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Bigger Faults Make Bigger Earthquakes

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Young scholars experiment with string to visualize how earthquakes are created. Using various lengths of string, students determine which earthquakes lasted the longest and hypothesize why. Young scholars look at a fault map and determine which may be capable of the longest earthquakes.

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earthquakes, faults

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K - 5th
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Science
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