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    Unit 2: Mashing it up: physical models of deformation and strain part of GPS, Strain, and Earthquakes
    Vince Cronin, Baylor University (Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu) Phil Resor, Wesleyan University (presor@wesleyan.edu)
    Students gain an intuitive understanding of strain and deformation through a series of physical model activities using everyday materials such as bungee cords, rubber bands, fabric, index cards, silly putty, sand, ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities, Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Microstructures, Deformation Mechanisms, Fabrics, Rheology/Behavior of Materials, Modeling Structural Processes, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra
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