Quake Rattle and Roll
It is your responsibility, as members of the National Disaster Taskforce for
the Quakeville News Team, to help the community of Quakeville understand
earthquakes and how to be safe in the event of future quakes. As a team you
will be creating a broadcasted special about earthquakes. This special
should be informative for all of Quakeville's citizens including information
about equipment used to detect earthquakes, causes of earthquakes, history
of earthquake damage and earthquake safety. You will also be responsible for
designing and producing pamphlets about earthquakes and earthquake safety to
be distributed among the community members. Your taskforce must become
experts in the field of earthquakes in order to be successful at this task.
Good Luck!
Internet Links
Quake, Rattle and Roll Webquest
Teams: seismologist, geologist, safety expert and damage investigator
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/quake/
How Stuff Works- WebQuest Online Exercise
In this journey around the Web, we'll discover what causes earthquakes, how
scientists can figure out their exact location, where they occurred last
week and much, much more! Click on the Web site(s) after each question to
find your answer
http://express.howstuffworks.com/wq-earthquake.htm
Earthquakes...A webquest: If you live in Tennessee you probably feel pretty
safe from earthquakes. However, some experts say there is a strong
possibility of an earthquake happening again in our area. "Again", you say.
Did you know that back in 1811 there was a pretty devastating earthquake
near Memphis that rang church bells in South Carolina? It caused the
Mississippi River to actually flow backwards and brought Reelfoot Lake into
existence? Let's take a trip back in time to hear what those living at the
time had to say about this devastating earthquake and then let's visit the
future to see what the possibility of another earthquake of that size
hitting our area might be. You will also become a seismologist and calculate
an earthquake.
http://www.scde.k12.tn.us/chms/jaz/equakes.htm
Have you wondered why this WebQuest is called "Spaghetti EarthQuake? Each
team will design, build, and test a model structure made out of uncooked
spaghetti sticks. Your model will be tested on a specially built earthquake
machine. This machine simulates the stresses that occur during
earthquakes. Your model should be able to withstand a 10 second earthquake
without collapsing. You will be competing against other companies (teams)
by attempting to build the best structure. You and your teammates will give
a brief presentation prior to the final test. In this report you will
discuss your Internet research and how it helped you design your structure.
http://www.scsc.k12.in.us/SMS/Teachers/Elliot/Spaghetti%20Earthquake%20WebQuest/Spaghetti%20EQ%20WebQuest.htm#Introduction
How much do you know about earthquakes? Sure, you probably know that they
can cause serious damage to buildings, but there are also probably many
things that you haven't learned yet. For instance, do you know what causes
an earthquake in the first place? How often do earthquakes happen? What have
been the most damaging earthquakes in the United States? How prepared would
you be for an earthquake and its effects on your life? These are all
questions that you will consider in this webquest!
http://www.oconee.k12.sc.us/teachers/jransom/webquest.htm
Earthquake vs. Volcano: Your team and a rival team are given a chance to
choose where to live. One team will live near an earthquake fault and the
other will live near a volcano. How will you choose? Perhaps you want
whether earthquakes or volcanoes are more powerful. Or how often earthquake
and volcanoes occur. Maybe you need to determine why earthquake and
volcanoes occur. There will be other questions that you will need to answer.
http://www.columbus.k12.wi.us/TIE/webquests/Earthquakes_vs_Volcanoes.htm
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