Seismic Shakedown: A Video Webquest and Earthquake STEM Lab
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Grade Levels
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Resource Type
Standards
NGSS3-PS2-1
NGSS3-ESS3-1
NGSS4-ESS1-1
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Formats Included
- PDF
- Webquests
Pages
7 pages
Teaching a la Mode
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Compatible with Digital Devices
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What educators are saying
My students loved this activity. They liked being able to create their own structures and then shake them to see how well they did.
Description
Get ready for a shakedown showdown in your classroom as students are challenged to design and build an earthquake resistant structure.
Students begin by researching with a video webquest complete with tablet-friendly QR codes. They will gather information on how engineers design buildings to be earthquake resistant.
Then students design and build their own structure using marshmallows and toothpicks and test them on the Jell-O earthquake simulator.
After testing, the lab concludes with several reflection questions.
Total Pages
7 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
3 hours
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Standards
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NGSS3-PS2-1
Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object. Examples could include an unbalanced force on one side of a ball can make it start moving; and, balanced forces pushing on a box from both sides will not produce any motion at all. Assessment is limited to one variable at a time: number, size, or direction of forces. Assessment does not include quantitative force size, only qualitative and relative. Assessment is limited to gravity being addressed as a force that pulls objects down.
NGSS3-ESS3-1
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard. Examples of design solutions to weather-related hazards could include barriers to prevent flooding, wind resistant roofs, and lighting rods.
NGSS4-ESS1-1
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time. Examples of evidence from patterns could include rock layers with marine shell fossils above rock layers with plant fossils and no shells, indicating a change from land to water over time; and, a canyon with different rock layers in the walls and a river in the bottom, indicating that over time a river cut through the rock. Assessment does not include specific knowledge of the mechanism of rock formation or memorization of specific rock formations and layers. Assessment is limited to relative time.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-3
Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.
NGSS3-5-ETS1-1
Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
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