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Make Your Own Earthquake: NEES@Illinois
31 May 2011 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Gregory Pluta, NEES EOT
NEES@Illinois used the Make Your Own Earthquake activity to demonstrate principles of earthquake engineering and seismic activity to K-12 students at the 2011 Engineering Open House. Aditya …
http://nees.org/resources/2988
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Make Your Own Earthquake: K - 4 Lesson Plan
26 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Jason Lloyd, NEES EOT
Make your Own Earthquake: Students will be able to generate energy waves and observe their amplitudes as recorded by a simple seismometer. They #39;ll make their own earthquake! The introduction to …
http://nees.org/resources/2818
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Make Your Own Earthquake: Grade 5 - 8 Lesson Plan
26 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Jason Lloyd, NEES EOT
Make your Own Earthquake: Students will be able to generate energy waves and observe their amplitudes as recorded by an accelerometer. The introduction to the lesson will develop the path your lesson …
http://nees.org/resources/2819
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Make Your Own Earthquake: Grade 9 - 12 Lesson Plan
26 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Jason Lloyd, NEES EOT
Make your Own Earthquake: Students will be able to generate energy waves and observe their amplitudes as recorded by an accelerometer. Students will use the recorded accelerations to further …
http://nees.org/resources/2820
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Make Your Own Earthquake: QCN Network Lab
14 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT
By Deborah Kane. This activity reviews the concept of acceleration and then introduces students to a sensor that records acceleration. The lab exercise leads the students through several exploratory …
http://nees.org/resources/2825
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Make Your Own Earthquake: Magnitude and Intensity Lab
11 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT
by (Option 1) Deborah Kane and (Option 2) IRIS. This activity describes the differences between an earthquake's magnitude and intensity and then has students experiment with the Quake-Catcher Network …
http://nees.org/resources/2807
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Make Your Own Earthquake: Seismic Waves and the Slinky: A Guide for Teachers
11 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT
Make your Own Earthquake: This teaching guide is designed to introduce the concepts of waves and seismic waves that propagate within the Earth, and to provide ideas and suggestions for how to teach …
http://nees.org/resources/2809
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Make Your Own Earthquake: What is a Seismometer?
11 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT
Students will learn that a seismometer detects three components of motion and that a seismogram is the record of an earthquake. Prior to this activity, students should be introduced to the basics of …
http://nees.org/resources/2790
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Make Your Own Earthquake: Seismac Activity I: "Take the pulse of your classroom using Seismac!"
11 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT
Students should already have received instruction on the basic principles of seismic waves. For ideas on how to provide this instruction please see: …
http://nees.org/resources/2792
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Make Your Own Earthquake: The Accelerometer
01 Apr 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Tenille Denise Medley
The Accelerometer Introduction Acceleration is the change of movement. For example, if you are walking in the park at a speed of 3 miles per hour then you decide to start jogging at a speed of 5 …
http://nees.org/resources/2769
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Elementary School Presentation - Plate Tectonics, Seismology and Earthquakes
09 Feb 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Sandra Seale, Jamison Steidl, NEES EOT
A Powerpoint discussion of Plate Tectonics, Seismology and Earthquakes directed toward elementary school students.
http://nees.org/resources/2597
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Middle School Presentation - Plate Tectonics, Seismology and Earthquakes
09 Feb 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Sandra Seale, Jamison Steidl, NEES EOT
A Powerpoint presentation on Plate Tectonics, Seismology and Earthquakes aimed at middle school students.
http://nees.org/resources/2601
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Magnitude of the Richter Scale
05 Aug 2010 | Learning Objects
In this activity, students will learn about the Richter Scale for measuring earthquakes. The students will make a booklet with drawings that represent each rating of the Richter Scale. Click here …
http://nees.org/resources/575
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Types and Magnitudes of Earthquakes
02 Aug 2010 | Learning Objects
This lesson is intended to help students learn about how earthquakes are measured, and the difference of varying intensities. Students will make associations between the modified Mercalli intensity …
http://nees.org/resources/423
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Tremor Troop: Earthquakes - A Teacher's Package for K-6. Revised Edition
02 Aug 2010 | Learning Objects
This teacher's package for grades K-6 provides ready-to-use, hands-on activities for students and teachers on the science of earthquakes and earthquake safety. This edition contains assessments …
http://nees.org/resources/436