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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics.
USGS	Statistics Prediction Basics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire — An online exhibit of information and images from the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley	Damage from Earthquakes San Andreas Fault Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects	Info Graphics	General Audience
A Comparison of Two Bay Area Earthquakes: 1989 v. 1906 — Investigate the shaking intensity and magnitude of these two earthquakes.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes San Andreas Fault	Graphics Lesson Plans	High School
A Walk through Time — A history of time through the ages.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Physics Laboratory	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Time Information	Info	General Audience High School
About Earthquakes — descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Seismic waves Plate tectonics Photos, Earthquake Magnitudes Intensity Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Basics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Animation of P, S & Surface Waves — seismic wave animations
San Diego State Univ.	Seismic waves Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Basics	Interactive Info	High School General Audience
Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts.
USGS	Education resources Basics		College Elementary school General Audience High School Middle School
Be an Earthquake Detective — Information on seismographs.
MCEER
Become an Earthquake Scientist — What does a geophysicist do? What do you need to study in school to become a geophysicist? What are the opportunities?
USGS	Careers	Info	Middle School High School College
Big Rocks, Little Rocks (PDF) — use cookies to demonstrate erosion and its effects
USGS	Earth structure	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Big Squeeze, The (PDF) — use crayon shavings to show how rocks are formed from other rocks, heat, and pressure
USGS	Earth structure	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Bigger Faults Make Bigger EQ's — three different rope lengths are used to demonstrate how a fault ruptures in an EQ and why bigger faults make bigger EQ's
USGS	Magnitudes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Birth of the Himalayas — brief description of the origin of the Himalaya Mountains
NOVA	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience College
Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — brief description of history of seismology
UC Santa Barbara	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Building a Shake Table — Instructions to build a simple shake table.
MCEER
California Earthquake Overview — slide show of geological history of California and earthquakes 1769 to 2000
Golden State Museum	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California.
About Geology	Crustal deformation Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Field trips - virtual, real Plate tectonics Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes	Graphics	High School General Audience College
Can Animals Sense Earthquakes? — The belief that animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries...
National Geographic	Myths	Info	General Audience
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States?
USGS	Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness Prediction Hazards Effects, Earthquake Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes	Info	College General Audience High School Middle School
Casualty (Fatality) Totals, A Note About — One-pager explaining why the numbers vary on different list.
USGS	Deaths from Earthquakes Societal Effects Statistics	Info	General Audience
Central & Eastern US Fact Sheets, See also — 2-page information sheets for a general audience
USGS	New Madrid Seismic Zone	Info	General Audience
Children, Stress, and Natural Disasters — teachers guide to helping children deal with disasters
Univ of Illinois Extension	Preparedness	Lesson Plans Info	General Audience Elementary school
Coloring Pages to Print — Earthquake-related coloring pages to print out and color
USGS	Basics	Fun & Games Graphics Interactive	Elementary school
Constructing Earthquake-Proof Buildings — construct a model building and test it
DiscoverySchool.com	Engineering, Earthquake Modeling	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Continental Drift — investigate the plate motions given various clues to past configurations
DiscoverySchool.com	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images
NASA	Crustal deformation Plate tectonics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Continents on the Move — How do we know that continents are still moving?
PBS-Nova	Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience
Converting UTC to local US time — Table of all possible conversions from UTC to local US time.
NOAA	Time Information	Info	General Audience
Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts
USGS	Basics Earthquake facts	Info	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Create Your Own Tsunami — Homemade simulation of a tsunami.
MCEER
Current Local Time Anywhere — Will display the current local time anywhere. It has a list of countries and major cities.
Chaos Software Group, Inc	Time Information	Info	General Audience
Damaging Earthquakes in the United States (1750 - 1996) — Locations of damaging earthquakes in the United States
USGS	Damage from Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Deaths from Earthquakes in the United States — Deaths from earhquakes in the United States.
