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Teaching About Plate Tectonics and Faulting Using Foam Models

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scientists learn about plate tectonics and the three different types of faults (normal, reverse, and strike-slip) using foam models. The activity also covers common types of locations where these faults are found.
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Types of Faults

For Students 4th - 6th
This set of black-line diagrams of the three different types of faults can be used with your upper elementary earth scientists. Simply have them color the layers to show where the land once lined up. Another use for this resource would...
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this geology worksheet, learners will cut a map of California along the San Andreas fault line to see how California might change in the future. Then students will compare a world map from 50 million years in the future with a present...
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Geologic Blocks: Folds Worksheet

For Students 9th - 11th
For this geology worksheet, students explore folds in geologic blocks. They sketch ovals in blocks across fold lines. Students have six pictures to sketch, each one from a different angle or from a different size block.,
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Earthquakes & Volcanoes

For Students 5th - 7th
In this earthquake and volcano worksheet, students use the Internet site given to complete each of the questions. They identify and describe various major earthquakes that have occurred in the US. Then they describe where molten rock...
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Earthquakes Living Lab: Locating Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
There are patterns in nearly everything — even earthquakes. Pairs research current earthquakes to see if there are any patterns. They determine the mean, median, and mode of the earthquake data, along with the maximum and minimum. Using...
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Earthquakes Living Lab: Geology and Earthquakes in Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Sometimes it seems as if earthquakes hit the same places over and over again. Class members study Japan in order to determine why earthquakes keep happening there. Pairs work together to research and try to determine whether there are...
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Science Matters

Earthquakes and Volcanoes Pre-Assessment

For Students 6th
See how much your class knows about earthquakes and volcanic activity and how these events shape geologic features. The first lesson in the series of 20 is a pre-test to find out what pupils already know. It includes 10 vocabulary words...
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Earthquakes Living Lab: Geology and the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
We can learn from the past to protect the future. Pairs look at two historical earthquakes: San Francisco, Calif., and Kobe, Japan. Pupils compare the two earthquakes and their impacts, then determine how engineers may use the...
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Forces Inside the Earth

For Students 7th - 12th
In this faults worksheet, students identify the three types of faults and the characteristics that define a normal fault, reverse fault, and a strike-slip fault. This worksheet has 3 fill in the blank and 3 short answer questions.
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Plate Tectonics

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Help young scientists piece together the theory of plate tectonics with this comprehensive collection of materials. Whether your are looking for worksheets, hands-on activities, or assessments, this resource has everything a science...
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Earthquakes Living Lab: FAQs about P Waves, S Waves and More

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Let's talk about earthquakes .... Using the Internet, pupils research what causes earthquakes, how scientists measure them, their locations, and their effects. The resource is not only informative, but it also builds crucial research...
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Geologic Blocks: Intrusions Worksheet

For Students 10th - 12th
For this geology worksheet, students observe and describe the number and types of intrusions on blocks. They list events in sequential order and practice sketching blocks. There are six problem solving questions on this worksheet.
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What's Shaking?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Earth movements activity, students compare and contrast earthquakes and volcanoes. Students write a short essay about the similarities and differences and then complete 4 matching questions.
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Faulty Parallelism

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Practice using parallel structure. Learners correct faulty parallelism in an extensive list of sentences. The faults in each sentence are sometimes subtle, so scholars will need solid background knowledge on parallel structure to catch...
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Earthquakes and Volcanoes

For Students 7th - 9th
In this earthquakes and volcanoes worksheet, students use an on line source to answer questions about earthquakes around the world, the origins of volcanoes and the creation of lava tube caves.
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Optoelectronic Devices

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build  circuit boards using photovoltaic cells to grasp the understanding of circuit design before answering a series of 10 open-ended questions. This worksheet is printable and there...
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Overcurrent Protection

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical activity, students answer a series of 13 open-ended questions with schematics about excessive electrical current going through conductors. This activity is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Servo Motor Systems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer  a series of 9 open-ended questions with schematics about motors and how they are used within certain types of electrical circuits.  This worksheet is printable and there are on-line...
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Performance-based Assessments for Network Analysis Competencies

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit quiz, students use schematics to answer a series of 7 open-ended performance based questions to show their understanding of Thevenin's and Norton's theorem about electrical circuits. This quiz can be printed...
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Idioms Beginning With U

For Students 5th - 6th
In this idioms learning exercise, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the meaning of idioms beginning with letter U.
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K12 Reader

Earthquakes: Movement of the Earth's Crust

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Readers use context to determine the meaning of words found in a short article about earthquakes and the movement of the earth's crust.
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Why Earthquakes Occur

For Students 6th - 9th
In this earthquake learning exercise, students learn about why earthquakes occur. After reading the information, they answer the 12 questions in the packet. The answers are on the last page.
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Geologic History PowerPoint Follow Sheet-The Rules of the Game

For Students 8th - 10th
In this geologic history worksheet, learners answer questions about the earth's history, about dating fossils, about layers of rocks and about unconformity.

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