Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Earth Science - Earthquakes - Measuring Earthquakes

Danger! Earthquakes by Seymour Simon
Geology Rocks! by Cindy Blobaum
Earthquakes and Volcanoes by Lin Sutherland and Thomas Wright
Geology by Barbara Murck

Vocabulary Added:
hypocenter: location of the earthquake within the Earth
epicenter point on the Earth's surface directly above the hypocenter

Discussion:
Using triangulation to find the epicenter
How seismographs work, generation of seismograms
The Richter scale

Activity:
Scan through I Felt That (app on iPhone), observing types of earthquakes recently recorded, and locations
Make a seismograph - from Geology Rocks!

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