TeachersFirst's Earthquake Resources

Whether you teach about earthquakes as part of a unit on plate tectonics in an Earth Science class or need resources to explain a recent natural disaster, this collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers and students understand how earthquakes happen and learn about famous earthquakes in history. Also included are sites and tools well suited for projects about earthquakes. View all of our resources tagged Earthquakes.

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Seismic Monitor - NSF

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6 to 12

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Keep track of earthquake activity with this near-real time monitor. Earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 or greater are shown as colored circles on the interactive map. Visitors can even...more

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Keep track of earthquake activity with this near-real time monitor. Earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.0 or greater are shown as colored circles on the interactive map. Visitors can even go back in time and view all global earthquake activity over the past five years. The USGS National Earthquake Information Center is the main source for the seismic data on this site. Check out the Education Links on the bottom menu that include lesson plans and resources for teachers.

tag(s): earth (185), earthquakes (44), sun (71), tsunamis (15), volcanoes (54)

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Earthquake Resources for Teachers - USGS

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4 to 9

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This meta-site from the USGS offers teachers a direct link to resources on earthquakes, faults, plate tectonics, and other scientific aspects of earthquakes and earthquake prediction....more

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This meta-site from the USGS offers teachers a direct link to resources on earthquakes, faults, plate tectonics, and other scientific aspects of earthquakes and earthquake prediction. Though the grade levels and quality of these vary, the collection itself makes a nice resource for teachers who need to assemble a number of sources quickly.

tag(s): earth (185), earthquakes (44), geology (62), plate tectonics (21)

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Introduce this site to your students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Go through the basics about earthquakes then set up a Padlet, reviewed here for students to rotate through the rest of the material on this site. Require that all students go through some of the links. Some of the material can be free choice by students or skipped according to their interest.

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Earthquakes for Kids - USGS

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4 to 8

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The US Geological Survey offers this page full of information about earthquakes, earthquake monitoring, and earthquake safety. The site includes several features that offer real-time...more

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The US Geological Survey offers this page full of information about earthquakes, earthquake monitoring, and earthquake safety. The site includes several features that offer real-time reporting data. While there's lots of information here for any student, we suspect this page will be of particular interest to students living in earthquake-prone areas.

tag(s): earth (185), earthquakes (44)

In the Classroom

Introduce this site to your students on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Go through the basics about earthquakes then set up stations for students to rotate through the rest of the material on this site. Require that all students go through some of the stations. Some of the material can be free choice by students or skipped according to their interest.

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