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Crustal Movement Webquests

This Dynamic Earth: the story of Plate Tectonics
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http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
Planet Diary: Earth's Journal
Pins provide weekly updates.

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http://www.planetdiary.com/

Crustal Movement Links

Earthquake drills
Find out how to prepare for an earthquake.

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http://www.shakeout.org
Earthquake Hazards
Lists the top ten earthquakes in the U.S. by date and magnitude and provides links to specific earthquakes.
Extreme Science
Links to many topics in Earth Science, including plate boundaries and ocean ridges.

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http://www.extremescience.com/plate-tectonics.htm
Hot Spots and Ring of Fire
Map showing active volcanoes and geologic plates.

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http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/PlateTectonics/Maps/map_plate_tectonics_world.html
Recent quakes worldwide
Search by maps, lists or other options.

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map
Reversals: Magnet Flip
Describes how the Earth's magnetic field has reversed polarity.

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http://www.geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/reversals.html
Ring of Fire
British Broadcasting Corporation article discussing earthquake zones.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/136248.stm
Sapce Geodesy Program (Gondwanaland)
Provides an overview of continental drift and hypotheses that causes plates to move.

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http://geodesy.hartrao.ac.za/site/en/resources/plate-tectonics-overview.html
Savage Earth
This PBS site includes links to plate tectonics, volcanoes and tsunamis.

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html
Savage Earth: All Stressed Out
Includes animations to illustrate the stresses that cause earthquakes.

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/index.html
Savage Earth: Quake Prediction
Explains the difficulties in predicting earthquakes.

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http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/earthquakes/html/sidebar2.html
Top Earthquake States
Map ranking states with most earthquake activity.

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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/top_states.php
USGS FAQ's
This link opens to one topic in the Earthquake FAQ. To see additional earthquake topics, click on the earthquake link on the left menu. Check this site to see if your question has been asked and answered already.

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http://www.usgs.gov/faq/?q=taxonomy/term/9835

Earthquake Witnesses

Japan Earthquake
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12711152
1906 San Francisco Earthquake
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http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/ew.html
New Zealand Earthquakes
Select eyewitness by year of occurence.

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http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/historic-earthquakes/page-1
New Madrid, Mo. 1811-1812
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http://www.ceri.memphis.edu/compendium/eyewitness/
Mark Twain's Experience
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http://projects.eri.ucsb.edu/understanding/accounts/twain.html

Destiny Catalog

Click on the pictures above to access the Fiat Library's Destiny Catalog or click here: https://ancillae.follettdestiny.com

More info!!

U X L Encyclopedia of Landforms by Rob Nagel
ISBN: 078767611X
Publication Date: 2003-12-05
Encyclopedia of Earth and Physical Science
ISBN: 9780761475835
Also available on Marshall Cavendish database

Earthquakes & Tsunamis

Visual Earthquake

Mrs. Kelly Lannutti

Jennifer Noonan

Email Me

Contact:

2025 Church Road
Wyncote, PA 19095

215-885-1636

Animations

The link below provides animations for earthquake terms and concepts. The additional links on the left "For Kids" link include the science of earthquakes, cool facts and games.

Animations
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http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/animations/

Video

Shock Waves: One Hundred Years After the 1906 Earthquake is an Emmy nominated documentary.

Shock Waves: One Hundred Years After the 1906 Earthquake

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