For High School Students

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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics.
USGS	Statistics Prediction Basics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906 — Investigate the shaking intensity and magnitude of these two earthquakes.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes San Andreas Fault	Graphics Lesson Plans	High School
A Walk through Time — A history of time through the ages.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physics Laboratory	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Time Information	Info	General Audience High School
About Earthquakes — descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Seismic waves Plate tectonics Photos, Earthquake Magnitudes Intensity Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Basics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Animation of P, S & Surface Waves — seismic wave animations
San Diego State Univ.	Seismic waves Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Basics	Interactive Info	High School General Audience
Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts.
USGS	Education resources Basics		College Elementary school General Audience High School Middle School
Become an Earthquake Scientist — What does a geophysicist do? What do you need to study in school to become a geophysicist? What are the opportunities?
USGS	Careers	Info	Middle School High School College
Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — brief description of history of seismology
UC Santa Barbara	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
California Earthquake Overview — slide show of geological history of California and earthquakes 1769 to 2000
Golden State Museum	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California.
About Geology	Crustal deformation Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real Plate tectonics Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes	Graphics	High School General Audience College
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
Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images
NASA	Crustal deformation Plate tectonics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts
USGS	Basics Earthquake facts	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Demonstrations of Geophysical Principles Applicable to the Properties and Processes of the Earth's Interior — demonstrations with photos and graphics
SUNY Binghamton	Education resources Earth structure Basics Lessons online	Lesson Plans Info Graphics	High School College
Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation
Berkeley	Maps Locations	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Designing Structures to Perform Well During an Earthquake — discussion and lesson plans
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)	Lessons online Education resources Engineering, Earthquake Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Info	High School College
Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes
USGS	Locating Earthquakes Locations	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur.
TASA Graphic Arts	Basics Books Damage from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Intensity Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves Shaking	Graphics Info Lesson Plans	College High School
Discover Our Earth — interactive lessons on earthquake basics, locations, magnitudes and more!
Cornell University	Plate tectonics Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Info Graphics	General Audience College High School
Discover Our Earth — Portal for teachers and students for learning the basics about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topography, and sea level changes.
USGS & DLESE	Plate tectonics Lessons online Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	High School College
Downloadable Freeware — (Mac only) plate tectonic animations, orogeny, Our Dynamic Planet, Origins of Life
UC Santa Barbara	Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics Lesson Plans	Middle School High School General Audience College
Early History of Seismometry (to 1900), The — history of various instruments throughout the history of seismology
USGS	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Earth Puzzle — part of a larger publication
Scripps	Basics Earth structure Plate tectonics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
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
Univ. of Wisconsin	Basics Earth structure Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Plate tectonics Rock mechanics	Info Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
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
Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum
NASA	Basics Earth structure History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Graphics Info	Middle School High School College
Earth Science Lesson Plans — variety of activities from Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology website
Berkeley	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Earth Science World Records — description and graphics of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and more
Extreme Science	Earthquake facts History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Graphics Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earth Sciences Lesson Plans — not really earthquakes, but great lesson plans for K-4
NESEN - Lessons for Earth Systems Education	Basics Geology Tsunamis	Lesson Plans	Elementary school High School Middle School
Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics — overview with good graphics and lots of details
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)	Plate tectonics Earth structure Basics	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College Middle School
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics
USGS	Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Damage from Earthquakes Basics Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Locating Earthquakes Maps Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow online — preview of the complete PowerPoint show for the basics
USGS	Basics Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake Accounts by Famous People — personal accounts of earthquake experiences
UC Santa Barbara	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds — An examination of strange and unexplained sounds that are sometimes heard accompanying earthquakes.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake	Info	College General Audience High School
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 Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Effects, Earthquake Basics Photos, Earthquake Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Shaking	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies"
USGS	Societal Effects Effects, Earthquake Myths Earthquake facts	Info Graphics	General Audience High School Middle School
Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model
USGS	Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction	Info Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included
USGS	Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics	Info	Middle School High School
Earthquake Practice Quiz — online quiz
Florida Intl. Univ.	Basics Education resources Lessons online	Interactive	Middle School High School
Earthquake Prediction Information — short overview
University of Washington	Prediction	Info	General Audience High School College
Earthquake Quiz — online quiz
UC Santa Barbara	Education resources Basics	Interactive Fun & Games	Middle School High School
Earthquake Quiz — online quiz
Univ. of Houston	Basics Education resources	Info Interactive	Middle School High School
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 Statistics — Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc.
