United States. The facts go into the New Madrid fault very scientifically and are very detailed. Find maps and charts showing...
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: New Madrid: What if the 1811 12 New Madrid Earthquakes Happened Today?
A timeline from 1800 to 2010 that shows population growth of the United States. It shows the impact of the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquake would have today.
Indiana University
Indiana University Bloomington: Earthquakes in Indiana [Pdf]
A detailed brochure with lots of information about the earthquakes that occur in Indiana. Discusses plate tectonics, how fault zones developed in the Mississippi River Valley, faults in Indiana, earthquakes that affected Indiana in the...
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey:1811 1812 New Madrid, Missouri Earthquakes
A detailed description of events that took place during the 1811 and 1812 earthquakes in New Madrid, and information concerning a similar event in the future.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: New Madrid: Sand Blows Are Evidence for Earthquakes
Scroll over this photograph of an excavation to see evidence for prehistoric sand blows. These give evidence for earthquakes and liquefaction in the prehistoric record.
University of Hawai'i
Reply to Ask an Earth Scientist
This site contains facts about the New Madrid fault and the 1811-12 earthquake in Q & A form.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Intraplate Earthquakes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How and why intraplate earthquakes occur away from plate boundaries.
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William Leigh Pierce an Account of the Earthquakes (1812)
William Leigh Pierce's written description of an earthquake that struck the area of the Mississippi near Missouri in 1812. Pierce is better known as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention from Georgia.
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Rockhounding Arkansas: Your Fault, My Fault, and the New Madrid Fault
Text and diagrams regarding tectonic forces, the new Madrid Fault, and earthquakes.
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Early Canadiana Online: Life of Tecumseh and of His Brother the Prophet
Benjamin Drake, almost a contemporary of Tecumseh, offers this biography first published in Cincinnati in 1841. Page images are arranged here, with the added bonus of search capablility.