Look at some of the recent earthquake locations around the world right now. . Recorded in the Last 14 Days As you can see, most of the earthquakes occuring in the United States are in the western portion. Although earthquakes are infrequent, there are also active regions in southeastern Canada and in the Mississippi Valley . Draw a picture of the damage. Use Internet resources to find out information if a new earthquake occurs.
Students can plot the epicenters on a large classroom map of the region to be studied.
Students use pieces of yarn attached to sliding hooks across the top and side of the map as guides to the longitude and lattitude coordinates from the seismic data taken from the interenet. The location of the quake is marked by a pin sticker, or colored on the map. After charting this data for a month use the map and analyze the data. Examples of questions . Count all the earthquakes in each state.