- Earthquakes - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Earthquake simulator from the Learning Channel. Includes a list of the top ten quakes, technology, cities at risk, gallery of devastation, and "As the World Churns..
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- Earthquakes - [ Kids/Teens ] - 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.
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- FEMA for Kids - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.
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- Life Along the Faultline - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
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- Savage Earth: Restless Planet - [ Kids/Teens ] - Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
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- Seismic Waves - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - Basic introduction to seismic waves and how we use them to understand more about the inside of the earth.
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- Shake Table - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - 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.
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- Understanding Earthquakes - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magnitude have occurred in the last five years.
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- USGS: Earthquakes for Kids - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
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- Virtual Earthquake - [ Teens/Mature Teens ] - An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
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- What's Shaking - [ Kids/Teens/Mature Teens ] - Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.
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