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Earthquakes

• TheTech: The Earthquake Shake
  Online exhibit looking at what earthquakes are, why they occur, how they have been viewed through history, and why we can't predict them.
  http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes/
• USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Learning & Education
  Features Earthquake Facts, Earthquakes for Kids, Photo Collections, Preparedness & Response, Earthquake History, and Visual Earthquake Glossary.
  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/
• Faultine: Seismic Science at the Epicenter
  Contains information on earthquake engineering, how and why earthquakes happen, and the history of the Loma Prieta Earthquake and the "Great Shake" of 1906 in California.
  http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/index.html
• Earth Science Education Activities
  Hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more!
  http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~braile/educindex/educindex.htm
• National Geographic: Forces of Nature-Earthquakes
  Explores the nature of earthquakes, including lesson plans and activities.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/index.html?section=e
• Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes
  Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards.
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/15/g35/earthquakes.html

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