Dear 8th graders,

Nice work on Friday on your buildings. Below please complete the activities and read the articles on earthquakes and earthquake proof architecture.

First read: http://articles.cnn.com/2010-03-02/tech/earthquake.resistant.building_1_building-codes-powerful-earthquake-chile?_s=PM:TECH

Then make a quake at: http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/quakes/interactives/makeaquake.html

On the left hand side there are articles on links including as the world churns…

After doing this read about and watch the animation on the Japanese earthquake at http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/11/world/asia/maps-of-earthquake-and-tsunami-damage-in-japan.html

Finally if you read through and complete these activities go ahead and explore these two websites.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/forces/hurricanes.html (put click on earthquakes at the top, not hurricanes)

http://www.iknowthat.com/mhscience/Earthquakes/Fixed.htm

Have a great day and see you tomorrow! – Mr. L