Description

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Abstract:

Geologic features altered by earthquakes provide striking evidence of the power of seismic events. This video segment explores the research of Dr. Kerry Sieh, a geologist at the California Institute of Technology, who is dating sediment layers broken and offset by earthquakes in the past to determine the rate at which strain is accumulating towards the next event. The segment is three minutes nineteen seconds in length. A background essay and discussion questions are included.

Subject:

Technology, Education, Chemistry, Geoscience, Physics, Space Science

Level:

Upper Primary, Middle School, High School, Career / Technical

Grades:

Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12

Material Type:

Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration

Author:

National Science Foundation, WGBH Educational Foundation

Provider:

PBS LearningMedia

Provider Set:

PBS Learning Media: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development

Date Added:

12/17/2005