USGS	Deaths from Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Demonstrations of Geophysical Principles Applicable to the Properties and Processes of the Earth's Interior — demonstrations with photos and graphics
SUNY Binghamton	Education resources Earth structure Basics Lessons online	Lesson Plans Info Graphics	High School College
Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation
Berkeley	Maps Locations	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Designing Structures to Perform Well During an Earthquake — discussion and lesson plans
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)	Lessons online Education resources Engineering, Earthquake Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Info	High School College
Determining Danger (PDF) — identify potential hazards in your immediate environment and take action to increase safety
USGS	Hazards Preparedness Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes
USGS	Locating Earthquakes Locations	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur.
TASA Graphic Arts	Basics Books Damage from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Intensity Locating Earthquakes Locations Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves Shaking	Graphics Info Lesson Plans	College High School
Discover Our Earth — interactive lessons on earthquake basics, locations, magnitudes and more!
Cornell University	Plate tectonics Maps Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Info Graphics	General Audience College High School
Discover Our Earth — Portal for teachers and students for learning the basics about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topography, and sea level changes.
USGS & DLESE	Plate tectonics Lessons online Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	High School College
Downloadable Freeware — (Mac only) plate tectonic animations, orogeny, Our Dynamic Planet, Origins of Life
UC Santa Barbara	Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics Lesson Plans	Middle School High School General Audience College
Early History of Seismometry (to 1900), The — history of various instruments throughout the history of seismology
USGS	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College
Earth Egg (PDF) — use eggs to represent the Earth plates, discussions about remote shearing, plate tectonics, and earth structure
USGS	Earth structure Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Earth Puzzle — part of a larger publication
Scripps	Basics Earth structure Plate tectonics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics — Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links
Univ. of Wisconsin	Basics Earth structure Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Plate tectonics Rock mechanics	Info Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more!
Purdue Univ.	Shaking Seismic waves Preparedness Plate tectonics Magnitudes Locations Locating Earthquakes Lessons online Intensity Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Hazards Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Engineering, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Education resources Earth structure Basics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum
NASA	Basics Earth structure History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Graphics Info	Middle School High School College
Earth Science Lesson Plans — variety of activities from Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology website
Berkeley	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Earth Science Lessons — lessons developed by an elementary school teacher, but good for all ages, slide-style with color diagrams and photographs
Univ. of North Dakota	Education resources Earth structure Basics Geology History-Earthquakes, Seismology Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School
Earth Science World Records — description and graphics of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and more
Extreme Science	Earthquake facts History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Graphics Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earth Sciences Lesson Plans — not really earthquakes, but great lesson plans for K-4
NESEN - Lessons for Earth Systems Education	Basics Geology Tsunamis	Lesson Plans	Elementary school High School Middle School
Earth's Crust, The — how thick is the Earth's crust?
USGS	Maps Earth structure	Graphics	General Audience College
Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics — overview with good graphics and lots of details
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)	Plate tectonics Earth structure Basics	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College Middle School
Earth's Interior Minerals — how can EQ's tell us what is inside the earth?
USGS	Geology Earth structure	Lesson Plans	Middle School Elementary school
Earth's Layers, The — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Earth structure Geology	Graphics	Elementary school
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics
USGS	Photos, Earthquake Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Damage from Earthquakes Basics Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Locating Earthquakes Maps Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow online — preview of the complete PowerPoint show for the basics
USGS	Basics Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Earthquake facts Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake ABC: A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings — by kids for kids, with a special section for parents and teachers
USGS	Basics	Info Graphics	Elementary school
Earthquake Accounts by Famous People — personal accounts of earthquake experiences
UC Santa Barbara	History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds — An examination of strange and unexplained sounds that are sometimes heard accompanying earthquakes.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake	Info	College General Audience High School
Earthquake Crossword — online activity
KidCrosswords.com	Basics Education resources	Fun & Games Interactive	Elementary school
Earthquake Density Maps for the United States — Maps of the average number of Earthquakes per year, magnitude 5 and Greater, all depths, for the United States.
