Stage 3

"Hang On: Geology-Seismology Rumble!"

Now your group is along its way climbing Mt. Rockalot, the tallest mountain of the world wide web. As you are climbing, the ground starts to shake. Use these resources to research the earthquake (Spend about 30minutes looking at these sites)

Activity: Click here

• Click on the year of your choice and tell about the earthquake.
• Check the history of seismology and tell:
• what our ancestors believed about earthquakes.
• what Aristotle believed about earthquakes.

Test your knowledge of earthquakes.

• Take your quiz, include your score in your geo-blogger.

Writing Assignment:

• Now that you have experienced an earthquake, write a short story, a smalljournal, or a poem (remember poems don't have to rhyme) about your experience. Tell about what you did before, during, and after the earthquake. For help, click here.

Now you will be become a Seismologist.

• Visit the virtual earthquake site and calculate the earthquake's epicenter and how it measures on the richter scale. Turn in your certificate for credit.

Now ask a Geologist.

• After doing all your research, ask a geoligist a question.
• Click here.

You are almost at the summit of the mountain. Now that you survived another adventure, you are ready for one last one.