For High School Students
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"Written in Stone" Earthquake Animations — Animations developed for the educational video "Written in Stone" produced by San Diego State professor Pat Abbott. These animations offer visual explanations for some of the more complex processes involved in earthquake dynamics. They also include some practical mitigation procedures for securing one's home for protection during an earthquake. | |||
SDSU Education Center on Computational Science and Engr | Education resources Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. San Andreas Fault Seismic waves | Graphics Info | College General Audience High School |
100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. | |||
USGS | Statistics Prediction Basics | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 |
A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906 — Investigate the shaking intensity and magnitude of these two earthquakes. | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes San Andreas Fault | Graphics Lesson Plans | High School |
A Walk through Time — A history of time through the ages. | |||
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physics Laboratory | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Time Information | Info | General Audience High School |
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 |
Animation of P, S & Surface Waves — seismic wave animations | |||
San Diego State Univ. | Seismic waves Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Basics | Interactive Info | High School General Audience |
Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts. | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics | College Elementary school General Audience High School Middle School | |
Become an Earthquake Scientist — What does a geophysicist do? What do you need to study in school to become a geophysicist? What are the opportunities? | |||
USGS | Careers | Info | Middle School High School College |
Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — brief description of history of seismology | |||
UC Santa Barbara | History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
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 |
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
USGS | Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness & Response Prediction Hazards Effects, Earthquake Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes | Info | College General Audience High School 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 |
Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts | |||
USGS | Basics Earthquake facts | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Demonstrations of Geophysical Principles Applicable to the Properties and Processes of the Earth's Interior — demonstrations with photos and graphics | |||
SUNY Binghamton | Education resources Earth structure Basics Lessons online | Lesson Plans Info Graphics | High School College |
Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation | |||
Berkeley | Maps Locations | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes | |||
USGS | Locating Earthquakes Locations | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 Animations — Animation clips and other geo-educational items | |||
UC Santa Barbara | Education resources Plate tectonics | Graphics | College General Audience High School Middle School |
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 |
Early History of Seismometry (to 1900), The — history of various instruments throughout the history of seismology | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
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 & Response 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 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 Sciences Lesson Plans — not really earthquakes, but great lesson plans for K-12 | |||
NESEN - Lessons for Earth Systems Education | Basics Geology Tsunamis | Lesson Plans | Elementary school High School Middle School |
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 |
Earthquake Accounts by Famous People — personal accounts of earthquake experiences | |||
UC Santa Barbara | History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds — An examination of strange and unexplained sounds that are sometimes heard accompanying earthquakes. | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake | Info | College General Audience High School |
Earthquake Education Services — lesson plans, information on Wasatch Front | |||
Univ. of Utah | Hazards Education resources Basics Lessons online Preparedness & Response | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake | |||
Univ. of Nevada, Reno | Effects, Earthquake Basics Photos, Earthquake Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Shaking | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model | |||
USGS | Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction | Info Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included | |||
USGS | Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics | Info | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Practice Quiz — online quiz | |||
Florida Intl. Univ. | Basics Education resources Lessons online | Interactive | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Prediction Information — short overview | |||
University of Washington | Prediction | Info | General Audience High School College |
Earthquake Quiz — Online quiz | |||
UC Santa Barbara | Education resources Basics | Interactive Fun & Games | Middle School High School |
Earthquake Quiz — online quiz | |||
Univ. of Houston | Basics Education resources | Info Interactive | Middle School High School |
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 San Andreas Fault Seismic waves Trenching | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school General Audience |
Earthquake Statistics — Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc. | |||
USGS | Statistics Earthquake facts | Info | Elementary school College General Audience High School Middle School |
Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Prediction Seismicity | Info 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 Seismic waves | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US | |||
Univ. of Nevada, Reno | Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity | Info | 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 |
Education & Outreach Software — Downloadable software to manipulate seismograms and for visualization. | |||
Binghamton Univ Geological Sciences | Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locating Earthquakes Education resources Seismic waves | Interactive | High School College |
EQ Myths (PDF) — investigate EQ myths; what myths exist and why do people believe them | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics Lessons online Myths | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
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 |
Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan | |||
USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center | Seismicity Locations Lessons online GIS Education resources | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations in the Earth Sciences — book with high quality lessons with maps, images, instructor's manual, teaching tips, etc. | |||
www.brookscole.com | Books Education resources GIS | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Fault Animations — animations illustrating the three main types of faults | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Faults — photos and graphics of fault types | |||
Univ. of Leeds | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Graphics | General Audience Middle School High School College |
Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide | |||
USGS | Locations Maps | Info | High School General Audience College |
Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learning plus lesson plans for the classroom | |||
National Geographic | Lessons online Education resources Books Basics | Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 & Response Societal Effects | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Garlock Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault | |||
JPL/NASA | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Graphics | High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School |
Geological Online Exhibits — geologic time scale, plate tectonics animation, and more! | |||
UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley | Basics Geology | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types | |||
Earth Science Australia | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure | Graphics | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
Geology Central — links to resources for Geology and Geophysics | |||
Geology Central | Basics Education resources Field trips - virtual, real | Info | High School General Audience College |
Geology Lesson Plans — includes all earth sciences | |||
AskERIC | Basics Geology | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
geologylink — geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom | |||
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division | Basics Field trips - virtual, real Geology | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data | |||
Cambrian Systems, Inc. | Locations | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data | |||
Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS | Magnitudes Locations Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering | |||
Discovery Online | Basics Engineering, Earthquake Hazards | Info Graphics Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
High Quality Earthquake Animations — Simulations of earthquake ruptures that were run on the supercomputers at Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research | |||
USGS | Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Modeling Seismic waves Shaking | Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Historical Earthquake Theories — collection of historical earthquake theories and myths | |||
Univ. of Vienna | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Myths | Info | High School General Audience College |
How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics | |||
How Stuff Works | Basics Earth structure Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Plate tectonics Seismic waves | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
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 |
Human Wave (PDF) — learn about the motions of P & S waves with a fun participating exercise | |||
USGS | Seismic waves Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School Elementary school |
Ideas for Activities Using Live Seismograms — ideas for how to use real-time earthquake information in the classroom | |||
USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory | Education resources Lessons online Seismic waves | Lesson Plans | High School College |
Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Education webpage — resources and opportunities for educators | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) | Seismicity Seismic waves Earth structure | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College Middle School |
Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities | |||
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS | Education resources Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Lessons online Seismicity | Interactive Graphics Lesson Plans | General Audience College High School |
John Lahr's Earthquake website — Collection of the author's own activities and publications, and links to other useful tidbits. Especially useful if you have your own seismometer, or want to build one. | |||
USGS Emeritus | Lessons online Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Forces Basics | Lesson Plans Info | Middle School High School |
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 |
Landers Earthquake Rupture Movie — animation of the rupture on the Landers fault | |||
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Graphics | High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School |
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 |
Life Along the Faultline — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California | |||
Exploratorium | Basics Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common! | |||
USGS | Seismic waves | Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 |
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. | |||
DLESE | Basics Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Parkfield Seismic waves | Lesson Plans | High School Middle School |
Magnitude versus Intensity Lesson (PDF) — classroom lesson to teach the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensities | |||
USGS | Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes | Lesson Plans Graphics | Middle School High School |
MegaQuakes/Earthquake Simulator — dial up an earthquake and see the results | |||
IRIS | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes | Lesson Plans Graphics | High School |
Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Careers People | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
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 |
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 |
NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order | |||
National Geophysical Data Center | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Hazards Tsunamis | Interactive Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 |
One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics — one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics | |||
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) | Basics Education resources | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order | |||
UC Santa Barbara | Education resources Maps Plate tectonics | Graphics | High School College |
Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features — photos | |||
Univ. of Oregon | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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, 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 |
Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time | |||
Berkeley | Locations Lessons online Education resources | Lesson Plans | Middle School High School |
Predicting Earthquakes — short overview | |||
USGS | Prediction | Info | General Audience College High School |
Quake-Catcher Network — A collaborative initiative for developing the world's largest, low-cost strong-motion seismic network by utilizing sensors in and attached to internet-connected computers. | |||
Stanford | Education resources Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locating Earthquakes | Lesson Plans Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary 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 |
San Andreas Fault at Wallace Creek — Interactive, 360 degree panorama of the San Andreas Fault. Aerial photos of the fault taken from a kite. | |||
USGS | Crustal deformation Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real Geology Historic Earthquakes Photos, Earthquake San Andreas Fault | Graphics Interactive | Elementary school General Audience High School Middle School |
San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault | |||
