This activity was introduced to me by David Vona at North Tonawanda High School,where I was student teaching there. Post a large world map up on the wall, or over cork board. Create a key where different colors represent different magnitudes. Place the color coded magnitude key and colored push pins next to the map.
Students then are to find where, and what magnitude the earthquake is.
Using the right colored pin to represent an earthquake, have the student plot it out on the map. After one week, they will see that their plots roughly outline crustal plates. Another nice thing is that the information is very up to date, and more relevant to the learner. Net Web Services sm , a division of Teachers Web sm . All Rights Reserved.