Caywood Achieves: STEM

Earthquakes:  The Big Shake

Beginning Monday, January 10
Caywood Achieves

The big focus for the next few sessions is Earthquakes!  You may think they are really rare in our area, and for the moment, they are.  But what you may not realize is parts of Tennessee are at risk of damage from impending earthquakes.  Check out some of these websites as you gather facts and information you will use throughout our earthquake projects.

We'll be researching buildings designed to withstand earthquakes, building our own towers, and then testing them with a specially designed Earthquake Table to see who's building tumble and fall and which ones have only minor damage.  For some of the young "engineers" in the group, we may even have a tower that takes the Shake of the Quake without a single straw out of place!


   Introduction to Earthquakes:
                   Video

  1. Earthquake for Kids
  2. The Science of Earthquakes
  3. Weather Wiz Kids Earthquakes
  4. History  for Kids: Earthquakes
  5. Collection of Earthquake Links, Lessons, Videos, and Activities
  6. Earthquake Shortens the Day
  7. Natural Disasters: Earthquakes
  8. Why Do Earthquakes Occur?