Teaching Box: Living in Earthquake Country

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Title:

Teaching Box: Living in Earthquake Country

Url:

https://scied.ucar.edu/teaching-box

Publisher:

Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
National Science Foundation (U.S.)

Description: This teaching box is an online assemblage of related learning concepts that focus on teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. These activities are presented as an inquiry exploration, in which students learn the importance of studying past earthquakes to predict what might happen in the future. The teaching box explores seismic waves, the predictability of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along fault zones, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes. At the conclusion of these lessons, students are asked to select the best place to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. They will justify their selection by using the knowledge gained through this exploration.

LC Classification:

Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Earth movements. Mass movements -- Landslides. Rockslides
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Structural geology -- Faults and folds
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Volcanoes and earthquakes
Science -- Geology -- Dynamic and structural geology -- Volcanoes and earthquakes -- Earthquakes. Seismology -- Seismic waves. Elastic waves

GEM Subject:

Science -- Earth science
Science -- Geology

Key Concept:

Geology -- Earthquakes
Geology -- Volcanoes
Geology -- Faults
Geology -- Seismic waves

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Interactive Simulation

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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