USGS	Seismicity	Info	General Audience
Earthquake Density Maps for the World — Maps of average number of earthquake per year, magnitude 5.0 and greater, for the World. Maps are grouped by depth intervals.
USGS	Statistics Seismicity Maps Magnitudes	Graphics Info	General Audience
Earthquake Education Services — lesson plans, information on Wasatch Front
Univ. of Utah	Hazards Education resources Basics Lessons online Preparedness	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Effects, Earthquake Basics Photos, Earthquake Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Shaking	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquake Facts & Earthquake Fantasy — Companion to "Earthquakes, Megaquakes, and the Movies"
USGS	Societal Effects Effects, Earthquake Myths Earthquake facts	Info Graphics	General Audience High School Middle School
Earthquake Hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquake Model — earthquake recurrence, size, and prediction demonstration instructions, brick & sandpaper model
USGS	Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction	Info Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Earthquake Monitoring — explore the history behind earthquake monitoring; list of additional readings and links also included
USGS	Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring History-Earthquakes, Seismology Basics	Info	Middle School High School
Earthquake Practice Quiz — online quiz
Florida Intl. Univ.	Basics Education resources Lessons online	Interactive	Middle School High School
Earthquake Prediction Information — short overview
University of Washington	Prediction	Info	General Audience High School College
Earthquake Prediction, Societal Implications — technical paper
journal Reviews of Geophysics	Prediction	Info	College General Audience
Earthquake Preparedness: What Every Childcare Provider Should Know — PDF file with tips for younger children
FEMA	Preparedness	Info	Elementary school General Audience
Earthquake Quiz — online quiz
UC Santa Barbara	Education resources Basics	Interactive Fun & Games	Middle School High School
Earthquake Quiz — online quiz
Univ. of Houston	Basics Education resources	Info Interactive	Middle School High School
Earthquake Quiz (PDF) — PDF file to print
Teacher Vision	Basics	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Earthquake Science Explained — A series of short articles for students, teachers, and parents originally published as weekly features in The San Francisco Chronicle. This USGS General Information Product presents some of the new understanding gained and scientific advances made in the century since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
USGS	Basics Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Paleoseismology Preparedness San Andreas Fault Seismic waves Trenching	Info	Middle School High School Elementary school General Audience
Earthquake Statistics — Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc.
USGS	Statistics Earthquake facts	Info	Elementary school College General Audience High School Middle School
Earthquake Unit — six challenges with lesson plans, online activities, and links to resources about the basics, earthquake probabilities, preparedness, earthquakes in the past, and seismic waves
San Francisco USD	Lessons online Hazards Education resources Basics Preparedness Seismic waves	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	Middle School
Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Prediction Seismicity	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquakes — slide-show type presentation
Tech Museum of Innovation	Basics Damage from Earthquakes Earth structure Effects, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Nuclear explosions Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquakes & All Shook Up — design and build an earthquake-proof structure
Newton's Apple	Engineering, Earthquake Education resources Lessons online	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics — Explains the theory of earthquakes and plate tectonics.
USGS	Plate tectonics	Info	General Audience
Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book
W.H. Freeman & Co.	Basics Books Historic Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Tsunamis	Info	College
Earthquakes Cannot Be Predicted — technical paper
journal Science	Prediction	Info	College General Audience
Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Seismicity	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquakes in the United States, Magnitude 7 and Greater — List of earthquakes, by state, magnitude 7.0 and greater.
USGS	Historic Earthquakes Seismicity	Info	General Audience
Earthquakes with 1,000 or More Deaths since 1900 — List of earthquakes with 1,000 or more deaths since 1900.
