Introduction:
You
are visiting your grandparents in
The Challenge:
Write about your earthquake experience in
your science journal. What did you see? How did it feel? What kind of noises
did you hear? Was everyone okay?
Now list
a few safety precautions that can be taken the next time an earthquake hits.
You never know when it could happen again!!!!
1. What do you do if you are outside when the earthquake hits? How
about if you are inside?
2. What kinds of things can your grandparents do to their house so that
no one is hurt and little damage is done?
3. What was happening to the earth during the earthquake you
experienced?
4. Where do earthquakes usually occur and why?
Journey:
Search the following search engines to help
you complete your challenge:
Suggestion
of keywords to use:
·
Earthquakes
·
Experiencing
earthquakes
·
Safety
during earthquakes
·
What
happens during an earthquake
·
Where
do earthquakes occur
Helpful
websites:
(These websites might be able to help you describe what it would be like to be
in an earthquake plus help you to answer the questions.)
·
The Great Shake:
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/1906/1906_2.html
·
The Cause of Destruction
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/engineering/engineering2.html
·
Earthquake Safety Do’s and
Don’ts
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/earthquake/prepare2.html
·
Earthquake Preparedness
http://www.iiees.ac.ir/English/Publicedu/EQ%20preparedness.htm
·
Where do Earthquakes
happen
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/where.html
·
Famous Earthquake Accounts
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/accounts/twain.html
·
Understanding Earthquakes
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/
·
Link to additional
earthquake websites
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/others/other.html
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