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Geology Lesson Plan

The geology lesson plan aims to teach students how scientists locate earthquake epicenters using seismic wave data from three stations, and how they determine plate boundaries. Students will learn about seismic waves, use a worksheet to calculate time differences between P and S waves arriving at stations to locate an epicenter on a map, and discuss how earthquakes reveal plate tectonics. The lesson includes warm-up, introduction, finding the epicenter through math and graphing, and discussion questions.

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Geology Lesson Plan

The geology lesson plan aims to teach students how scientists locate earthquake epicenters using seismic wave data from three stations, and how they determine plate boundaries. Students will learn about seismic waves, use a worksheet to calculate time differences between P and S waves arriving at stations to locate an epicenter on a map, and discuss how earthquakes reveal plate tectonics. The lesson includes warm-up, introduction, finding the epicenter through math and graphing, and discussion questions.

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Geology Lesson Planning:

Objectives:
Create Student understanding of how scientists find the epicenters of
earthquakes from 3 seismic stations.
Create student understanding of how scientists determine where plate
boundaries are from earthquake data.
SOL Objectives:
Identify differ Seismic Waves
Locate the epicenter of an earthquake, given seismic wave information
Interpret a seismic wave time/travel graph

Activities

Time Activity Materials

10 Usual Warm up Warm up Paper


min

5 min Introduction to earthquakes, review what Powerpoint slides


happens and why they occur. https://docs.google.com/pre
sentation/d/1oZvTcJOwek
Ask questions to the class, and call on wJUhaReWZrddeE-
students for a response. d8ERa3JSuQaovruBIg/edit?
usp=sharing

20 Finding the epicenter of an earthquake Powerpoint slide


min through math and graphing! https://docs.google.com/pre
● Give presentation on finding sentation/d/1oZvTcJOwek
epicenters, walk through the steps wJUhaReWZrddeE-
of locating epicenters, answer any d8ERa3JSuQaovruBIg/edit?
questions along the way. usp=sharing
● Working with partners the students Worksheet as seen below
will use the seismogram worksheet Compasses
to determine the time difference
between the P and S waves
● Students answer discussion
questions on the worksheet.

Plate Tectonics: Finding Epicenters


Ground Breaking Questions: Name:
Ground Breaking Questions: Name:

Seismograph Arrival time of Arrival time of Difference in Distance to


Station P Wave S wave Arrival times Epicenter
(S-P wave) (km)
Time
(min:sec)

Chicago

Tampa

Wink
1. What difference between P-waves and S-waves was used to find the
earthquake's epicenter?

2. What was the approximate location of the epicenter of this earthquake?


(Nearest town)

3. Why are three seismic stations necessary to locate an epicenter?

4. Why does the time between the arrival time of the P-wave and S-wave
become greater and greater as you get farther away from the epicenter?

5. How can we use earthquakes to locate tectonic plate boundaries?

Feedback for Ms. Thilenius


This lesson was:

1 = Boring 2 3 4 5 = Interesting

I understood the information being presented:

1= Not a clue 2 3 4 5 =Very clear

The PowerPoint and Worksheet were:

1 = Confusing 2 3 4 5 = Amazing

Things Ms. Thilenius could improve on?

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