Education (Earthquakes)

Education Sites:

High School and Undergraduate Seismicity High School and Undergraduate Seismicity: Space technology is used to observe and measure tectonic motion of the Earth's surface. From NASA. (Education) http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/ Seis-School Seismograph Network Seis-School Seismograph Network: Educational site about earthquakes and new methods of signal processing. (Education) http://pcg1.ifjf.uib.no/ Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics: A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. Requires Shockwave plug-in (Education) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/ Resources for Earthquake Education Resources for Earthquake Education: Annotated web directory on earthquakes, tectonics, and related topics, for educators at all levels. (Education) http://mceer.buffalo.edu/infoService/faqs/edulinks.html iNFO-EQ iNFO-EQ: Resources, technology, ideas and suggested solutions on how build a seismic station to record earthquakes and build seismic sensors generally. (Education) http://www.infoeq.it/ Earthquake Learning Activities and Lesson Plans Earthquake Learning Activities and Lesson Plans: Information and links, including instructions for building a table-top seismology demonstration and a model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction from a shoe box as well as other exercises for students. (Education) http://www.jclahr.com/science/psn/index.html Virtual Earthquake Virtual Earthquake: An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves. (Education) http://www.eoascientific.com/interactive/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter.html Princeton Earth Physics Project Princeton Earth Physics Project: PEPP was established as a way to build a network of seismic recording stations in high schools across the United States and to enrich secondary school science education. (Education) http://lasker.princeton.edu/general.html Arizona PEPP Arizona PEPP: AZPEPP is a program to put state-of-the-art seismometers into Arizona's high schools and use the recordings of earthquakes as an aid for teaching Earth Science and Physics. (Education) http://www.geo.arizona.edu/geoed/spinet/ Earthquakes Theme Earthquakes Theme: Web resources and student activity sheets for online study of earthquakes. (Education) http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/earthquakes.htm Why the Earth Shakes Why the Earth Shakes: Seismic science teaching resources from the Exploratorium. (Education) http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/earthquakescience/index.html