Earthquakes, Seismic Waves, and Seismographs
by Colleen Rundell
Designed for three hour-long STEAM Club meetings for scholars from kindergarten - fourth grade. This lesson plan can also be used for fifth-seventh grade scholars. Scholars will learn about earthquakes, seismic waves, and seismographs by designing and creating a seismograph. The seismograph design requires shoe boxes or other small boxes, string, tape, rulers, scissors, black markers, and graph paper.
Lesson Grade Level
Kindergarten 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6th Grade 7th GradeLesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kXMGoIUhDe452qanSstMaQpkqAsgK5BT/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Physical Science P2: Objects at a Distance P4: Energy Transfer Earth and Space Science E1: Earth Systems Engineering S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process S3: Apply Mathematics to Engineering S4: Apply Science to Engineering S6: Apply Communications to Engineering Mathematics Counting and Cardinality (CC) Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA) Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT) Measurement and Data (MD) Number & Quantity (N) English Language Arts (ELA) Speaking & Listening
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