Use this map on the San Andreas Fault by following lines of posts that mark the various fault breaks in the Los Trancos Open Space Preserve. The trail takes hikers to see some of the effects of earthquakes in this otherwise tranquil...

This outstanding multimedia website follows the San Andreas fault system up the California coast from San Diego to just north of San Francisco on the coast.

A suite of lessons focusing on all aspects of how mountains are formed. Inquiry-based exploration of mountain building includes the rock cycle, mountain formation, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, rocks, minerals, and...

This resource provides definitions of important earthquake related terms.

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...

This website is a resource for learning about earthquakes. Java animation at this site helps you visually understand the causes of earthquakes.

Builders of brick walls need to be especially aware of fault lines which can easily lead to the collapse of the wall. Students are challenged, here, to use polyminoes to design patterns for brick walls which do not contain fault lines....

Go on a geologic adventure in this interactive, online trail guide to the Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault.

A fault-line plan from 1911 of the principal faults in the Bullfrog district of southwest Nevada.

Discussion of liquefaction and landslides which are two of the many effects of earthquakes.

Complex analysis of many facets of "desire" in "Paradise Lost." Includes comparisons to Spenser's "The Faierie Queen."

Explains what earthquakes are, what causes them, the different types, tsunamis that can be caused by them, and how to prepare if living in an earthquake-prone area.

A complete, interactive learning activity covering the science of tsunamis, preparedness, research, and historical tsunamis. Excellent animations and real, historical recordings of survivors allow the learner to experience what happens...

A contour map from the vicinity of Elizabethtown showing the rectangular pattern of relief and drainage lines in fault-block mountains of the eastern Adirondacks.

Building a bridge in San Francisco has to take into account the possibilites of earthquakes. This Science Buddies science project asks that you use different virtual bridge designs to withstand virtual earthquakes. The Science Buddies...

A 260-page unit of activities on earthquakes. Covers what they are, their cause, why and where they occur, their impact on the Earth, how they are measured, and safety and survival. Includes worksheets and has a glossary at the end.

Test your knowledge of earthquakes by taking this 17-question online quiz. After answering the questions, submit your results to see how you did.

Native Georgian Anne Rivers Siddons writes about Southerners in all her novels. This site features a biography of the prolific writer, as well as a brief discussion of her work. A suggested reading list is also included.

This article provides a summary and detailed facts about the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, one of the most devasting natural disasters in American history.

A geologic map of a section of the Colorado Front Range near Denver and Golden showing the structure and topography of the common border between the Great Plains and Southern Rockies. The map is keyed to show rock types, formations, and...

A map from 1911 of Bell Canyon in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. The map shows a series of morainic ridges near the mouth of the canyon and the typical pattern of the terminal moraine (T), lateral moraines (L), and recessional moraines...

Information about earthquakes including causes and how they are measured.

A map of a portion of the San Bernardino Mountains near Big Bear Lake in 1911. The map is based on the USGS San Gorgonio quadrangle, with contour intervals of 500 feet. "Bear Valley and the adjacent country exhibit the subdued relief...