Instructional Video4:32
SciShow

How Ancient Buildings Became Accidental Seismographs

12th - Higher Ed
We use seismographs to record the time, location and magnitude of earthquakes as they happen. But in the last three decades, a new field of study has emerged that is learning to track these details about earthquakes of old using the...
Instructional Video4:04
SciShow

Detecting Earthquakes: AI vs. Citizen Scientists

12th - Higher Ed
There are over 13,000 active seismic stations out there, producing far more data than seismologists have time to go through. So, researchers set up a showdown of humans versus machines to sift through all this information and, in the...
Instructional Video3:51
Wonderscape

Understanding Earthquakes: The Role of Tectonic Movements

K - 5th
Dive into the dynamics of earthquakes, from the initial tremors to the science behind their measurement. Learn how seismologists use seismographs to detect seismic waves and locate epicenters, aiding in earthquake preparedness and the...
Podcast6:53
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

The Center of the Earth

Pre-K - Higher Ed
There is no natural hole to the center of the planet Earth, so seeing what is in the center is difficult. Scientists haven’t ever drilled deeper than 2,000 feet into the Earth’s crust. Seismographs are used to measure earthquakes, which...
Instructional Video0:53
Next Animation Studio

Earth's interior taking in more seawater than previous thought, study finds

12th - Higher Ed
Seismic activity around the Mariana Trench have revealed the earth around it could be taking in at least 4.3 times more water than previously thought
Instructional Video18:38
Wonderscape

Science Kids: Earthquakes Around the World

K - 5th
This video provides an overview of earthquakes, including their causes, measurement, and notable earthquakes in history. It also discusses the importance of earthquake preparedness and provides tips on how to create an emergency plan and...
Instructional Video6:13
Khan Academy

The Mohorovicic Seismic Discontinuity, Cosmology and Astronomy

8th - 9th
The phenomena observed in the behavior of waves and data received from seismographs can lead us to various conclusions about the densities of material waves passing through.
Instructional Video4:53
TED-Ed

Why Are Earthquakes so Hard to Predict?

6th - 12th Standards
Cell phones to crowdsource vibrations to warn of incoming earthquakes? Detectors to register high levels of radon-thoron isotopes? After detailing the factors that make earthquakes so difficult to predict, the narrator of a fascinating...