| Home Web Directory Metasearch Message Boards Classified Ads
|
Top: Kids_and_Teens: School_Time: Science: The_Earth: Geology: Earthquakes:
Earthquakes (13)
See Also:
This category in other languages:
Japanese
Sites:
 |
|
» Earthquake-news.net 
Displays recent earthquakes on a map and tells how strong they were. Also has news and a forum.
http://www.earthquake-news.net
|
 |
|
» Earthquakes 
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.
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/quakes.htm
|
 |
|
» FEMA for Kids 
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.
http://www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm
|
 |
|
» Life Along the Faultline 
Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/
|
 |
|
» Savage Earth: Restless Planet 
Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/
|
 |
|
» Seismic Waves 
Basic introduction to seismic waves and how we use them to understand more about the inside of the earth.
http://www.gcse.com/waves/seismic.htm
|
 |
|
» Shake Table 
Information on how to build a shake table to test the resistance of structures to earthquake shaking. Includes classroom photos of the table in action.
http://www.jclahr.com/science/earth_science/shake/
|
 |
|
» USGS: Earthquakes for Kids 
Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php
|
 |
|
» Understanding Earthquakes 
Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years.
http://www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/outreach/understanding/globe/globe.html
|
 |
|
» Virtual Earthquake 
An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
http://www.eoascientific.com/campus/earth/multimedia/virtual_quake/view_interactive
|
 |
|
» What's Shaking 
Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro/
|
This category needs an editor
Last Updated: 2006-05-07 15:48:40
The content of this directory is based on the Open Directory and has been modified by GoSearchFor.com
|