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 — 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 | |||
Oregon State University | 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 |
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 | |||
Oregon State University | 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 | |||
Oregon State University | Basics Plate tectonics | Graphics | Elementary 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 Tectonic Movement Visualizations — Visualizations and supporting material that can be used effectively to teach students about plate tectonic movements. Visualizations include simple animations, GIS-based animated maps, paleogeographic maps and globes, as well as numerous illustrations and photos. | |||
Carleton College/NAGT materials | Plate tectonics GIS Geology Education resources Crustal deformation Modeling Lessons online | Graphics Lesson Plans | General Audience High School College |
Plate Tectonics Activities — Games, quiz | |||
Quia | Basics Plate tectonics | Interactive Fun & Games | Elementary school |
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 |
Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction, How to Build a Model Illustrating — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction. | |||
USGS | Modeling Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Earth structure Plate tectonics | Lesson Plans | Middle School |
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 |
Shake, Rattle, and Slide — Lessons, activities, and slide shows about earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers. | |||
University of Illinois Extension | Basics Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Lessons online Plate tectonics | Graphics Info Interactive Lesson Plans | Middle School |
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 |
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 | |||
Oregon State University | 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 |