Your group must complete BOTH required activities and TWO(2) of the FOUR(4) optional activities.
Required Activities
Watch the video here and write a paragraph describing what you learned, and why it is important to have simulations of earthquakes.
Using 30 marshmallows and toothpicks, construct a building that would withstand an earthquake shaking (shaking in a pan of jello). Record your thoughts both before and after the shaking occurs in your science journals. NO EATING!!
Using 30 marshmallows and toothpicks, construct a building that would withstand an earthquake shaking (shaking in a pan of jello). Record your thoughts both before and after the shaking occurs in your science journals. NO EATING!!
Optional Activities
Look at the strength and location of earthquakes that happened in the United States during 2012 using this website. As a group, use a class map and look where the earthquakes started. What do you notice? Why do you think they occurred in this area? Write a paragraph about your thoughts.
Use this website to run and calculate the strength of earthquakes. When you have finished, call me over to look at your work.
First, read the following information. Then, answer the questions on the worksheet.
Watch this Bill Nye video on the Richter Scale. How many times stronger is a category 4 earthquake than a category 1? How much more energy is produced? You can use a calculator to help.
Use this website to run and calculate the strength of earthquakes. When you have finished, call me over to look at your work.
First, read the following information. Then, answer the questions on the worksheet.
Watch this Bill Nye video on the Richter Scale. How many times stronger is a category 4 earthquake than a category 1? How much more energy is produced? You can use a calculator to help.