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Earthquake Learning Activities and Lesson Plans
Information and links, including instructions for building a table-top seismology demonstration and a model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction from a shoe box as well as other exercises for students.
Earthquakes Theme
Web resources and student activity sheets for online study of earthquakes.
High School and Undergraduate Seismicity
Space technology is used to observe and measure tectonic motion of the Earth's surface. From NASA.
iNFO-EQ
Resources, technology, ideas and suggested solutions on how build a seismic station to record earthquakes and build seismic sensors generally.
Plate Tectonics
A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. Requires Shockwave plug-in
Princeton Earth Physics Project
PEPP was established as a way to build a network of seismic recording stations in high schools across the United States and to enrich secondary school science education.
Resources for Earthquake Education
Annotated web directory on earthquakes, tectonics, and related topics, for educators at all levels.
Seis-School Seismograph Network
Educational site about earthquakes and new methods of signal processing.
Virtual Earthquake
An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
Why the Earth Shakes
Seismic science teaching resources from the Exploratorium.