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Listen to the Moving Plates
Grade Level: 6-8 (Middle School school)
Content Area: Earth Science
MS-ESS2-3: Analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks, continental shapes, and seafloor structures to provide evidence of the past plate motions.
Comparing Earthquake Amplitudes
Grade Level: 6-8 (Middle School school)
Content Area: Physical Science
MS-PS4-1: Use mathematical representations to describe a simple model for waves that includes how the amplitude of a wave is related to the energy in a wave
Investigating the Speed of Seismic Waves through the Layered Earth
Grade Level: 6-8 (Middle School school)
Content Area: Physical Science
MS-PS4-2: Develop and use a model to describe that waves are reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through various materials.
Digitizing Seismic Waves
Grade Level: 9-12 (High School)
Content Area: Physics, Physical Science
HS-PS4-2: Evaluate questions about the advantages of using digital transmission and storage of information.
What can the Earth tell us about wave frequency, wavelength, and speed?
Grade Level: 9-12 (High School)
Content Area: Physics, Physical Science
HS-PS4-1: Use mathematical representations to support a claim regarding relationships among the frequency, wavelength, and speed of waves traveling in various media.