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Lesson Plan

Science Buddies: Set Your Table for a Sweet and Sticky Earthquake Shake

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Earthquakes can have different affects depending on their location. This week long exercise asks you to build a model house and a special table to shake it on, and see how different soil types can amplify shaking.

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Concepts
earthquakes, seismic waves, soil
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Additional Tags
environmental engineering, science fair project idea, shake table, science buddies
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
NGSS
4-ESS3-2