USGS	Statistics Earthquake facts	Info	Elementary school College General Audience High School Middle School
Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Prediction Seismicity	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
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	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquakes! — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey
The Why Files	Basics Damage from Earthquakes Deaths from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Maps Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies
USGS	Societal Effects Shaking San Andreas Fault Prediction Plate tectonics Myths Magnitudes Forces Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Damage from Earthquakes	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
EarthScience Center, The — the USGS consulted on this interactive web-based learning module developed by Logal Software Co,; excellent learning tool for earthquake location, magnitude, distribution and forecasting, Plug-in required that works on PCs and MacOS9 only
USGS & Riverdeep	Seismicity Magnitudes Locations Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics Fun & Games	High School General Audience College
EQ Myths (PDF) — investigate EQ myths; what myths exist and why do people believe them
USGS	Education resources Basics Lessons online Myths	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology
W.W. Norton and Company	Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure Crustal deformation Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan
USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center	Seismicity Locations Lessons online GIS Education resources	Lesson Plans	High School College
Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations in the Earth Sciences — book with high quality lessons with maps, images, instructor's manual, teaching tips, etc.
www.brookscole.com	Books Education resources GIS	Lesson Plans	High School College
Exploring the Earth — interactively see the effect of media velocity on reflection and refraction of seismic waves, rotate Africa back to South America, Snell's Law
Univ. of Utah	Seismic waves Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Fault Animations — animations illustrating the three main types of faults
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Faults — photos and graphics of fault types
Univ. of Leeds	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	General Audience Middle School High School College
Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide
USGS	Locations Maps	Info	High School General Audience College
Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learning plus lesson plans for the classroom
National Geographic	Lessons online Education resources Books Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
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
Garlock Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault
JPL/NASA	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School
Geological Online Exhibits — geologic time scale, plate tectonics animation, and more!
UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley	Basics Geology	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types
Earth Science Australia	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure	Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Geology Central — links to resources for Geology and Geophysics
Geology Central	Basics Education resources Field trips - virtual, real	Info	High School General Audience College
Geology Lesson Plans — includes all earth sciences
AskERIC	Basics Geology	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school College
geologylink — geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	Basics Field trips - virtual, real Geology	Info	Middle School High School Elementary school College
GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data
Cambrian Systems, Inc.	Locations	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data
Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS	Magnitudes Locations Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering
Discovery Online	Basics Engineering, Earthquake Hazards	Info Graphics Interactive	Middle School High School General Audience College
GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions
Geological Society of America	Geology Education resources Basics Hazards Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	High School Elementary school College Middle School
High Quality Earthquake Animations — Simulations of earthquake ruptures that were run on the supercomputers at Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Modeling Seismic waves Shaking	Graphics	High School General Audience College
Historical Earthquake Theories — collection of historical earthquake theories and myths
Univ. of Vienna	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Myths	Info	High School General Audience College
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	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? — How to compare magnitude and energy. With "Try It Yourself" Calculator.
USGS	Magnitudes	Info Fun & Games Interactive	College General Audience High School Middle School
How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction — USGS Open File Report 99-132 (online) This report describes how to build a model of the outer 300 km (180 miles) of the Earth that can be used to develop a better understanding of the principal features of plate tectonics, including sea-floor spreading, the pattern of magnetic stripes frozen into the sea floor, transform faulting, thrust faulting, subduction, and volcanism.
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources Basics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
Human Wave (PDF) — learn about the motions of P & S waves with a fun participating exercise
USGS	Seismic waves Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school
Ideas for Activities Using Live Seismograms — ideas for how to use real-time earthquake information in the classroom
USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory	Education resources Lessons online Seismic waves	Lesson Plans	High School College
Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Education webpage — resources and opportunities for educators
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Seismicity Seismic waves Earth structure	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College Middle School
Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS	Education resources Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Lessons online Seismicity	Interactive Graphics Lesson Plans	General Audience College High School
John Lahr's Earthquake website — Collection of the author's own activities and publications, and links to other useful tidbits. Especially useful if you have your own seismometer, or want to build one.
