Earthquake Simulation

Click the link below, make a copy titled with YourName.AssignmentName. Follow the directions on the document, including visiting the Make-A-Quake simulator.  Once you have completed this activity, share your edited document with me.  Hopefully you will also get some ideas for your building plan for the in-class activity on Thursday.

Make A Quake

Earthquake Model

For homework tonight, find a shoebox to use during our earthquake simulation.   We will be using these on Thursday to model an earthquake and test your building design.

Earthquake Destruction

View this blendspace on Earthquake Destruction to learn about various effects of earthquakes such as tsunami, liquefaction, landslide, building shake, and fire.

In class we will be working on our Adopt-an-Earthquake project.  For homework, you can view this blendspace over the next 2 days.  Viewing should be done by Wednesday.

Earthquake: Destruction

Adopt an Earthquake

Greetings seismic historians!  Use this project description, along with what you have been learning about earthquakes to prepare for a presentation on a significant earthquake somewhere around the world.

Adopt an Earthquake

Earthquakes: Relationship to Faults

Visit this blendspace to watch 6 videos on Earthquakes.  This collection of videos highlight the connection of earthquakes to plate tectonics and fault lines.  You will be prompted on each slide to comment on something you learned while watching the video.

Earthquakes: Relationship to Faults

Plate Boundary Drawing: Due Monday

Use your class notes on plate boundaries to complete a poster of all plate boundaries including landforms and processes.

Please define the following terms on your poster:

Convergent boundary/ uplift
Convergent boundary/ subduction zone
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Ridge push
Slab pull
Convection currents
Sea-floor spreading
Deep ocean trench
Mid-ocean ridge
Mountains

** Due Monday