Courtenay
Middle School Library
Science:
Geological Processes - Earthquakes
Readability levels l
=easiest, n
=
at approximate grade level, u
=advanced, uu=most
difficult.
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| Readability |
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Earthquake
Disaster in Asia (December 2004)
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n
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Overview
of the disaster: interactive map
(cbc.ca) |
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n
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Daily
news review (cbc.ca) |
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n
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Helping
the victims (cbc.ca) |
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nu
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Save
the Children Fund - Teaching tools: pdf
(Save the Children Canada) |
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What
is an Earthquake
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l
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Earthquakes:
FEMA for kids
(U.S. Government) |
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n
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Introduction
to earthquakes (thetech.org) |
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n
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Natural
disasters: earthquakes
(BBC.co.uk) |
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n
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How
earthquakes work
(howstuffworks.com) |
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n
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What
are earthquakes?
(NASA: U.S. Government) |
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n
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Why
do earthquakes happen
(Michigan Tech) |
|
nu
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Earthquake
visual glossary
(U.S. Geological Survey) |
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n
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Learn
about earthquakes
(San Diego State University) |
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u
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Frequently
asked questions (U.S. Geological Survey) |
|
n
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Recent
earthquakes (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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u
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Earthquake
summary information posters (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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Plate
Techtonics
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n
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B.C.'s
techtonic plates (Natural Resources Canada) |
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nu
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The
restless Earth - a geologic primer (Burke Museum, University of
Washington, USA) |
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Dance
of the giant continents - Rodinia (Burke Museum, University of
Washington, USA) |
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Building
the Pacific Northwest (Burke Museum, University of Washington,
USA) |
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n
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Overview
of plate techtonics
(University of North Dakota) |
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nu
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Plate
techtonics
(U.S. Geological Survey) |
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n
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Plate
techtonics (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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n
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The
Earth at Work
(PBS.org) |
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Types
of Earthquakes: Faults
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l
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Animations
of fault motions
(IRIS.edu) |
|
n
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Types
of faults (University of Leeds) |
|
n
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Faults
(Tinynet.com) |
|
n
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Savage
Earth (PBS.org) |
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Measuring
Earthquakes
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n
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Seismometers
(U.S. Geological
Survey) |
|
n
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Keeping
track of earthquakes (U.S. Geological Survey) |
|
u
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The
Richter Scale (U.S.
Geological Survey) |
|
nu
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What
is Richter magnitude?
(University of Nevada - Reno) |
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u
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History
of seismometry to 1900 (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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Tsunamis
|
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l-n
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Tsunami:
the big wave
(NASA: U.S. Government) |
|
n
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Tsunamis
(National Geographic) |
|
n
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What
is a tsunami?
(Fisheries and Oceans Canada) |
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n
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How
a tsunami happens
(U.S. Geological Survey) |
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n
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Waves
of destruction
(PBS.org) |
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l
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Animation
of Indonesian tsunamis
- Dec. 2004 (NOAA: U.S. Government) |
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l
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Animation
of Indonesian tsunamis:gif
- Dec. 2004 (AIST: Japan) |
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n
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Pacific
Ocean Tsunamis warning system
(NOAA: U.S. Government) |
|
n
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Port
Alberni Tsunami 1964
- pdf document (B.C. Government) |
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nu
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What
you should do in a tsunami
(NOAA: U.S. Government) |
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Earthquakes : British Columbia and Canada
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n
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Geoscape
Victoria (Natural Resources Canada) |
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n
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Geoscape
Vancouver (Natural Resources Canada) |
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n
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Vancouver
Island's largest earthquake (Natural Resources Canada) |
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nu
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Port
Alberni Tsunami 1964
- pdf document (B.C. Government) |
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n
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Maps
and lists of recent earthquakes in Western Canada (Natural Resources
Canada) |
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nu
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Earthquakes
Canada (Government of Canada) |
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Preparedness
|
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l
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Visual
checklist (Natural Resources Canada) |
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n
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Earthquake
preparedness (Natural Resources Canada) |
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n
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Emergency
checklists
(thetech.org) |
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nu
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Surviving
a tsunami (U.S. Geological Survey) |
|
u
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Preparedness
meta site (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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Misc.
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nu
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After
a disaster: handbook for parents and teachers (U.S. Government) |
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n
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Satellite
images: before/after Asian Tsunami (DigitalGlobe.com) |
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n
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Models
of earthquake fault types (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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nu
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A
view from New Zealand |
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n
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Study
guide for earthquakes (BBC.co.uk) |
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n
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More
information on earthquakes (BBC.co.uk) |
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nu
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Models
of siesmic waves (University of Bighampton) *downloads software |
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n
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Plate
tectonics animations (U.S. Geological Survey) |
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Discover
our Earth (Cornell University) |
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Readability
levels l
= easiest,
n
=
at approximate grade level, u
=
advanced, uu
=
most difficult.
|