Interactive quizzes and games make the site an enjoyable challenge for students. With colorful maps and illustrations, the site shows the process that causes earthquakes and where they occur. Fabulous pictures from sources such as NASA show topographic formations on Earth and other planets. Diagrams clarify how movement at the boundaries of tectonic plates results in earthquakes. Comic strip characters lead the way to an explosion of volcanic learning.
Students encounter continental drift, plate tectonics, types of volcanoes, and kinds of eruptions.
Find out about the most powerful earthquakes in the world. Check out the FAQ page for great facts to share with your class and motivate the students during earthquake lessons, and see the general and current earthquake information for background material. Savage Earth is yet another great Web resource that you can use to teach students about the movements of our planet's tectonic plates. The unusual feature that sets this site apart from others is the extensive collection of animations that make understanding the creation of geographic features much easier. Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis are the topics of pages of information contained on this site.