Understanding British Columbia’s Earthquake Risks: A Tectonic Simulation

Students explore British Columbia’s tectonic setting through a hands-on stress-and-release simulation, real earthquake data, and guided questions.

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Students explore British Columbia’s tectonic setting through a hands-on stress-and-release simulation, real earthquake data, and guided questions. The activity examines the Cascadia Subduction Zone, plate boundary types, earthquake magnitude, depth, and intensity.

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Students will model how stress builds and releases along tectonic plates.
Students will analyze earthquake magnitude, depth, and location data from British Columbia.
Students will identify convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundaries.
Students will predict earthquake characteristics based on plate movement.

Understanding British Columbia’s Earthquake Risks: A Tectonic Simulation

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Clear goals. Useful learning.

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