Agenda:

1) SEL: Connections
2) Lesson
3) Start Group Assignment
 Connections

A safe space where anyone can say

news or feelings that they have
been holding on to all day-
whether that be good or bad.
Natural Disasters:
Earthquakes
S6E5. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to show
how Earth’s surface is formed.

f. Construct an explanation of how the movement of lithospheric

plates, called plate tectonics, can cause major geologic events
such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. (Clarification
statement: Include convergent, divergent, and transform
boundaries.)
Essential Question:

If you were the owner of an Earthquake Resistance company. Which

cities would you offer your services to? How would you construct the
buildings to withstand Earthquakes?
Map of Earthquakes the last
120 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy7eQQkUaJo
What can you infer from the
video?

● There were a lot of

Earthquakes in the East part
of the United States
● There are a lot of Earthquakes
in Asia.
● There were some red dots by
the Ocean.
● There were some Earthquakes
that were 8.0 and more
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Convergent Divergent Transform

Boundaries Boundaries Boundaries
● Convergent plates is ● DIVergent ● When two plates slide
when two plates Boundaries past each other
collide ● This is when two ● These are the most
● Most Commonly plates move away well known
Cause: from each other ● Most Commonly
○ Earthquakes ● Most Commonly Causes:
○ Tsunamis Cause: ○ Earthquakes
○ Volcanoes
○ Underwater
Volcanoes
Earthquake
 Detecting Earthquakes

Seismograph:
Responds to ground
motions caused by
Earthquakes
Essential Question:

If you were the owner of an Earthquake Resistance company. Which

cities would you offer your services to? How would you construct the
buildings to withstand Earthquakes?
Natural Hazards Viewer
https://maps.ngdc.noaa.gov/viewers/hazards/
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