Earthquakes Living Lab: Locating Earthquakes

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Students use U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) real-time, real-world seismic data from around the planet to identify where earthquakes occur and look for trends in earthquake activity. They explore where and why earthquakes occur, learning about faults and how they influence earthquakes. Looking at the interactive maps and the data, students use Microsoft Excel to conduct detailed analysis of the most-recent 25 earthquakes; they calculate mean, median, mode of the data set, as well as identify the minimum and maximum magnitudes. Students compare their predictions with the physical data, and look for trends to and patterns in the data. A worksheet serves as a student guide for the activity.
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Title Earthquakes Living Lab: Locating Earthquakes
publication  Date   2016-04-04
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Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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earthquake
earthquakes living lab
fault
fault plane
living lab
mean
median
mode
seismograph
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Survey
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Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-08-15
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Earthquake
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Title Process > Geologic Processes
publication  Date   2018-08-15
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USGS
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Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2018-08-15
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Planet
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Title Realm > Planetary Structure
publication  Date   2018-08-15
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Analysis
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Title Method > Information Processing
publication  Date   2018-08-15
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individual Name TeachEngineering.org TeachEngineering.org Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Mike Mooney Minal Parekh Scott Schankweiler Jessica Noffsinger Karen Johnson Jonathan Knudtsen Support
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organisation Name  TeachEngineering.org TeachEngineering.org Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Mike Mooney Minal Parekh Scott Schankweiler Jessica Noffsinger Karen Johnson Jonathan Knudtsen
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URL: http://www.teachengineering.org/view_activity.php?url=collection/csm_/activities/csm_locatingeq/csm_locatingeq_activity01.xml
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Metadata data stamp:  2016-04-04T00:00:00
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organisation Name  TeachEngineering.org TeachEngineering.org Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Mike Mooney Minal Parekh Scott Schankweiler Jessica Noffsinger Karen Johnson Jonathan Knudtsen
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