Earthquake Topics — Engineering, Earthquake
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| Organization | Topics | Content Types | Level |
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Visualizations — This collection presents links to images, films, panoramas and animations about the earthquake and fire. | |||
| Carleton College/NAGT materials | San Andreas Fault Photos, Earthquake Modeling Lessons online Damage from Earthquakes Tsunamis Societal Effects Historic Earthquakes Geology Engineering, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Education resources |  Lesson Plans Graphics | General Audience College High School |
Building a Shake Table — discussion and lesson plans | |||
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) | Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Shaking | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings — construct a model building and test it | |||
| DiscoverySchool.com | Engineering, Earthquake Modeling | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
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 |
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 PlansGraphics | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
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 |
Earthquakes & All Shook Up — design and build an earthquake-proof structure | |||
| Newton's Apple | Engineering, Earthquake Education resources Lessons online | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
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 | InfoGraphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering | |||
| Discovery Online | Basics Engineering, Earthquake Hazards | InfoGraphicsInteractive | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Hazards 101, Earthquake — The basics of how the USGS National Earthquake Hazard Maps are made. | |||
| USGS | Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Forces Hazards Shaking | Info | 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 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 |
Shakes & Quakes — Legos and earthquakes | |||
| Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) | Lessons online Shaking Education resources Engineering, Earthquake | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
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 | InfoLesson Plans | High School Middle School |
Virtual Earthquake Engineering — interactive demonstration of the effects of earthquake retrofitting | |||
| S. Illinois Univ. | Engineering, Earthquake | InteractiveGraphics | High School College |
