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Activity since Thursday, 8 June 2023, 7:15 AM
Topic outline
Earthquakes
Students examine earthquake prone areas and then look at real time data.
Students discuss scales by which earthquakes are measured and simulate seismic waves.
A short activity examining how earthquakes may trigger landslides.
Students learn what liquefaction is and then simulate this phenomenon and its impact on structures using two simple experiments.
Learn more about liquefaction here.
In this activity students discover advice on how to deal with an earthquake sitution, courtesy of Geoscience Australia, and then use this to create their own poster.
Questions and a wordsleuth to review this topic.