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Geology Activities!
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Geology is everywhere around you—you might be surprised at what you can find out if you take a closer look at the rocks in your day-to-day environment! Here are some activities to try in your schoolyard.
Learn How Engineers Brace Buildings in Case of Earthquakes!
In this delicious classroom exercise, you'll construct a building (made of toothpicks and marshmallows) to withstand an earthquake. You can even use Jell-O to simulate the shaking of the earthquake!
Wonder how those giant waves actually form out at sea? Make a mini-tsunami all of your own.
In this simulation, your job is to become a volcanologist—to collect and interpret data that might hint at volcanic activity. Will there be an eruption in the near future?