Learning Links & Earthquake Activities
| Essentials of Geology Animations |
| A collection of animations describing concepts of geology |
| USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides |
| Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards |
| Plate Tectonics Quiz |
| quiz |
| Life Along the Faultline |
| lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California |
| Kid's Earthquake Questions & Answers |
| kids' questions answered by scientists |
| Geological Processes & Structures |
| animations of various types |
| 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. |
| Fault Animations |
| animations illustrating the three main types of faults |
| Garlock Fault Fly-Over |
| virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault |
| San Andreas Fault Fly-Over |
| virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault |
| Earthquake Crossword |
| online activity |
| Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Childcare Provider Should Know |
| PDF file with tips for younger children |
| Plate Tectonics Quiz |
| quiz |
| Rumble Tumble |
| an online book with pictures, created by a kid |
| What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? |
| excellent presentation with vivid graphics |
| geologylink |
| geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom |
| Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. |
| an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools. |
| USGS General Interest Publications |
| online and to order on a variety of subjects |
| One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics |
| one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics |
| Cool Earthquake Facts |
| fascinating earthquake facts |
| The Richter Scale |
| An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations |
| Coloring Pages to Print |
| Earthquake-related coloring pages to print out and color |
| Online Coloring Pages |
| Interactively color earthquake-related pictures |
| Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide |
| Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault |
| NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC |
| Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order |
| Plate Tectonics Activities |
| games, quiz |
| Plate Tectonics Animations |
| awesome animations |
| Landers Earthquake Rupture Movie |
| animation of the rupture on the Landers fault |
| Science of Earthquakes, The |
| links to various webpages with basic earthquake science info |
| Today in Earthquake History |
| what happened today in earthquake history |
| Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics |
| Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links |
| Science Fair Project Ideas |
| specific projects with directions and ideas |
| Snell's Law |
| interactive webpage where you can learn about reflection and refraction by changing the angles and watching what happens (requires Java 1.1) |
| Listening to Earthquakes |
| music and earthquakes have something in common! |
| This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics |
| excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication |
| Earthquake ABC: A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings |
| by kids for kids, with a special section for parents and teachers |
| Online Wordsearch Puzzles |
| interactive wordsearch puzzles with earthquake-related words |
| Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features |
| photos |
| Pangea to Present |
| slide-show type presentation |
| How Plates Move |
| slide-show type presentation |
| Earthquakes: The Rolling Earth |
| slide-show type presentation |
| Earth's Layers, The |
| slide-show type presentation |
| Earthquake Statistics |
| Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc. |
| 100% Chance of an Earthquake |
| Earthquake statistics. |
| Uncovering the San Andreas Fault (PDF) |
| Earthquake Trail: What Makes the Geology of Point Reyes National Seashore So Special? |
| Rock'n on Shakey Ground (4MB PDF) |
| The basics of earthquake science written especially for the elementary school level. |
| Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts |
| Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts. |
