Earthquake Activities-Elementary Schools

• Do Lost Pet Ads Predict Earthquakes?

A lot of people say that animals run away before earthquakes and some say you can predict earthquakes that way.  One way to count lost pets is to count the number of lost pet ads in a newspaper.

• Earthquake ABC-A Child's View of Earthquake Facts and Feelings

This book is appropriate to use with children of all ages.  The children who made this book tried to include science, feeling, and preparedness words.

• Earthquake Response

One page from a coloring book-ready to print and color.

• Tectonics

Try to re-create Pangea by moving and rotating the continents in our tectonic puzzle.

• USGS Earthquakes for Kids

A comprehensive site of items like: Latest Earthquakes, Science Fair Projects, and Puzzle and Games.

• Rumble Tumble

A story written by a kid for kids.

• Listening to Earthquakes

When we listent to music we hear a wide range of sound and frequencies, or notes.  When we feel an earthquake we feel a weide range of frequencies, but unlike music the notes are less distinct.  People describing what they felt during an earthquake may call it a "shapr jolt" or a "rolling motion:.  The sharp jolt is due to high frequencies while the rolling motion is due to low frequencies.  What you feel during an earthquake is a product of the earthquake itself, how far you are from the earthquake, and the types of rocks beneath you and the earthquake.  To learn about this we will convert the shaking during earthquakes to sounds and then listen to the sounds.