Posted on Aug 8, 2012
by Stuart Willett
- Subject
- Science
- Grade Levels
- 13-14, 15-16, 17-18
- Resource Type
- Technical Tutorial
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- Keywords
- Earth Science Reference Tables, Epicenter, P and S waves, Triangulation
- Products Used
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This skill is tested in the Earth Science Lab Practical as well as the written Regent's exam.
Creative Commons License
Attribution
Content Standards
Common Core State Standards, New York
Custom Standards
Common Core
RST.9-10.3. Follow precisely a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks, attending to special cases or exceptions defined in the text.
RST.9-10.4. Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9–10 texts and topics
RST.9-10.7. Translate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., a table or chart) and translate information expressed visually or mathematically (e.g., in an equation) into words.
NYS
Standard 1 -- Mathematical Analysis -- Key idea 3.
Standard 6 -- Models -- Key Idea 2
ISTE NETS·S Standards
Critical Thinking Problem Solving and Decision Making
Technical Expertise
- Rookie
- Novice
- Intermediate
- Pro
- Expert
Materials/Equipment
A computer that has internet access. However, this demo is used to introduce a lab in which the students will work with all the materials they see. A compass, a P and S wave chart, a few seismographs, and a map of the U.S.
