Thursday, December 8, 2011

Earthquakes

During science class the Seventh Age learned about earthquakes. We learned that earthquakes are measured on the Richter Scale and that when two plates in the Earth move they create a fault. During class, the students built small communities on a fault line. After the communities were created, I came around and moved the plates (the two pieces of paper) and rated the earthquake based on how long the community remained standing. The Seventh Age did a great job, most of the earthquakes were rated 3.0 or less on the Richter Scale.