Earthquake Topics — Preparedness
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| Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
| USGS | Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness Prediction Hazards Effects, Earthquake Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes |  Info | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters — teachers guide to helping children deal with disasters | |||
| Univ of Illinois Extension | Preparedness |  Lesson PlansInfo | General Audience Elementary school |
Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety | |||
| USGS | Hazards Preparedness Societal Effects | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! | |||
| Purdue Univ. | Shaking Seismic waves Preparedness Plate tectonics Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Lessons online Intensity Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Hazards Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Engineering, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Education resources Earth structure Basics | Lesson Plans Graphics | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
Earthquake Education Services — lesson plans, information on Wasatch Front | |||
| Univ. of Utah | Hazards Education resources Basics Lessons online Preparedness | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Childcare Provider Should Know — PDF file with tips for younger children | |||
| FEMA | Preparedness | Info | Elementary school General Audience |
Earthquake Science Explained — A series of short articles for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle. This USGS General Information Product presents some of the new understanding gained and scientific advances made in the century since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. | |||
| USGS | Basics Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Paleoseismology Preparedness San Andreas Fault Seismic waves Trenching | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school General Audience |
Earthquake Unit — six challenges with lesson plans, online activities, and links to resources about the basics, earthquake probabilities, preparedness, earthquakes in the past, and seismic waves | |||
| San Francisco USD | Lessons online Hazards Education resources Basics Preparedness Seismic waves | Lesson Plans InteractiveGraphics | Middle School |
Earthquakes — slide-show type presentation | |||
| Tech Museum of Innovation | Basics Damage from Earthquakes Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Nuclear explosions Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
EQ Fear (PDF) — make a list of common fears and address each one | |||
| USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
EQ Kit Treasure Hunt (PDF) — hide EQ kit items around classroom or school and have a treasure hunt | |||
| USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
EQ Plan (PDF) — discuss a plan for what to do if there is an EQ; especially good for schools in EQ-prone areas | |||
| USGS | Education resources Lessons online Preparedness | Lesson Plans | Elementary school |
Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature" | |||
| Destination Cinema | Lessons online Hazards Education resources Basics Preparedness Societal Effects | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics | |||
| How Stuff Works | Basics Earth structure Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Hazards Education resources Books Basics Preparedness | Info | College |
Kid Zone — games, puzzles | |||
| Assoc. of Bay Area Govts.(ABAG) | Basics Maps Preparedness | Info Fun & GamesInteractive | Middle School |
Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness. | |||
| USGS | Societal Effects Preparedness | Info | General Audience |
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country — Earthquakes and prepardeness in southern California | |||
| USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) | San Andreas Fault Preparedness Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Hazards Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Books Basics | InfoGraphics | General Audience |
The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&A, images, and lesson plans for teachers. | |||
| PBS-NOVA | Books Effects, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes Lessons online Preparedness Tsunamis | GraphicsInfoInteractiveLesson Plans | College General Audience High School |
Understanding Earthquakes Makes for Messy Science — Earthquake processes typically occur tens of miles below the Earth's surface and over geologic time, away from direct observation. Earthquake science, in particular, is often subject to interpretation and bias. | |||
| USGS | Preparedness | Info | General Audience |
