Students examine different materials and design options that can affect the durability of a building.  In this investigative lesson students conduct several earthquake experiments. 

Pupils examine the different ways that earthquakes have been predicted.  In this earthquake lesson students plan ways that people can prepare for earthquakes. 

Students identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes and analyzing seismic data.  In this earthquake lesson students simulate the action of P and S waves. 

Students interpret phase diagrams and explain the meaning of vocabulary words.  In this ocean explorer activity students describe two uses of super-critical carbon dioxide. 

Students calculate the amount of displacement after an earthquake.  In this seismic event instructional activity students research the Internet, and fill out a CORS data sheet.

Students describe the positive impacts of volcanic activity on marine ecosystems. In this volcano lesson plan students explore the process that causes volcanic activity along the Mariana and Kermadec Island Arcs.

Students discover the inevitable threat of volcanoes as they identify the ring of fire. In this natural disasters instructional activity, students examine the tectonic plate theory and discuss how magma works it's way to the surface of...

Students explore the Ring of Fire. In this Ring of Fire lesson, students research information about the Ring of Fire and plate tectonics. Students write 2-page research papers regarding their findings.

Pupils explore the causes of earthquakes and the impact they have on the geology of an area.  In this geology activity students view video footage of earthquakes, get into groups and study plate tectonics. 

For this present continuous tense worksheet, 6th graders watch 3 videos about real earthquakes, then write 5 sentences using present progressive tense, read a story and interactively select the correct word for 13 blanks, then select...

High schoolers study the San Andreas Fault, calculate its movements, and compare the movements on both sides.  In this earthquake instructional activity students use the Internet to track movement, and calculate movement using a...

Learners study how tectonic plates can produce earthquakes.  In this earthquake lesson plan students use a model earthquake machine to explore hypotheses about earthquakes. 

Pupils describe the effects of temperature and pressure on solubility of gases and other materials.  In this investigative lesson students read an article and answer questions about it. 

Students discover how often earthquakes happen in a region of their choice. In this science lesson, students use online resouces to help them do their investigations. Students make their own map of their region and show how many...

Students study the Mount St. Helens eruption and how it occurred.  In this experimental lesson students complete a lab that shows the eruption of Mount St. Helens.

Young scholars examine earthquakes and tsunamis. In this Earth science lesson, students investigate the causes and hazards associated with earthquakes and tsunamis.

Students review the patterns they discovered from a previous activity.  In this investigative lesson students plot data as a class and color a map. 

High schoolers identify geologic features that are associated with volcanoes.  For this volcanic exploration lesson students compare and contrast convergent and divergent volcanoes and are able to explain why some erupt more...

Pupils explore the attributes of plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson, students use computers to access a plate tectonics scavenger hunt file and complete the required activities using their textbooks.

Students analyze hydrothermal vents. In this hydrothermal vents lesson plan, students discover the effects of hydrothermal vents on tectonic plates. Students make model hydrothermal vents to understand how they form and operate.

Students investigate the planet Earth's infamous ring of fire and the life that thrives from it.  In this ocean environment lesson plan, students investigate hydrothermal vents and how organisms thrive off their heat.  Students...

In this "Curious?  Quake up!" worksheet, students answer 4 multiple choice questions about earthquakes, interactively, then check their answers.

In this "Curious? Shake it up!" worksheet, students answer 4 multiple choice questions interactively about earthquakes, then find out how others answered the same questions.

Students use the Internet to investigate earthquakes and plate tectonics. In this plate tectonics lesson plan, students complete a web quest with multiple links and activity types relating to earthquakes and volcanoes. They connect the...