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Peer reviewedMetzger, Ellen Pletcher – Journal of Geoscience Education, 1995
Introduces a package of six interrelated units on plate tectonics and earthquakes. The Seismic Sleuths curriculum contains hands-on activities integrating math, earth science, and social studies. Units cover personal experience as well as the science of earthquakes while students also construct buildings to study earthquake resistance. One…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Earthquakes, Geology, Geophysics
Peer reviewedMetzger, Ellen Pletcher – Journal of Geological Education, 1994
Contains instructions and two patterns for making a terrestrial globe and a tectonic globe. The pattern is designed to be glued onto a tennis ball. By constructing the globes, students obtain a greater understanding of the locations of the edges of continents and the earth's plates. (AIM)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Geology, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedMetzger, Ellen Pletcher – Journal of Geological Education, 1994
Reviews The Best of BAESI: Earth Science Activities & Recommended Resources from the Bay Area Earth Science Institute. The Best of BAESI is divided into two parts. Part I contains 19 classroom activities on topographic maps, rocks and minerals, earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics. Part II describes resources and identifies government…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Earthquakes, Geology, Instructional Material Evaluation
