Earthquake Tracking (Hirst)
Christine Hirst
Research Question and Hypothesis
How often do Earthquakes happen?
Is there a pattern to the occurrence of earthquakes?
Hypothesis: Earthquakes occur at the boundaries of plates due to their interactions determined by plate tectonics.
Standards
3.a. Students will know that earthquakes occur at plate boundaries
3.c. Students will know the principal structures that form at each plate boundaries
3.e. Students will know the causes of earthquakes and the scales used to measure them
Experimental Design
Students will be tracking and mapping earthquakes over a a three week period.
Magnitude will be indicated by color.
At the conclusion of the study, students will enter their data into a survey and drop into Batch Geo in order to observe patterns.
Series
Frequency of earthquakes over given period of time throughout Earth
Materials
Internet
Earthquake map
Procedures
1. students will track 3 earthquakes per class meeting and mark on map by magnitude.
2. Students will track date, location and magnitude for each quake
3. Earthquakes will be tracked for three weeks, totaling 7 class periods.
Sample data and graphs
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Analysis & Conclusions
Photos & Movies