Week of February 3rd

Links for the week:

Explorations:

Why Earthquakes Happen? Interactive

Animation of P and S waves

Animation of P and S Waves Moving Through Interior of Earth

Live USGS Earthquakes' World Map

Assignments with hard-copy questions:

How Are Earthquakes Related to Plate Tectonics?

Where Was That Earthquake?

Make a Quake Simulation

Videos:

Japan's 2011 Earthquake

What if a major quake hit the US?

Seismogram of Dec. 31st 2011 Earthquake in Youngstown, Ohio

Be familiar with Earthquake Safety!

Famous Earthquakes!

1989 - San Francisco
Collapse of Bay Bridge

2010 Haiti

2010 - Chile

2011 - Japan