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1. Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
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The distribution and properties of plates and the motions at different kinds of
plate boundaries explain global-scale patterns of earthquakes and volcanoes.
The Plate Tectonic PowerPoint Presentation is an introduction to plate tectonics
with links to teaching resources tailored for a middle school audience.
We recommend that first-time users download and view this presentation to understand
the logical sequence of the subtopics below. This PDF guide is an outline of the
PowerPoint presentation with links to resources posted on the TOTLE web site.
Resources Featured in the Plate Tectonic PowerPoint:
Properties and world distribution of lithospheric plates
VIDEO LECTURES:
EggVsEarth visualizing plate thickness on a global scale.
Lithospheric plates are made of crust plus upper mantle.
Properties of the asthenosphere that underlies the plates.
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS:
A Flash rollover world map of Tectonic Plates.
Rollover world maps of Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:
A Student Worksheet to guide student investigations of world earthquakes 1960 – present.
Mapping World Plates helps students connect topography, earthquakes, volcanoes, and plates.
WorldTectonicMapActivity is the lesson plan that has links to poster-size map or three-piece
world map for legal-size printing to assemble into poster.
Earthquakes and plate boundaries (divergent, transform, and convergent)
VIDEO LECTURES:
Plate boundaries explains how divergent, transform, and convergent plate boundaries operate.
Brittle fracture shows how to demonstrate bending and breaking.
Brittle and ductile deformation uses cold and warm candy bars to model how cold rocks are brittle
while warm rocks are viscoelastic.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:
See fault activities below.
Kinds of faults and relations to earthquakes
VIDEO LECTURES:
Foam fault demonstrations models use of the foam fault model.
Earthquake focus (hypocenter) and epicenter explains these earthquake properties.
John Lahr explains the Earthquake Machine and elastic rebound.
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS:
Movement of blocks across Normal Fault.
Movement of blocks across Reverse Fault.
Movement of blocks across Strike-slip Fault.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:
Teaching about faults using the Foam Fault Model.
Student worksheet on geometries of Types of Faults.
Student worksheet on Faults and Earthquakes.
2. Earthquakes & Seismology
The Earthquake Seismology PowerPoint Presentation focuses on interplay of forces,
faults, and friction to account for where and when earthquakes occur. Topics include
location, depth, size, and distribution of earthquakes; the nature of seismic waves; how
scientists monitor earthquakes.
Download and view this presentation to understand the logical sequence of the subtopics
below. The outline below provides an outline view of TOTLE resources and an alternative
way to locate resources posted on the web site.
Resources Featured in the Earthquake Seismology PowerPoint:
Anatomy of an earthquake and why there are earthquakes
VIDEO LECTURES:
Earthquake focus (hypocenter) and epicenter explains these earthquake properties.
Lithospheric plates are made of crust plus upper mantle.
Brittle fracture shows how to demonstrate bending and breaking.
Brittle and ductile deformation describes cold rocks are brittle while warm rocks are viscoelastic.
Seismic waves (P, S, and surface waves)
VIDEO LECTURES:
Kinds of seismic waves discusses body waves and surface waves.
P, S, and surface waves explains properties of these seismic waves.
VIDEO CLIPS:
P waves in a slinky.
S waves in a slinky.
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS:
Primary (Pressure) wave motions.
Secondary (Shear) Wave Motions.
Rayleigh wave motions.
Love wave motions.
Recording seismic waves
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS:
Vertical-motion seismometer.
Horizontal-motion seismometer.
VIDEO CLIP:
Seismometer recording earthquake.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES:
Seismic waves and the slinky.
Seismic wave paths and travel time
VIDEO LECTURES:
P and S wave arrivals Determine the Distance
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS:
Paths of P, S, and surfaces waves.
Paths to four seismic stations
Developing travel time curves
Locating earthquakes and exploring earthquakes near me
VIDEO LECTURES:
Using P and S wave arrivals to Determine the Distance to an earthquake.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY:
Earthquake Location - Regional Triangulation with Real Data and Supporting PowerPoint
IRIS current earthquakes and Internet activity: Look at data from seismic station near you
How big was it? (Magnitude & Energy)
No 3 How often do earthquakes occur? and No. 6. How are Earthquakes Located?
