Recommended for First Grade to Twelfth Grade
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At 10:15 a.m. on Feb 7, 2013, all school in Alabama are encouraged to participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut earthquake drill. Even though we don't think about Alabama as being earthquake prone, earthquakes can happen anywhere. The best plan of action is to practice and prepare NOW. Click this link for additional information.
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Learn About Earthquakes Using APTPLUS Learn360 Video Content
(Directions and suggested videos are listed below)
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How to access Learn360 content:
Type your Username and Password into the Sign In box or Register Click on the Learn360 icon to enter the Learn360 database
Go to the APTPLUSTM home page at www.aptplus.org
Type your Username and Password into the Sign In box or Register
Click on the Learn360 icon to enter the Learn360 databa
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Sample Learn360 videos are listed below but others can be easily located by using searching the titles and keywords listed below:
earthquake
seismology
“mega disasters”
“nature tech”
“plate tectonics”
Earth
core
Title: Anatomy of an Earthquake
Grade(s): 6-12
All our lives we have heard of it. Prepared for it. Feared it. The Big One. An earthquake so powerful it will obliterate Los Angeles. Tear down its skyscrapers. Set its hills afire. Drown it in the sea. But what will actually happen when one of the world's most famous time bombs-goes off? Based on the latest super-computer scenarios, we'll follow the quake moment by moment as it unleashes its phenomenal power on this world famous mega-city. But in an unexpected twist, we will come to discover that biggest danger of all comes not from the much-feared San Andreas Fault -but from an unseen-and only recently discovered-killer, buried deep beneath the surface . . . Scientists have discovered a "blind" or hidden fault, known as Puente Hills -not thirty or forty miles to the east, like the San Andreas-but directly beneath the heart of the city. And history shows that when this one goes off-it goes off BIG. Run Time: (57:59)
Title: Flashbacks
Grade(s): 3-12
Earthquakes are one of natures devastating forces. Over the last century alone, earthquakes are estimated to have cost over a million human lives.
Run Time: (05:03)
Title: The Movement of the Interior of the Earth
Grade(s): 3-8
The interior of the earth is made up of distinct parts. Examine the composition of the crust, mantle, and cores of the interior of the earth. Hear how convection cell movement worked to create the continental drift.
Run Time: (09:05)
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Includes printable flyer, Teacher's Earthquake Manual, Earthquake Resources Organized by the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulations (NEES), videos, and other materials. |
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PBS’ Nova - Earthquake in Japan
Watch the complete Nova program “Japan's Killer Quake - Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis.” Extend the lesson with the additional earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis activities found on this page.
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Created January 19, 2013 - Updated January 31, 2013
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