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Earthquakes.
Module 1.6. Foundations and Challenges to Encourage Technology-based Science (FACETS) series. Developed by American Chemical Society (Washington, D.C.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1996.
Program Overview
The Foundations and Challenges to Encourage Technology-based Science (FACETS) program consists of 3 series of 8 modules each for grades 6-8. Each module focuses on a topic in the life, earth, or physical sciences. The time needed to complete FACETS modules varies from 2 to 4 weeks. Each module consists of a student book and a teacher's guide.
Student Edition
Recommended grade level:
6-7.
In Earthquakes, students investigate where and why earthquakes happen, what effects they can have on people's lives, and how the risks of injury from earthquakes can be reduced by the careful design of buildings and structures. Throughout the module, students role-playa planning-and-development team in a large construction corporation.
Among the activities in the unit, students use latitude and longitude to find the location of a number of earthquakes and to get a sense of where the major earthquake zones in the world are. They correlate the location of earthquake activity withplate boundaries. They also construct a model with a fish tank and pieces of wood to understand what happens at the edges of plates. Students use coiled springs to investigate different types of waves created during an earthquake. They use the Mercalli scale of earthquake intensitytogether with information from the library to assess effects of earthquakes. In the unit's final activity, students design, build, and test models of earthquake-resistant buildings or structures.
Earthquakes is a 3-week module divided into 6 activities, which each take between 1 and 6 class periods to complete. A narrative section at the end of the module provides background information for students on detecting earthquakes.
Teacher's Guide
The wraparound teacher's guide includes a unit overview, a time line for completing the module, a materials list, background information, and teaching suggestions.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement; form and function.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE: Structure of the earth system; earth's history.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: Abilities of technological design; understandings about science and technology.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Natural hazards; risks and benefits.
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE: Nature of science.
Prices:
Student edition (ISBN 0-7872-1431-0), $7.90. Teacher's guide (ISBN 0-7872-1432-9), $14.90.
Publisher/supplier:
Kendall/Hunt.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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