USGS	Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Earthquakes! — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey
The Why Files	Basics Damage from Earthquakes Deaths from Earthquakes Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Photos, Earthquake Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Hazards Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology Maps Plate tectonics Prediction Seismic waves	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies
USGS	Societal Effects Shaking San Andreas Fault Prediction Plate tectonics Myths Magnitudes Forces Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earthquake facts Effects, Earthquake Damage from Earthquakes	Info	Middle School High School General Audience
Earthquakes: The Rolling Earth — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Magnitudes Seismic waves	Graphics	General Audience Middle School Elementary school
EarthScience Center, The — the USGS consulted on this interactive web-based learning module developed by Logal Software Co,; excellent learning tool for earthquake location, magnitude, distribution and forecasting, Plug-in required that works on PCs and MacOS9 only
USGS & Riverdeep	Seismicity Magnitudes Locations Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics Fun & Games	High School General Audience College
Educational Activities — Origami, building models, historical seismologists
New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Resources	Basics Education resources Lessons online	Lesson Plans	Middle School
EQ Fear (PDF) — make a list of common fears and address each one
USGS	Education resources Lessons online Preparedness	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
EQ Kit Treasure Hunt (PDF) — hide EQ kit items around classroom or school and have a treasure hunt
USGS	Education resources Lessons online Preparedness	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
EQ Myths (PDF) — investigate EQ myths; what myths exist and why do people believe them
USGS	Education resources Basics Lessons online Myths	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
EQ Plan (PDF) — discuss a plan for what to do if there is an EQ; especially good for schools in EQ-prone areas
USGS	Education resources Lessons online Preparedness	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
EQs on the Surface (PDF) — use topo maps, seismicity maps, and fault maps to understand the connection between the surface features, locations of EQs and mapped faults
USGS	Lessons online Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Maps Seismicity	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology
W.W. Norton and Company	Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure Crustal deformation Plate tectonics Seismic waves	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learning concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans.
DLESE	Lessons online Geology Education resources Plate tectonics Seismicity	Lesson Plans Info Graphics	Middle School
Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan
USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center	Seismicity Locations Lessons online GIS Education resources	Lesson Plans	High School College
Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations in the Earth Sciences — book with high quality lessons with maps, images, instructor's manual, teaching tips, etc.
www.brookscole.com	Books Education resources GIS	Lesson Plans	High School College
Exploring the Earth — interactively see the effect of media velocity on reflection and refraction of seismic waves, rotate Africa back to South America, Snell's Law
Univ. of Utah	Seismic waves Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Fault Animations — animations illustrating the three main types of faults
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Fault Features (PDF) — a pan, dirt and some fabric create a model to demonstrate surface features of faults, use the Wallace Creek trail guide to see real fault features, or take a field trip
USGS	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Field trips - virtual, real Lessons online	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Faults — photos and graphics of fault types
Univ. of Leeds	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	General Audience Middle School High School College
Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide
USGS	Locations Maps	Info	High School General Audience College
Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learning plus lesson plans for the classroom
National Geographic	Lessons online Education resources Books Basics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Forces of Nature -- Teacher Study Guides — These study guides are mean to complement the giant_screen film "Forces of Nature"
Destination Cinema	Lessons online Hazards Education resources Basics Preparedness Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Garlock Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault
JPL/NASA	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School
Geologic Animations & Paper Models — from the USGS Learning Web
USGS	Basics	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Geological Online Exhibits — geologic time scale, plate tectonics animation, and more!
UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley	Basics Geology	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types
Earth Science Australia	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Earth structure	Graphics	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Geology Central — links to resources for Geology and Geophysics
Geology Central	Basics Education resources Field trips - virtual, real	Info	High School General Audience College
Geology Lesson Plans — includes all earth sciences
AskERIC	Basics Geology	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school College
geologylink — geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	Basics Field trips - virtual, real Geology	Info	Middle School High School Elementary school College
Geophysics Course Resources on the Internet — list of online course resources for undergraduate and graduate levels
Univ. of Houston	Basics Geology	Lesson Plans Interactive Info	College
GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data
Cambrian Systems, Inc.	Locations	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Getting Ready for the Big One — stigate types of earthquake waves and their effects
DiscoverySchool.com	Education resources Geology Lessons online Seismic waves	Lesson Plans	Middle School
Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data
Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS	Magnitudes Locations Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Seismic waves	Interactive Graphics	High School College
Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering
Discovery Online	Basics Engineering, Earthquake Hazards	Info Graphics Interactive	Middle School High School General Audience College
Groundwater Effects from Earthquakes — A description of the potential effects of earthquakes on groundwater and wells.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Societal Effects	Info	General Audience
GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions
Geological Society of America	Geology Education resources Basics Hazards Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	High School Elementary school College Middle School
Hazards 101, Earthquake — The basics of how the USGS National Earthquake Hazard Maps are made.
