Earthquake Topics — Plate tectonics
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- About Earthquakes — descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
- Animations of Seismology Fundamentals — animations illustrating the fundamentals of earthquakes and seismology (Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS))
- Birth of the Himalayas — brief description of the origin of the Himalaya Mountains (NOVA)
- California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California. (About Geology)
- Continental Drift — investigate the plate motions given various clues to past configurations (DiscoverySchool.com)
- Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images (NASA)
- Continents on the Move — How do we know that continents are still moving? (PBS-Nova)
- Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur. (TASA Graphic Arts)
- Discover Our Earth — Portal for teachers and students for learn the basics about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topography, and sea level changes. (USGS & DLESE)
- Downloadable Animations — Animation clips and other geo-educational items (UC Santa Barbara)
- Downloadable Freeware — (Mac only) plate tectonic animations, orogeny, Our Dynamic Planet, Origins of Life (UC Santa Barbara)
- Earth Egg (PDF) — use eggs to represent the Earth plates, discussions about remote shearing, plate tectonics, and earth structure (USGS)
- Earth Puzzle — part of a larger publication (Scripps)
- Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics — Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links (Univ. of Wisconsin)
- Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! (Purdue Univ.)
- Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum (NASA)
- Earth Science Lesson Plans — variety of activities from Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology website (Berkeley)
- Earth Science Lessons — lessons developed by an elementary school teacher, but good for all ages, slide-style with color diagrams and photographs (Oregon State University)
- Earth Science World Records — description and graphics of plate tectonics, earthquakes, and more (Extreme Science)
- Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics — overview with good graphics and lots of details (National Science Teachers Association (NSTA))
- Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics (USGS)
- Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow online — preview of the complete PowerPoint show for the basics (USGS)
- Earthquakes — slide-show type presentation (Tech Museum of Innovation)
- Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics — Explains the theory of earthquakes and plate tectonics. (USGS)
- Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book (W.H. Freeman & Co.)
- Earthquakes, MegaQuakes, and the Movies — discussion about facts versus fantasies (USGS)
- Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology (W.W. Norton and Company)
- Evidence for Plate Tectonics-Teaching Box — Collection of interrelated learn concepts that focuses on finding the evidence for plate tectonics using digital resources, education standards, and comprehensive lesson plans. (DLESE)
- GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions (Geological Society of America)
- How Earthquakes Work — description of the basics (How Stuff Works)
- How Plates Move — slide-show type presentation (Oregon State University)
- How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction — USGS Open File Report 99-132 (online) This report describes how to build a model of the outer 300 km (180 miles) of the Earth that can be used to develop a better understanding of the principal features of plate tectonics, including sea-floor spreading, the pattern of magnetic stripes frozen into the sea floor, transform faulting, thrust faulting, subduction, and volcanism. (USGS)
- Inside Geology - Chapter 12: Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries (Houghton Mifflin Company College Division)
- Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. — an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools. (UNAVCO)
- Large Plate Puzzle (PDF) — cut a large world map into puzzle pieces along plate boundaries, students discuss individually land then for the whole map after the class puts pieces together; simple but powerful, discussion Q/A included (USGS)
- MARGINS Education & Outreach Resources — Mini-lessons, powerpoint presentations, research nuggets and more. (MARGINS - Lamont-Doherty)
- Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape (PBS)
- Musical Plates — use realtime data to plot earthquakes and solve problems (New Jersey Networking Infrastructure in Education)
- On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics — description of plate tectonic history and mechanics (NASA)
- Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order (UC Santa Barbara)
- PaleoMap Project — plate tectonics, earth history, climate history, lesson plans, software, and more (UT Arlington)
- Pangea to Present — slide-show type presentation (Oregon State University)
- PBJ Fault (PDF) — demonstrate the different types of faults with a PBJ sandwich, and then eat it double-decker (USGS)
- Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault — Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault (Geodynamics Research Group, PSU)
- Plate Tectonic Movement Visualizations — Visualizations and supporting material that can be used effectively to teach students about plate tectonic movements. Visualizations include simple animations, GIS-based animated maps, paleogeographic maps and globes, as well as numerous illustrations and photos. (Carleton College/NAGT materials)
- Plate Tectonics Activities — Games, quiz (Quia)
- Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
- Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research (USGS)
- Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction, How to Build a Model Illustrating — Three-dimensional, cut-and-paste paper model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction. (USGS)
- Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, An Introduction to — online companion to the textbook by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession with electronic versions of all images and access to homework problems and solutions; also includes errata (Blackwell Publishing)
- Shake, Rattle, and Slide — Lessons, activities, and slide shows about earthquakes, volcanoes, and glaciers. (University of Illinois Extension)
- Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module — excellent graphics, animations and activities (USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC))
- TASA Graphic Arts, Inc. — Plate Tectonics and How the Earth Works, The Theory of Plate Tectonics CDROMS, and more you can order (TASA Graphic Arts, Inc.)
- Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes (Caltech)
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- This Dynamic Planet — World Map of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Impact Craters, and Plate Tectonics (USGS)
- Tour of the Site of the Loma Prieta Earthquake — virtual field trip (UC Santa Cruz)
- Transforming California: Landforms of the San Andreas Fault — PowerPoint presentation of digital images (60.7 Mb) exploring the landforms found along the San Andreas Fault. Designed for classroom use with a complementing narrative for each slide. One of the many Earthtrip Virtual Field Trips to explore. (Paleontological Research Institution)
- Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey (The Why Files)
- USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards (USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center)
- UTIG : GK-12 Program — lesson plans for earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, and more (Univ. of Texas, Austin)
- Virtual Plate Reconstructions — exploration of plate tectonics (Univ. of Kentucky)
- Volcano World's Activities for Plate Tectonics — slide-style coverage of the basics (Oregon State University)
- What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? — excellent presentation with vivid graphics (USGS & U.S. National Park Service)
- World Plate Boundaries Animation — World plate boundaries animation. (USGS)
- Xpeditions: Earthquakes & Volcanoes — Compare plate tectonic maps with population density maps, and analyze what these maps imply about population and seismic hazards. (National Geographic)
