This exercise uses information available over the Internet to engage students in the studey of global seismicity. The core activity of this lesson is plotting earthquake locations on a map. Through this exercise, students will make weekly observations on the number of earthquakes and their distribution. Journal entries and class reports will allow students to hypothesize about why earthquakes occur where they do. The unit is best conducted over the course of a year and will require 30-60 minutes a week.
Earthquakes occur every day.