Three part lesson will provide students with information about earthquakes and how to predict them using various Web sites. Activities include historical background on major earthquakes, investigating mechanical waves, and simulating lithospheric boundaries.

Concepts

earthquakes, longitudinal waves, mechanical waves, plate tectonics, transverse waves

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Additional Tags

pbs, seismograph

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)