K-12 Seismic Design Competition

09 Oct 2012 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Kelly Doyle, NEES EOT

This activity introduces K-12 students to earthquake engineering concepts by allowing them to build structures and test them on an educational shake table.  The competition is broken down into four …

http://nees.org/resources/5002

Assessment to be used with "Become An Engineer" Lesson #4432

01 Aug 2012 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Pamela McClure

This is an example of a brief exit survey/assessment that could be used after the Become An Engineer  learning object (Learning object 4432)

http://nees.org/resources/4772

World Earthquake 2011: Visualization Map

02 Apr 2012 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

Developed by a researcher in Japan, this 9 minute visualization shows the locations, magnitude and depths of the 9323 earthquakes with magnitude greater than or equal to 4.5 from January 1, 2011 to …

http://nees.org/resources/4389

Blinky Bug

23 Mar 2012 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Keith T Adams, Pamela McClure, NEES EOT

This little earthquake detector can be made with $5 of electronics. Designed by Keith Adams.

http://nees.org/resources/4338

Tsunami Awareness Video

10 Feb 2012 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

It can be many miles long, from 1 to 100 feet high, traveling at 400 miles per hour. This ocean monster is known as a tsunami and it can wreak havoc on coastal populations and landscapes. A …

http://nees.org/resources/4271

Earthquake Alarm Goes Off in School - WLFI News

08 Feb 2012 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

CLICK THE "VIEW MEDIA" BUTTON TO WATCH THE VIDEO LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - An earthquake alarm is a sound no student ever wants to hear. That's what students at Glen Acres Elementary school heard at …

http://nees.org/resources/4247

Drill Prepares Hoosiers for Earthquake

07 Feb 2012 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

CLICK THE "VIEW MEDIA" BUTTON TO WATCH THE VIDEO INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - People around Indiana and other states are using Tuesday to prepare for what to do if a big earthquake hit. It's called the …

http://nees.org/resources/4228

Post-Disaster Structural Data Collection Following the 11 March 2011 Tohoku, Japan Tsunami

03 Feb 2012 | Poster | Contributor(s): Michael James Olsen, Ian Robertson, Solomon Yim, kwok Cheung

The tsunami triggered by the 11 March 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Tohoku, Japan, created widespread structural damage in cities along the Japanese coastline. Careful documentation of flow depth …

http://nees.org/resources/4165

Natural Frequency: Masses on Rods

11 Nov 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Catherine Ellen French, NEES EOT

The mass and stiffness of a building affect how much an earthquake damages the building. The natural frequency, related to mass and stiffness, is the frequency that the structure will shake at. Since …

http://nees.org/resources/3830

What are Earthquakes?

10 Nov 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Catherine Ellen French, NEES EOT

Plate tectonics is a theory that describes the movement of the Earth #39;s crust. The Earth #39;s outer shell consists of individual plates, which interact in various ways and thereby produce …

http://nees.org/resources/3828

Slinky Waves

09 Nov 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Catherine Ellen French, NEES EOT

When an earthquake occurs, energy is released in the form of seismic waves. This activity uses slinkys, toothpicks and marshmallows to explore two types of seismic waves (p-waves and s-waves) and …

http://nees.org/resources/3826

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect the Built Environment: Day 5

19 Oct 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering as a viable career to 5th-8th graders and teach students how …

http://nees.org/resources/3719

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect the Built Environment: Day 4

13 Oct 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering as a viable career to 5th-8th graders and teach students how …

http://nees.org/resources/3691

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect the Built Environment: Day 3

13 Oct 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering as a viable career to 5th-8th graders and teach students how …

http://nees.org/resources/3690

Understanding how Earthquakes Affect Built Environment

07 Oct 2011 | Series | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This is a 5 part series designated for 5th - 8th grade students. This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering …

http://nees.org/resources/3651

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect the Built Environment: Day 1

07 Oct 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering as a viable career to 5th-8th graders and teach students how …

http://nees.org/resources/3652

Understanding How Earthquakes Affect the Built Environment: Day 2

07 Oct 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): Amy Cerato, NEES EOT

This engineering educational module on the behavior of piles in soft clays during earthquake loading seeks to introduce engineering as a viable career to 5th-8th graders and teach students how …

http://nees.org/resources/3654

EOT Student Activities with Culver Academy Engineering Students: Tsunami Wave Tank and Shake Table

03 Oct 2011 | Multimedia | Contributor(s): Teresa Morris

On September 28, 2011, sixty junior and senior engineering students from Culver Academy visited the NEEScomm office and spent time with our EOT staff learning more about NEES. Students interacted …

http://nees.org/resources/3636

Geologic Time and Half Life (Sam Lee)

27 Sep 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

In this activity, the idea of radioactive decay, or a half life, is shown to students through a simple demonstration involving the number of heads-up pennies in a box. - Activity Objectives This …

http://nees.org/resources/3600

Subduction and Accretion Activity

27 Sep 2011 | Learning Objects | Contributor(s): NEES EOT

In this activity, students will learn about plate tectonics. They will use food to model a plate boundary and the different types of rock that will pile up at subduction zones. Activity Objectives …

http://nees.org/resources/3596