Earthquake Topics — Plate tectonics

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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
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
Birth of the Himalayas — brief description of the origin of the Himalaya Mountains
NOVA	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Info	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
Continental Drift — investigate the plate motions given various clues to past configurations
DiscoverySchool.com	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	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
Continents on the Move — How do we know that continents are still moving?
PBS-Nova	Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience
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
Earth Egg (PDF) — use eggs to represent the Earth plates, discussions about remote shearing, plate tectonics, and earth structure
USGS	Earth structure Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
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 Lessons — lessons developed by an elementary school teacher, but good for all ages, slide-style with color diagrams and photographs
Univ. of North Dakota	Education resources Earth structure Basics Geology History-Earthquakes, Seismology Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle 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'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
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 and Plate Tectonics — Explains the theory of earthquakes and plate tectonics.
USGS	Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience
Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book
W.H. Freeman & Co.	Basics Books Historic Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Tsunamis	Info	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
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
Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learning concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans.
DLESE	Lessons online Geology Education resources Plate tectonics Seismicity	Lesson Plans Info Graphics	Middle School
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
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
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 Plates Move — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Plate tectonics	Graphics	Elementary 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
Inside Geology - Chapter 12: Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents — 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	Education resources Plate tectonics	Info	College
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
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
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
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
Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order
UC Santa Barbara	Education resources Maps Plate tectonics	Graphics	High School College
PaleoMap Project — plate tectonics, earth history, climate history, lesson plans, software, and more
UT Arlington	Education resources History-Earthquakes, Seismology Maps Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	College
Pangea to Present — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Plate tectonics	Graphics	Elementary school
Paper Models & Animations — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper models and computer animations illustrating geologic processes and other geologic phenomena, not just earthquakes. Both paper copies and electronic diskette versions are available.
USGS	Modeling Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Basics Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	Middle School
PBJ Fault (PDF) — demonstrate the different types of faults with a PBJ sandwich, and then eat it double-decker
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault — Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault
Geodynamics Research Group, PSU	San Andreas Fault Plate tectonics Crustal deformation	Info	General Audience
Plate Reconstruction Service — calculate plate tectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My
Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN)	Maps Plate tectonics	Info	College
Plate Tectonics Activities — games, quiz
Quia	Basics Plate tectonics	Interactive Fun & Games	Elementary school
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
Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research
USGS	Basics Crustal deformation Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locations Magnitudes Modeling Plate tectonics Prediction Rock mechanics Seismicity Statistics	Info	General Audience College
Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, An Introduction to — online companion to the textbook by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession with electronic versions of all images and access to homework problems and solutions; also includes errata
Blackwell Publishing	Education resources Earth structure Books Basics Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Lesson Plans Graphics	College General Audience
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
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
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
Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes
Caltech	Tsunamis Plate tectonics Books Basics	Info Graphics	College
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
This Dynamic Planet — World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics
USGS	Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience
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
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
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
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 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
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
World Plate Boundaries Animation — World plate boundaries animation.
USGS	Plate tectonics	Info Graphics	General Audience
Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards.
National Geographic	Societal Effects Plate tectonics Maps Locations Lessons online	Lesson Plans Graphics Interactive	Middle School Elementary school

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