Knowledge: earthquakes
See Also:
- kids and teens → school time → science → the earth → geology → tsunamis
- kids and teens → school time → science → the earth → natural disasters and hazards → landslides
Links
- Life Along the Faultline
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/ - Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
- FEMA for Kids
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm - The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Site includes stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes.
- Savage Earth: Restless Planet
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/ - Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
- Earthquakes
http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/quakes/interactives/makeaquake.html - Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns."
- Shake Table
http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/ - Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking. Includes classroom photos of the table in action.
- Earthquakes
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/quakes.htm - Learn what earthquakes are, how they occur, areas of the world frequented by earthquakes and the theory of continental drift which is often used to explain why earthquakes happen.
- UCGS Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/ - Find lots of information on earthquakes. Includes maps of recent activity.
- Seismic Waves
http://www.gcse.com/waves/seismic.htm - Basic introduction to seismic waves and how we use them to understand more about the inside of the earth.
- Earthquake-news.net
http://www.earthquake-news.net - Displays recent earthquakes on a map and tells how strong they were. Also has news and a forum.
- Understanding Earthquakes
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/outreach/understanding/globe/globe.html - Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years.
- USGS: Earthquakes for Kids
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php - Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
- Virtual Earthquake
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/eec/Earthquake/ - An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
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