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EARTHQUAKES
Today you will learn what movements of the Earth's crust cause earthquakes and how the Earth has changed throughout history. Watch this brief National Geographic video as an intro to this unit.
THE SCIENCE OF EARTHQUAKES
ACTIVITY 1: View the following videos and websites link to answer the questions on your handout:
ACTIVITY 2: Take a red pencil and outline the 12 Tectonic Plates on your world map. Then label the Tectonic plates. You will find this information in the websites you explored (do not search the internet for this information).
WORLD MAP LINK:
(click on picture)
EARTHQUAKES IN THE NEWS
ACTIVITY 3: Go to the USGS Map web site:
Mark and label your world map with the following:
a. The 10 places of the latest earthquakes,
b. The magnitude of that particular earthquake,
c. The date of the earthquake. You may need to zoom out to see more of the interactive world map.
Hurricane Destruction & Relief
EARTHQUAKES AND ART
ACTIVITY 4:
Ken Goldberg, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Berkeley is also a practicing artist whose most recent work, Bloom, is "an Internet-based earthwork" that aims to make the low-level, day-to-day shifts and grumbles of the Hayward Fault visible as a dynamic, aesthetic force. Read "Making Art Out of Earthquakes" to learn about Professor Goldberg's art. Then click on the picture below to see his art work being made.
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