USGS Emeritus	Lessons online Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Forces Basics	Lesson Plans Info	Middle School High School
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.
UNAVCO	Seismicity Plate tectonics Maps	Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Landers Earthquake Rupture Movie — animation of the rupture on the Landers fault
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School
Large Plate Puzzle (PDF) — cut a large world map into puzzle pieces along plate boundaries, students discuss individually land then for the whole map after the class puts pieces together; simple but powerful, discussion Q/A included
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school
Life Along the Faultline — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California
Exploratorium	Basics Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common!
USGS	Seismic waves	Interactive	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Living in Earthquake Country-Teaching Box — Explores how and why earthquakes cause damage, seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure.
DLESE	Damage from Earthquakes Hazards Effects, Earthquake Education resources Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Prediction Seismic waves Societal Effects	Graphics Info Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box — 7 lessons with the goal of teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. Explores seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure.
DLESE	Basics Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Parkfield Seismic waves	Lesson Plans	High School Middle School
Magnitude versus Intensity Lesson (PDF) — classroom lesson to teach the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensities
USGS	Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School
Making a Shake Table — discussion and lesson plans
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)	Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Shaking	Lesson Plans	High School College
MegaQuakes/Earthquake Simulator — dial up an earthquake and see the results
IRIS	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes	Lesson Plans Graphics	High School
Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists
USGS	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Careers People	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape
PBS	Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Musical Plates — use realtime data to plot earthquakes and solve problems
New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education	Education resources Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
National Tragedy, Global Response Lesson Plan — explore how different people on local, national and international levels respond to a destructive natural disaster and the needs of its victims and how various facets of the media cover such an event, focusing specifically on the earthquake that deva
New York Times Learning Network	Education resources Lessons online Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order
National Geophysical Data Center	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Hazards Tsunamis	Interactive Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics — description of plate tectonic history and mechanics
NASA	Plate tectonics Basics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics — one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Basics Education resources	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order
UC Santa Barbara	Education resources Maps Plate tectonics	Graphics	High School College
Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features — photos
Univ. of Oregon	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Plate Tectonics Animations — awesome animations
U.S. National Park Service & USGS	Plate tectonics	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Crustal deformation Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Maps Plate tectonics	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time
Berkeley	Locations Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Predicting Earthquakes — short overview
USGS	Prediction	Info	General Audience College High School
Remote-Sensing Seismic Activities — you are the planner, and you have to consider the earthquake hazards and risks
Montgomery Cty Public Schools	Education resources Lessons online Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault
JPL/NASA	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. San Andreas Fault	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology San Andreas Fault	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Savage Earth, The — slick presentation of the earthquake basics with great graphics and animations
PBS	Basics Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction Seismic waves Tsunamis	Graphics	High School General Audience College
Science Fair Project Ideas — specific projects with directions and ideas
USGS	Education resources Basics	Info Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school
Science of Earthquakes, The — links to various webpages with basic earthquake science info
USGS	Basics	Info	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Seismic Waves — graphics to explain different types of seismic waves
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan	Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Seismic Waves — demonstration on different types of seismic waves
Aspire	Seismic waves	Graphics Interactive	Middle School High School
Seismic/Eruption — A free program (PC) you can download for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time
SUNY Binghamton	Seismicity	Graphics Interactive	High School College
Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes
USGS	Seismic waves Networks Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources.
