Slides on earthquakes for middles school students that i made for my Science Station program. Science Station is a library offered program for homeschooled middle school students that meets once per month. science-station-earthquakes. The students made a personal seismoscope using the instructions from http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/lab/seismograph/notes.htm they then created small earthquakes of their own by droping objects, jumping up and down on the floor beside the seismoscope, and by shakeing the table. The next activity focused on eathquake and structrues. I gave each group of students a pan of green jello which was to be their land. they students then had to build a structure on their “land” using index cards, paper clips, and tape. Their challenge was to build a structure that could withstand and “earthquake.” I decided to use jello instead of just having them build the structure directly on their table. The students were excited by the jello and really wanted to eat it.
