Description

Models are powerful tools for teaching science as they simplify structures and processes, helping to make the unseen seen and the complex simple. Using the colorful model, your students will get an engaging overview of earthquakes.

Using the ready-to-use materials provided with each 3-D model set, students first assemble a model to represent a structure or an entire system as an aid to develop questions and explanations. They will then generate data and observations that can be used to make predictions and communicate ideas to others.

Earthquakes release huge amounts of energy and cause tremendous amounts of destruction in many parts of the world. Your students will use this dynamic model-making kit to learn about earthquakes, their causes, and effects. First, they will make a subsurface model and a model of a city using the colorful parts. They’ll then use their subsurface model to look at the features of an earthquake, epicenter, focus (hypocenter), and the P and S seismic waves. Finally, they’ll employ their model of a city to look at the destructive effects of the surface L and R waves.

The Model Making Kit includes enough materials for students to assemble up to 5 paper models working cooperatively along with a comprehensive Teacher Resource Guide.

Also includes an comprehensive, illustrated Teacher Resource Guide for effective preparation and integration of the models’ use in instruction.