Arizona State University	Education resources Earth structure Crustal deformation Hazards Seismic waves	Info Graphics	Middle School High School College
Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Magnitudes Intensity Hazards	Graphics Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
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)
Univ. of Utah	Seismic waves	Graphics Interactive Fun & Games	Middle School Elementary school High School
Soil & Earthquakes — explains liquefaction
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)	Lessons online Education resources Earth structure	Lesson Plans	High School College
Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module — excellent graphics, animations and activities
USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)	Plate tectonics GPS Education resources Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	High School College
Table-Top Earthquakes — USGS Open-File Report 98-767 (online)
USGS	Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Lesson Plans	High School College
TASA Graphic Arts, Inc. — Plate Tectonics and How the Earth Works, The Theory of Plate Tectonics CDROMS, and more you can order
TASA Graphic Arts, Inc.	Education resources Lessons online Plate tectonics	Interactive Lesson Plans	High School College
Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Geophysics Maps — USGS Open File Report 95-479 (online)
USGS	San Andreas Fault Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Seismicity	Lesson Plans	High School
Tectonic Applications - Plate tectonics, earthquakes, and volcanoes — Definitions, explanations, and animations of advanced plate tectonics terms
USGS EROS	Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Modeling Plate tectonics	Graphics Info	College General Audience High School Middle School
The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake
USGS	Prediction Parkfield	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
The Richter Scale — An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations
Scripps Institution of Oceanography	Magnitudes Basics	Interactive	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
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	Graphics Info Interactive Lesson Plans	College General Audience High School
This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history
USGS	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Earthquake facts	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Tour of San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area — virtual field trip
Stanford	Field trips - virtual, real Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. San Andreas Fault	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Tour of the Calavaras Fault — virtual field trip
Stanford Exploration Project	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real San Andreas Fault	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Tour of the Hayward Fault — virtual field trip
Calstate Hayward	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Tour of the Kentucky River Fault Zone — virtual field trip
Univ. of Kentucky	Field trips - virtual, real Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Tour of the Site of the Loma Prieta Earthquake — virtual field trip
UC Santa Cruz	San Andreas Fault Plate tectonics Historic Earthquakes Hazards Field trips - virtual, real Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Effects, Earthquake	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Tracing earthquakes: seismology in the classroom — Reconstructing an ancient Chinese seismograph, a simple wave machine, and investigating earthquake-proof buildings.
Science in School	Engineering, Earthquake Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves	Info Lesson Plans	High School Middle School
Tracking Earthquakes Around the World — plot earthquakes on map using Internet resources
DiscoverySchool.com	Education resources Lessons online Locations	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Transforming California: Landforms of the San Andreas Fault — PowerPoint presentation of digital images (60.7 Mb) exploring the landforms found along the San Andreas Fault. Designed for classroom use with a complementing narrative for each slide. One of the many Earthtrip Virtual Field Trips to explore.
Paleontological Research Institution	Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Societal Effects San Andreas Fault Plate tectonics Parkfield Paleoseismology Geology Field trips - virtual, real Crustal deformation	Graphics Info	General Audience High School Middle School
Travel Time Information & Calculator — Choose a seismic station location and a recent earthquake, and see how long it takes different types of seismic waves to travel from the epicenter to your station. Travel time curve and other phase information.
USGS	Locating Earthquakes Earth structure Seismic waves	Interactive	High School College
Tsunamis — short news piece with images
The Why Files	Effects, Earthquake Tsunamis	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Understanding Earthquakes — quiz, descriptions and animations
UC Santa Barbara	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics	Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan	Basics Effects, Earthquake Hazards Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
USGS and Science Education, The — webpages, links, booklets, maps, fact sheets, classroom lessons, etc. online and to order, mostly free
USGS	Basics Careers Education resources Lessons online	Lesson Plans Info	Middle School High School Elementary school College
USGS General Interest Publications — online and to order on a variety of subjects
USGS	Basics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards
USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center	Plate tectonics Maps Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure Seismicity	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
USGS Maps Booklet — online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Basics Maps	Info Graphics	Middle School High School College
UTIG : GK-12 Program — lesson plans for earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, and more
Univ. of Texas, Austin	Lessons online Education resources Basics Plate tectonics Tsunamis	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School College
Virtual Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude
Calstate LA	Seismic waves Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Geology Education resources	Interactive Info Graphics	Middle School High School College
Virtual Earthquake Engineering — interactive demonstration of the effects of earthquake retrofitting
S. Illinois Univ.	Engineering, Earthquake	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Virtual Plate Reconstructions — exploration of plate tectonics
Univ. of Kentucky	Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Volcano World's Activities for Plate Tectonics — slide-style coverage of the basics
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Education resources Geology Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide — Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault
USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? — excellent presentation with vivid graphics
USGS & U.S. National Park Service	Plate tectonics Earth structure	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College