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This is the Triumph Alternative School's earthquake site. Please check back because this site is always under construction as a result of too many earthquakes. |
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Class links: |
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TODAY'S LESSON: |
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Holbrook School District's site |
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In this lesson we are learning about real time earthquake data.
Let's have some fun! |
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Plate techtonics site |
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USGS plate techtonics site |
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ASSIGNMENTS: |
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USGS real-time earthquake site |
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Experiments and Activities site |
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Group 1 will visit the real-time earthquate data site and record data.
Group 2 will prepare a world map for plotting earthquakes.
Group 3 will plot the recorded data on the map
Group 4 will be working on one of the illustrations of the different types of plate boundaries |
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Questions for this lesson: |
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1. Do earthquakes appear to occur all over the earth's surface or only in isolated regions?
2. Is there a recognizable pattern to where earthquakes seem to occur?
3. If such a pattern does exist, could you use it to determine where high risk earthquake zones are located?
4. Do you think that there is a coorelation between tectonic plates and earthquakes?
5. What do you think the coorelation is?
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