Topic outline

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  • Earthquakes
    

  • Earthquake Data – Student Activity File

    Students examine earthquake prone areas and then look at real time data.

  • Earthquake Data – Teacher Notes File
  • Shaky Science – Student Activity_v2 File

    Students discuss scales by which earthquakes are measured and simulate seismic waves.

  • Shaky Science – Teacher Notes_v2 File
  • Seismic Driven Landslides – Student Activity File

    A short activity examining how earthquakes may trigger landslides.

  • Earthquake Liquefaction - Student Activity - NEW File

    Students learn what liquefaction is and then simulate this phenomenon and its impact on structures using two simple experiments.

  • Earthquake Liquefaction - Teacher Notes - NEW File
  • Learn more about liquefaction here.

  • Earthquake Safety - Student Activity - NEW File

    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.

  • Earthquake Safety - Teacher Notes - NEW File
  • Earthquakes – Student Review File

    Questions and a wordsleuth to review this topic.

  • Earthquakes – Teacher Notes File