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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.
USGSBasics
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

Who Dunit? and the Law of Superposition (PDF) — solve a crime, and then use those same skills to understand the Law of Superposition (older layers of the earth on bottom) with a fun WhoDunit? investigation and then use your skills to solve a geological mystery
USGSTrenching
Paleoseismology
Lessons online
Geology
Education resources
Earth structure
Lesson Plans
Graphics
Elementary school

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