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Home / Kids and Teens / School Time / Science / The Earth / Geology / Earthquakes
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- FEMA for Kids - 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.
www.fema.gov/kids/quake.htm
- Life Along the Faultline - Investigates life and science along California's fault lines. The site includes exclusive video from the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
www.exploratorium.edu/faultline
- Savage Earth: Restless Planet - Sections on learning from earthquakes, predicting quakes, and engineering quake-resistant buildings. Uses Flash animation and Quicktime video.
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes
- Understanding Earthquakes - Shows a simulation of where earthquakes with a 5.5 or larger magintude have occurred in the last five years.
www.crustal.ucsb.edu/ics/understanding/globe/globe.html
- USGS: Earthquakes for Kids - Site features puzzles, games, science fair ideas, the online activity links, and virtual earthquake fly-bys.
earthquake.usgs.gov/4kids
- Virtual Earthquake - An interactive exercise which demonstrates how seismologists pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake using seismic waves.
www.eoascientific.com/interactive/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter/earthquakes_seismic_waves_activity_earthquake_epicenter.html
- What's Shaking - Find out what earthquakes are, why they occur, and why we cannot predict them.
www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online/quakes/intro
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