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Optics Lab part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching About Earth Online Workshop:Activities
Eliza Richardson, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
In this activity, students will calculate the index of refraction of water by measuring the angles of incidence and refraction of light as it passes from air to water. They will follow directions to set up the ...

Grade Level: Graduate/Professional
Online Readiness: Online Ready
Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity, Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Seismic refraction
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review

The 2014 La Habra earthquake: Teaching Risk and Resilience in Southern California with Citizen Science part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Teaching about Risk and Resilience:Activities
Danielle Sumy, EarthScope
This exercise uses the example of the March 28, 2014 M5.1 La Habra earthquake to teach about earthquake risk and resilience in southern California. Students will examine seismic waveforms recording during the earthquake, as well as read reports from scientific agencies and news outlets to answer basic questions regarding earthquake risk and resilience.

Grade Level: College Lower (13-14)
Resource Type: Activities: Activities
Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review