Earthquake Quiz

Today in class we:
Took a quiz on the Earthquake Unit


Happy Spring Break! Have fun and be safe, I'll see you back for 4th quarter!

Earthquake Shake Lab!

Today in class students competed in a building contest to see who could build the most earthquake resistant building. Buildings were put to the test on Ms. Virkus' Shake Table. Students constructed very unique and creative buildings and had various degrees of success when faced with the BIG ONE!


Homework due Friday
Complete the post lab for earthquake lab
Study and finish review sheet for earthquake quiz

Locating Earthquakes

Today in class we:
Discussed how seismographs can teach us about the magnitude of the Earthquake and our distance from its epicenter.
Discussed and practiced using triangulation technique to locate an Earthquake's epicenter using 3 data sets from seismographs
Began work on Earthquake Shake Lab

Homework:
due Wednesday: You and your group should have a drawing of your earthquake resistant building completed and ready to build
due Friday: Earthquake Review Sheet (see sidebar for downloadable copy)

Faults and Seismic Waves

Do Now:

Name three types of faults and describe how they move.

Today in class we:

- Discussed three main types of faults: Normal, Reverse, and Strike-Slip 

- Demonstrated how seismic waves move and reviewed types of seismic waves: body wave- p and s waves and surface waves- love and rayleigh waves

- Worked on fault movement lab

Earthquake Webquest

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Today in class we:
Began work on Earthquake webquest in computer lab (see sidebar to download copy of webquest)

2/29:
Today in class we:
Reviewed plate tectonic test
Finished earthquake webquest and turn in

Homework due Tuesday:
- Typed test corrections
- construct fault blocks

Earthquakes

Today in class we:
- Began the chapter on Earthquake
- Discussed the force of stress and 3 types of stress: tension, compression, shearing

- Finish watching "The Core"

Homework due Thursday:
Read pg 44-47 2.1 Stress and Faults
Complete questions 1 and 2 all on pg 50

Plate Tectonic Test

Today in class we took the Plate Tectonic Test

Note:
Friday we will be viewing the movie "THE CORE", students are invited to bring in snacks to share with the class during this period.

Plate Tectonics

Today in class we discussed:

Convergent and transform plate boundaries
Reviewed for test
Worked on plate tectonic map

Homework:
Study for test on Wednesday