Earthquake Topics — Societal Effects

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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire — An online exhibit of information and images from the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley	Damage from Earthquakes San Andreas Fault Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects	Info Graphics	General Audience
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
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
Casualty (Fatality) Totals, A Note About — One-pager explaining why the numbers vary on different list.
USGS	Deaths from Earthquakes Societal Effects Statistics	Info	General Audience
Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety
USGS	Hazards Preparedness Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
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
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
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
Groundwater Effects from Earthquakes — A description of the potential effects of earthquakes on groundwater and wells.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects	Info	General Audience
Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness.
USGS	Societal Effects Preparedness	Info	General Audience
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
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
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
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
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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