Forces, faults, and friction: predicting & forecasting earthquakes
CLASSROOM ACTIVITY:
Earthquake Machine activity with links to video lectures and animations
Table of Contents
TOTLE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS
Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes PowerPoint Presentation — Touch link to DOWNLOAD
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/PowerPoints/PlateTectonics.ppt
Earthquake Seismology PowerPoint Presentation — Touch link to DOWNLOAD
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/PowerPoints/EarthquakeSeismology.ppt
COMPUTER ANIMATIONS
PLATE TECTONICS:
Breakup of Pangea
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/Breakup_of-Pangaea.mov
Rollover World Map of Plates
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/FLASHRollovers/TectonicPlates.swf
Rollover World Map with Plates, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/FLASHRollovers/DynamicPlanet.swf
FAULTS:
Normal (Extensional) Fault—Cross Section
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/NormalFault.mov
Normal (Extensional) Fault (Small)
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/NormalFault-small.mov
Strike-Slip Fault—Cross Section
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/StrikeSlipFault.mov
Strike-Slip Fault (Small)
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/StrikeSlipFault-small.mov
Strike-Slip Fault—Vertical view
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ReboundTrees.mov
Oblique Fault—Cross Section
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ObliqueFault.mov
Oblique Fault (Small)
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ObliqueFault-small.mov
Reverse (Compressional) Fault
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ReverseFault.mov
Reverse (Compressional) Fault (Small)—Cross Section
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ReverseFault-small.mov
Spreading Ocean Ridge and Transform Fault
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/TransformFault.mov
SEISMIC WAVES:
Primary (Pressure) Wave Motions in a Slinky
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Slinkies/Slinky_P-animation.mov
Shear (Secondary) Wave Traveling in a Slinky
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Slinkies/Slinky_S-animation.mov
Horizontal-motion Seismograph
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Seismometers/HorizSeismograph.mov
Vertical-Component Seismograph
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Seismometers/VerticalSeismograph.mov
Wave Motion
Primary (Pressure) Wave Motions
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/SeismicWaves/P-Wave.mov
Secondary (Shear) Wave Motions
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/SeismicWaves/S-Wave.mov
Rayleigh Wave Motions
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/SeismicWaves/RaleighWave.mov
Love Wave Motions
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/SeismicWaves/LoveWave.mov
Travel Times #1: Paths of P, S, and Surface Waves
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/LocatingEQs/SeismicBuilding-Narrated.mov
Travel Times #2: P, S, and Surface Waves to Four Seismic Stations
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/LocatingEQs/4StationTravelTime.mov
Travel Times #3: How Travel Times Curves Were Developed
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/LocatingEQs/BuildingTravelTimeCurve.mov
LESSON PLANS:
Mapping World Plates – Classroom Activity
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/WorldTectonicMapActivity.pdf
Pasta Quake—Learning About Earthquake Magnitude
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/PastaQuake.pdf
Earthquake Location 1—Regional Triangulation with Real Data
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/EQLocation/EQLocation.pdf
Earthquake Location2­—PowerPoint
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/EQLocation/EQLocation.ppt
Earthquake Machine
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/EarthquakeMachine.pdf
Seismic Waves and the Slinky
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/SeismicSlinkies/BraileSeismicSlinky.pdf
Seismic/Eruption 1—P.C. program for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time.
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ajones/#Seismic-Eruptions
SeismicEruption2—Student Worksheet
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/SeismicEruptionPrgm.doc
Seismic Waves 1— P.C. program for the visualization of wave propagation
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ajones/#Seismic%20Waves
SeismicWaves 2— Student Worksheet
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/SeismicWavesPrgm.doc
Types of Faults #1: Teaching About Faults Using Foam Models
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/FoamFaults/TypesOfFaults1.doc
Types of Faults #2: Student Worksheet on Geometries of Faults
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/FoamFaults/TypesOfFaults2.doc
Types of Faults #3: Student Worksheet on Faults and Earthquakes
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/LessonPlans/FoamFaults/TypesOfFaults3.doc
VIDEO LECTURES:
The Egg versus the Earth—How thick are Earth’s layers?
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/EggVsEarth.mov
Properties of the asthenosphere—Some misconceptions
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/Asthenosphere.mov
Brittle and Ductile Deformation—Big Hunk
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/BrittleVsDuctile.mov
Brittle fracture
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/BrittleFracture-Butler.mov
Elastic behavior of rocks
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/ElasticRebound_Lahr.mov
Foam fault demonstrations
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/FoamFaultModels.mov
Lithospheric plates
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/TectonicPlates.mov
Plate boundaries
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/TypesOfBoundaries.mov
Rupture of a Fault During Earthquake—Elastic Rebound
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ElasticRebound-USGS.mov
Real Seismograph Recording an Earthquake
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Seismometers/RealSeismograph.mov
Seismic Waves #1: Kinds of seismic waves
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/SeismicWaves.mov
Seismic Waves #2: P, S, and surface waves
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/TypesOfWaves.mov
Seismic Waves #3: Primary (Pressure) Wave in a Slinky
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Slinkies/Slinky_P-wave.mov
Seismic Waves #4: Shear (Secondary) Wave in a Slinky
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Slinkies/Slinky_S-wave.mov
Locating Earthquakes #1: Using the S - P Arrival Times to Determine the Distance From an Earthquake
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/LocatingEQs/ReadingTravelTimeCurves.mov
Locating Earthquakes #2: Earthquake focus (hypocenter) and epicenter
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/Hypocenter.mov
Locating Earthquakes #3: Locating the Epicenter
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/VideoLectures/LocatingEpicenter.mov
Earthquake on San Andreas Fault at Parkfield, California
http://multimedia2.up.edu/Physics/TOLE/Plates&Earthquakes/Animations/Faults&PlateBoundaries/ParkfieldEQ-USGS.mov