Examine earthquake intensities and ways to measure an earthquake through the comparison of the Mercalli and Richter scales. After completing the pre-lab worksheet, fourth graders compare high and low intensity quakes by testing...

Introduce third graders to energy waves with a hands-on geology activity, in which they answer questions and compare seismograms in the San Francisco Bay area. After a demonstration that shows how bigger waves indicate a...

Shake up things in the classroom. The unit uses earthquakes to bring a real-life connection to finding arc lengths, logarithms, and equations of circles. Small groups determine whether particular towns would have felt an earthquake after...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to find the epicenter of an earthquake.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How to find the epicenter of an earthquake.

Students analyze seismograms to locate mystery earthquake epicenters as they produce a news story about a major local earthquake to complete their mission.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents an overview of earthquakes.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents an overview of earthquakes.

A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on earthquakes, how they form, how they are measured, and the ways they can change the surface of the Earth.

Seismic waves are studied to better understand the ground beneath us, the layers of Earth and points of interest for earthquakes. Better understand the types of waves, what substances they may travel through and how, and gain a clearer...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Earth's tectonic plates and how they move.