School and Science: The Earth: Geology: Earthquakes

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	Home: School and Science: The Earth: Geology: Earthquakes LINKS: USGS: Earthquakes for Kids http://earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids/ Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys. Understanding Earthquakes http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/globe/globe.html Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years. What's Shaking http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro/ Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them. Life Along the Faultline http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/ Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. FEMA for Kids http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in charge of helping people before and after a disaster. Site includes stories, photos, rap music, games, experiments and quizzes. Savage Earth: Restless Planet http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/ Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video. Virtual Earthquake http://www.eoascientific.com/interactive/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter.html An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves. Earthquakes http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/quakes.htm Learn what earthquakes are, how they occur, areas of the world frequented by earthquakes and the theory of continental drift which is often used to explain why earthquakes happen. Earthquakes http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/quakes/interactives/makeaquake.html Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns."

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