Earthquakes and Seismic Waves

Directions:
Go to the sites below. Do the activities, look at the pictures, and read some. Afterward, write or type your opinion in at least five sentences. Think about what you liked and didn't like. Also, write down at least three questions you can ask to deepen what you've learned.

Observe Animations of Earthquakes!
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1002/es1002page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Other Animations

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1009/es1009page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization


Go to the textbook links for other activities

http://www.phschool.com/

Use the following codes for:

Seismic Waves activity: cfp-1022
Earthquake measurement: scn-1023
Earth quake risk: cfd-1024
For seismic safe buildings: cfh-1020

Prentice Hall Online Links

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=cwk&wcsuffix=9999

Mighty Mighty Wave Maker

http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/seismic/index.htm

Seismic Wave Activity
Directions:
http://www.data.scec.org/Module/s3act02a.html

Activity
http://www.data.scec.org/Module/s3act02b.html

Pictures of waves
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/seismic-waves.html