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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.
DLESEBasics
Effects, Earthquake
Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.
Geology
Intensity
Lessons online
Magnitudes
Parkfield
Seismic waves
Lesson Plans
High School
Middle School

The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake
USGSPrediction
Parkfield
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 InstitutionSurface 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

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