JPL/NASA | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. San Andreas Fault | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology San Andreas Fault | Info Graphics | Middle School High School 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 Fair Project Ideas — specific projects with directions and ideas | |||
USGS | Education resources Basics | Info Graphics | Middle School High School Elementary school |
Science of Earthquakes, The — links to various webpages with basic earthquake science info | |||
USGS | Basics | Info | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
Seismic Waves — graphics to explain different types of seismic waves | |||
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan | Seismic waves | Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Seismic Waves — demonstration on different types of seismic waves | |||
Aspire | Seismic waves | Graphics Interactive | Middle School High School |
Seismic/Eruption — A free program (PC) you can download for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time | |||
SUNY Binghamton | Seismicity | Graphics Interactive | High School College |
Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes | |||
USGS | Seismic waves Networks Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources. | |||
Arizona State University | Education resources Earth structure Crustal deformation Hazards Seismic waves | Info Graphics | Middle School High School College |
Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Magnitudes Intensity Hazards | Graphics Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Soil & Earthquakes — explains liquefaction | |||
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) | Lessons online Education resources Earth structure | Lesson Plans | High School College |
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 |
Table-Top Earthquakes — USGS Open-File Report 98-767 (online) | |||
USGS | Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Lesson Plans | 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 |
Teacher's Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area Geophysics Maps — USGS Open File Report 95-479 (online) | |||
USGS | San Andreas Fault Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Seismicity | Lesson Plans | High School |
The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake | |||
USGS | Prediction Parkfield | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
The Richter Scale — An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations | |||
Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Magnitudes Basics | Interactive | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&A, images, and lesson plans for teachers. | |||
PBS-NOVA | Books Effects, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes Lessons online Preparedness & Response Tsunamis | Graphics Info Interactive Lesson Plans | College General Audience High School |
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 |
Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history | |||
USGS | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Earthquake facts | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
Tour of San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area — virtual field trip | |||
Stanford | Field trips - virtual, real Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. San Andreas Fault | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Tour of the Calavaras Fault — virtual field trip | |||
Stanford Exploration Project | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real San Andreas Fault | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Tour of the Hayward Fault — virtual field trip | |||
Calstate Hayward | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
Tour of the Kentucky River Fault Zone — virtual field trip | |||
Univ. of Kentucky | Field trips - virtual, real Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Info Graphics | High School General Audience College |
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 |
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 | Info Lesson Plans | High School Middle School |
Tracking Earthquakes Around the World — plot earthquakes on map using Internet resources | |||
DiscoverySchool.com | Education resources Lessons online Locations | 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 |
Travel Time Information & Calculator — Choose a seismic station location and a recent earthquake, and see how long it takes different types of seismic waves to travel from the epicenter to your station. Travel time curve and other phase information. | |||
USGS | Locating Earthquakes Earth structure Seismic waves | Interactive | High School College |
Try It Yourself Calculator — How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? | |||
USGS | Magnitudes | Info Fun & Games Interactive | College General Audience High School Middle School |
Tsunamis — short news piece with images | |||
The Why Files | Effects, Earthquake Tsunamis | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Understanding Earthquakes — quiz, descriptions and animations | |||
UC Santa Barbara | History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics | Interactive Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience |
Understanding Quakes — 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 |
UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards | |||
UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan | Basics Effects, Earthquake Hazards Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring | Info | Middle School High School General Audience College |
USGS and Science Education, The — webpages, links, booklets, maps, fact sheets, classroom lessons, etc. online and to order, mostly free | |||
USGS | Basics Careers Education resources Lessons online | Lesson Plans Info | Middle School High School Elementary school College |
USGS General Interest Publications — online and to order on a variety of subjects | |||
USGS | Basics | Info | Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College |
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 |
USGS Maps Booklet — online USGS general interest publication | |||
USGS | Basics Maps | Info Graphics | Middle School High 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 Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude | |||
Calstate LA | Seismic waves Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Geology Education resources | Interactive Info Graphics | Middle School High School College |
Virtual Earthquake Engineering — interactive demonstration of the effects of earthquake retrofitting | |||
S. Illinois Univ. | Engineering, Earthquake | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Virtual Plate Reconstructions — exploration of plate tectonics | |||
Univ. of Kentucky | Plate tectonics | Interactive Graphics | High School College |
Visualizations of Geologic Hazards — Visualizing the Earth, its processes, and its evolution through time is a fundamental aspect of geoscience. The use of visualizations - diagrams, images, animations, maps, and more - is an essential tool in helping students to visualize the Earth and its processes. | |||
Carleton College/NAGT materials | Lessons online Hazards Effects, Earthquake Education resources Tsunamis Modeling | Lesson Plans Graphics | High School General Audience 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 |
Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide — Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault | |||
USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) | Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. | Info Graphics | Middle School High School General Audience 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 |