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Forces Hazards Shaking	Info	General Audience College
High Quality Earthquake Animations — Simulations of earthquake ruptures that were run on the supercomputers at Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research
USGS	Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Modeling Seismic waves Shaking	Graphics	High School General Audience College
Hilo Tsunami Museum — The goal of the Pacific Tsunami Museum is to promote public tsunami education for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum will also preserve the social and cultural history of Hawaii and promote economic development on the island of Hawaii as well as statewide. The museum will serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events.
Pacific Tsunami Museum	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Historical Earthquake Theories — collection of historical earthquake theories and myths
Univ. of Vienna	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Myths	Info	High School General Audience College
History of Daylight Savings Time — History of Daylight Savings Time
WebExhibits	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Time Information	Info	General Audience
How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics
How Stuff Works	Basics Earth structure Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Locating Earthquakes Magnitudes Plate tectonics Preparedness Seismic waves	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? — How to compare magnitude and energy. With "Try It Yourself" Calculator.
USGS	Magnitudes	Info Fun & Games Interactive	College General Audience High School Middle School
How Plates Move — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Plate tectonics	Graphics	Elementary school
How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction — USGS Open File Report 99-132 (online) This report describes how to build a model of the outer 300 km (180 miles) of the Earth that can be used to develop a better understanding of the principal features of plate tectonics, including sea-floor spreading, the pattern of magnetic stripes frozen into the sea floor, transform faulting, thrust faulting, subduction, and volcanism.
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources Basics	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience
Human Wave (PDF) — learn about the motions of P & S waves with a fun participating exercise
USGS	Seismic waves Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school
Ideas for Activities Using Live Seismograms — ideas for how to use real-time earthquake information in the classroom
USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory	Education resources Lessons online Seismic waves	Lesson Plans	High School College
Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Education webpage — resources and opportunities for educators
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Seismicity Seismic waves Earth structure	Info Graphics	High School General Audience College Middle School
Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Historic Earthquakes Hazards Education resources Books Basics Preparedness	Info	College
Inside Geology - Chapter 11: Geophysical Properties of Planet Earth — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	Earth structure Basics Education resources	Info	College
Inside Geology - Chapter 12: Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	Education resources Plate tectonics	Info	College
Inside Geology - Chapter 9: Folds, Faults and Mountains — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries
Houghton Mifflin Company College Division	Books Education resources Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Info	College
Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS	Education resources Basics Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Lessons online Seismicity	Interactive Graphics Lesson Plans	General Audience College High School
Is the reliable prediction of individual earthquakes a realistic scientific goal? — Seven-week debate involving many authors and their views
journal of Nature	Prediction	Info	College General Audience
Isoseismal Maps (PDF) — learn the difference between intensity and magnitude and gain experience with contouring on maps
USGS	Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes	Lesson Plans	Elementary school Middle School
John Lahr's Earthquake website — Collection of the author's own activities and publications, and links to other useful tidbits. Especially useful if you have your own seismometer, or want to build one.
USGS Emeritus	Lessons online Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Forces Basics	Lesson Plans Info	Middle School High School
Journey to the Center of the Earth — created by 100 5th grade students
John F. Pattie Elementary	Basics Education resources Lessons online	Graphics Fun & Games Interactive Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. — an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools.
