Learning Exercise

Standing up to Earthquakes

Earthquakes are only one part of the Earth's dynamic process. Students will build structures and test them under earthquake conditions. Students will use many variables to test their hypothesis.

Material:: Standing up to Earthquakes
Date last modified:: June 26, 2005
Created by:: Julie Baker
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Standing up to Earthquakes

Start the lesson or unit with some great animations explaining earthquakes, from PBS Savage Earth series, online. After... see more

Material Type:: Presentation
Author:: Julie Baker, Thompson Junior High, Bakersfield, Ca

Exercise

Disciplines

Science and Technology / Geoscience

Audience

Middle School

Topics

Earthquakes and its effect on the surface of the Earth.

Type of Task

Group
Student-centered
Supplemental Activity

Learning Objectives

Lesson plan will demonstrate the physical properties of earthquakes. Students will then construct and test buildings under simulated earthquakes.