Earthquakes provide lots of great opportunities for science fair projects. For example, you can study when, where, and why earthquakes occur, build a seismometer, or study how well different types of structures survive earthquakes. Below are some example science fair projects and other resources to help inspire you.

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Do Lost Pet Ads Predict Earthquakes?
People are always claiming that animals run away before earthquakes? But, do they really do this? Dan Ross, age 10, didn't do this project for a science fair, but he could have.

Will Overstressed Bridges Survive Earthquakes?
Rebecca Goodwin, Class 11, won the Meridian School 1996 Science Fair with her project on the survivability of overstressed bridges in an earthquake.

California State Science Fair
The California State Science Fair homepage lists many resources to help you with science fair projects.

Seismology Resources for Teachers
The Seismological Society of America's online pamphlet Seismology Resources for Teachers includes sources of information about how to build seismographs, useful databases, and much more.

PSN Seismometer
Another good seismometer page.

Big Trouble in Earthquake Country
This is a neat web site based on a book by Kevin Cuff and centered around some ideas that you might consider using at a science fair.

Geology Activities For All Ages
This Network Montana website contains really, REALLY cool ideas for science fair projects for 4 age levels that cover elementary through high school. Besides the geosphere and category, there are two others: Atmosphere and Hydrosphere.