UNAVCO	Seismicity Plate tectonics Maps	Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Kid Zone — games, puzzles
Assoc. of Bay Area Govts.(ABAG)	Basics Maps Preparedness	Info Fun & Games Interactive	Middle School
Kid's Earthquake Questions & Answers — kids' questions answered by scientists
Dromore National School, Republic of Ireland & USGS	Basics	Interactive Info	Elementary school
Landers Earthquake Rupture Movie — animation of the rupture on the Landers fault
Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	High School General Audience Elementary school College Middle School
Large Plate Puzzle (PDF) — cut a large world map into puzzle pieces along plate boundaries, students discuss individually land then for the whole map after the class puts pieces together; simple but powerful, discussion Q/A included
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School Elementary school
Largest and Deadliest Earthquakes by Year, 1990 - 2005 — List of the largest and deadliest earthquakes, by year, 1990 -2005.
USGS	Historic Earthquakes Deaths from Earthquakes Seismicity	Info	General Audience
Largest Earthquakes by State — List and map of the largest earthquake in each State
USGS	Historic Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Largest Earthquakes in the United States — Lists and maps of the largest earthquakes in the United States.
USGS	Historic Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900 — List and map of the largest earthquakes in the world.
USGS	Historic Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Late Night Musings of an Earthquake Seismologist — USGS Scientist Paul A. Reasenberg candidly discusses earthquake preparedness.
USGS	Societal Effects Preparedness	Info	General Audience
Life Along the Faultline — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California
Exploratorium	Basics Historic Earthquakes History-Earthquakes, Seismology	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common!
USGS	Seismic waves	Interactive	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Living in Earthquake Country-Teaching Box — Explores how and why earthquakes cause damage, seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure.
DLESE	Damage from Earthquakes Hazards Effects, Earthquake Education resources Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Prediction Seismic waves Societal Effects	Graphics Info Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
Living in Earthquake Country: A Teaching Box — 7 lessons with the goal of teaching students about how and why earthquakes cause damage. Explores seismic waves, the ability of scientists to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations, the difference between magnitude and intensity, the occurrence of earthquakes along patches of planar faults, and the potential damage caused by earthquakes such as landslides, liquefaction, or structural failure.
DLESE	Basics Effects, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Geology Intensity Lessons online Magnitudes Parkfield Seismic waves	Lesson Plans	High School Middle School
Living on Shaky Ground: How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis on the North Coast — Thorough discusssion of science and preparedness information, links to additional information.
Humboldt State Univ	Tsunamis	Graphics Info	General Audience
Magnitude / Intensity Comparison — Explains the difference between magnitude and intensity.
USGS	Magnitudes Intensity	Info	General Audience
Magnitude 7 and Greater Earthquakes This Year — List and map of magnitude 7 and greater earthquakes this year. List and map of deaths from earthquakes this year.
USGS	Magnitudes Deaths from Earthquakes Statistics	Info	General Audience
Magnitude 8 and Greater Earthquakes Since 1990 — List of magnitude 8 and greater earthquakes since 1990.
USGS	Magnitudes Statistics	Info	General Audience
Magnitude versus Intensity Lesson (PDF) — classroom lesson to teach the difference between earthquake magnitude and earthquake intensities
USGS	Intensity Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes	Lesson Plans Graphics	Middle School High School
Making a Shake Table — discussion and lesson plans
Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)	Effects, Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Shaking	Lesson Plans	High School College
Mantle Motions (PDF) — students act out various mantle motions in a game of fast thinking
USGS	Earth structure Education resources Lessons online	Lesson Plans	Elementary school Middle School
Map of World Time Zones (PDF) — Map of World Time Zones (PDF)
CIA: World Fact Book	Maps Time Information	Info	General Audience
Measuring the Size of an Earthquake — How the size of an earthquake is measured.
USGS	Magnitudes Locating Earthquakes Intensity	Info	General Audience
MegaQuakes/Earthquake Simulator — dial up an earthquake and see the results
IRIS	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Lessons online Magnitudes	Lesson Plans Graphics	High School
Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists
USGS	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Careers People	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale, The — A description of the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale.
