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Lesson Plans - 4th Grade

Dynamic Earth

Students will understand the following:
1. A tidal wave, or tsunami , is a huge, destructive wave caused by a certain type of earthquake.

Killer Quake!

To gain experience with the thinking process involved in constructing an earthquake-proof building.

The Day the Earth Shook

To explore structural engineering through three design challenges.

EARTHQUAKES LESSON

A science lesson on understanding earthquakes. This lesson explains what earthquakes are, earthquakes in history, the Richter scale, and how they are classified. Includes printable teaching reading comprehension lesson worksheets

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

This lesson asks them to compare maps of plate tectonics with population density maps and to analyze what these maps imply about the relationship between population and seismic hazards