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Earthquakes Living Lab: Designing for Disaster
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Mooney, Mike Parekh, Minal Schankweiler, Scott Noffsinger, Jessica Johnson, Karen Knudtsen, Jonathan |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | Students learn about factors that engineers take into consideration when designing buildings for earthquake-prone regions. Using online resources and simulations available through the Earthquakes Living Lab, students explore the consequences of subsurface ground type and building height on seismic destruction. Students learn about factors that engineers take into consideration when designing buildings for earthquake-prone regions. Using online resources and simulations available through the Earthquakes Living Lab, students explore the consequences of subsurface ground type and building height on seismic destruction. Working in pairs, students think like engineers to apply what they have learned to sketches of their own building designs intended to withstand strong-magnitude earthquakes. A worksheet serves as a student guide for the activity. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Colorado School of Mines Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Physical Science Fault Zone Earthquakes Living Lab Earthquake Magnitude Earthquake Engineering Building |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT1H |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Physics Structure of the Earth |