May 19, 2010: Earthquakes!

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Activities:

1. For fun, find five things in the newspaper that shake. Explain your choices.

2. Circle newspaper pictures of items you would send to help people who have just been in an earthquake.

3. On one half of a piece of paper, paste newspaper words/pictures of tools to repair or rebuild houses. On the other half, paste words/pictures of materials used to make those repairs.

4. How do these terms relate to earthquakes: (a) tsunami, (b) plates, (c) epicenter, and (d) Ring of Fire?

5. Use the Web sites in today's Mini Page to learn about earthquake careers. Choose a career you might like. Write a paragraph about the qualifications for that career.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)