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Earthquakes Living Lab: Finding Epicenters & Measuring Magnitudes

Students learn how engineers characterize earthquakes through seismic data. Then, acting as engineers, they use real-world seismograph data and a tutorial/simulation accessed through the Earthquakes Living Lab to locate earthquake epicenters via triangulation and determine earthquake magnitudes.

    Standard:
  • HS-PS4-1
  • MS-ESS3-2

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