USGS	Intensity	Info	General Audience
Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World — Earthquakes with 50,000 or More Deaths
USGS	Deaths from Earthquakes	Info	General Audience
Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape
PBS	Basics History-Earthquakes, Seismology Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Musical Plates — use realtime data to plot earthquakes and solve problems
New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education	Education resources Lessons online Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
National Tragedy, Global Response Lesson Plan — explore how different people on local, national and international levels respond to a destructive natural disaster and the needs of its victims and how various facets of the media cover such an event, focusing specifically on the earthquake that deva
New York Times Learning Network	Education resources Lessons online Societal Effects	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School
New Madrid Earthquakes 1811 - 1812 — Accounts of the large earthquakes that occurred in the New Madrid area in 1811 - 1812.
USGS	New Madrid Seismic Zone	Info	General Audience
NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order
National Geophysical Data Center	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Hazards Tsunamis	Interactive Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Number of Magnitude 7.0 and Greater Earthquakes per Year, Since 1900 — List of the number of magnitude 7.0 and greater earthquakes per year, since 1900.
USGS	Magnitudes Statistics	Info	General Audience
On Shaky Ground — Earthquake hazards in the New Madrid Seismic Zone.
www.riverfronttimes.com	New Madrid Seismic Zone	Info	General Audience
On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics — description of plate tectonic history and mechanics
NASA	Plate tectonics Basics	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics — one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics
Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS)	Basics Education resources	Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Online Coloring Pages — Interactively color earthquake-related pictures
USGS	Basics	Interactive Graphics Fun & Games	Elementary school
Online Wordsearch Puzzles — interactive wordsearch puzzles with earthquake-related words
USGS	Basics	Fun & Games Interactive	Elementary school
Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order
UC Santa Barbara	Education resources Maps Plate tectonics	Graphics	High School College
PaleoMap Project — plate tectonics, earth history, climate history, lesson plans, software, and more
UT Arlington	Education resources History-Earthquakes, Seismology Maps Plate tectonics	Lesson Plans Interactive Graphics	College
Pangea to Present — slide-show type presentation
Univ. of North Dakota	Basics Plate tectonics	Graphics	Elementary school
Paper Models & Animations — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper models and computer animations illustrating geologic processes and other geologic phenomena, not just earthquakes. Both paper copies and electronic diskette versions are available.
USGS	Modeling Geology Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources Effects, Earthquake Earth structure Basics Plate tectonics	Interactive Graphics	Middle School
Papers from an NAS Colloquium on "Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge" — excellent collection of downloadable papers
National Academy of Sciences	Prediction	Info	College General Audience
PBJ Fault (PDF) — demonstrate the different types of faults with a PBJ sandwich, and then eat it double-decker
USGS	Plate tectonics Lessons online Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Education resources	Lesson Plans	Elementary school
Photos of Faults and Fault Zone Features — photos
Univ. of Oregon	Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc.	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault — Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault
Geodynamics Research Group, PSU	San Andreas Fault Plate tectonics Crustal deformation	Info	General Audience
Plate Reconstruction Service — calculate plate tectonic reconstructions of any age back to 150 My
Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN)	Maps Plate tectonics	Info	College
Plate Tectonics Activities — games, quiz
Quia	Basics Plate tectonics	Interactive Fun & Games	Elementary school
Plate Tectonics Animations — awesome animations
U.S. National Park Service & USGS	Plate tectonics	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Plate Tectonics Quiz — quiz
Enchanted Learning	Basics	Interactive	Elementary school
Plate Tectonics Quiz — quiz
SchoolScience.co.uk	Basics	Interactive	Elementary school
Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary
Univ. of Nevada, Reno	Crustal deformation Surface features - Faults, Earthquakes Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Maps Plate tectonics	Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience College
Plot that Quake! — lesson plan for using the Internet to plot earthquakes over time
Berkeley	Locations Lessons online Edu