Module 2: Stories of the Present (Stories of the Lithosphere):

Earth Science Essentials

Volcanoes and Earthquakes Part 2 (Earthquakes)

This unit considers some fundamental concepts of volcanoes and earthquakes, and and perhaps a few other cool things that SF often gets wrong. Individual lessons will open in a new page--simply close the page when done and return here.

• Volcanoes and Earthquakes part 2--Earthquakes-Lecture (6:24 min)


• Volcanoes and Earthquakes part 2--Earthquakes-Text, interactive text


• Extra Resources: Earthquake location and time activity


• Extra Resources: Earthquake location and time activity scoring rubric


• Extra Resources: The Core--Writing exercise. (video 4:17 min)


• Extra Resources: Constructing a stress-strain diagram Lab


• Extra Resources: Constructing a stress-strain diagram Lab walk through

10/27/2017--pictures and text copyright Russ Colson