Students get tons of background information in an EARTHQUAKES READING and then PLOT EARTHQUAKES ON A MAP to discover that they mostly occur at plate boundaries.
In this activity, students will:
- READ an article on earthquakes to learn how earthquakes happen, how they are measured, and how scientists predict and reduce their impact.
- DEFINE KEY VOCABULARY from the text.
- ANSWER COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS. All answers come from the text, so no prior knowledge is necessary.
- PREPARE THE MAP. Students “work up” a world map by shading the continents green and oceans blue. They also highlight the equator and prime meridian to make navigating the map easier.
- PLOT EARTHQUAKE LOCATIONS (latitude and longitude) of several real-life earthquakes on a provided World Map.
- Answer 3 ANALYSIS QUESTIONS.
Related NGSS Standards:
- MS-ESS2-2: Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth’s surface at varying time and spatial scales.
- MS-ESS3-2: Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
Teacher Notes:
- The earthquakes reading and reading comprehension questions include a digital Google Slides option to assign. The mapping activity is a printable PDF and paper only.
- Answer keys are always included.
- Please note that this resource is not editable.
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