T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
SE I SM I C SLEUTHS CURR I CULUM PACKAGE
Unit 1. What’s It All About? ............................................................. 2
1. What Do You Know about Earthquakes?.........................................3
2. It Could Happen Here.....................................................................11
3. Investigating Community Preparedness .........................................17
Unit Resources ...................................................................................25
Unit 2. What Happens When the Earth Quakes? ......................... 38
1. Stick-Slip Movement......................................................................39
2. Shifting Plates and Wandering Poles..............................................45
3. Earthquakes in Geologic Time .......................................................67
4. Earthquake Hazards ........................................................................89
5. Quake-Smart Siting ......................................................................127
Unit Resources .................................................................................137
Unit 3. How Do People Learn about Earthquakes? .................... 142
1. The Waves of Quakes...................................................................143
2. Pioneering Ideas ...........................................................................151
3. Sizing Up Earthquakes .................................................................161
4. Distribution of Earthquakes..........................................................193
Unit Resources .................................................................................221
Unit 4. Can Buildings Be Made Safer?......................................... 226
1. Building Fun.................................................................................227
2. Structural Reinforcement: The Better Building............................232
3. The BOSS Model: Building Oscillation Seismic Simulation .......247
4. Earthquake in a Box .....................................................................257
5. The Building Challenge................................................................263
Unit Resources .................................................................................270
Unit 5. What Should People Do Before, During,
and After an Earthquake?............................................................. 272
1. Predicting Earthquakes .................................................................273
2. Starting Here, Starting Now .........................................................289
3. Find and Fix the Hazards (Wood Frame Homes) .........................299
4. Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) in the Community.......................311
5. Are the Lifelines Open? Critical Emergency
Facilities and Lifeline Utility Systems .........................................319
Unit Resources .................................................................................327
Unit 6. Now You Know It, Can You Show It? ............................. 330
1. Preparing for the Worst: A Simulation.........................................331
2. Earthquake Simulation: Putting Plans into Action .......................341
3. What’s Your E.Q. I.Q.? ................................................................345
4. Hey, Look at Me Now!.................................................................353
Unit Resources .................................................................................355
Appendix: Earthquake Drill.......................................................... 356
Earthquake Glossary ..................................................................... 360
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