Introduction

You’ve been told for years that West Tennessee is due for a big earthquake. Yes, we are on a time bomb that is still ticking. The New Madrid fault is real and still active. What will be the extent of the damage if we experience an earthquake similar to the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquakes? Can we prepare for such an earthquake like the one nearly 200 years ago?
 
 

• What causes earthquakes?
• What are some of the different types of earthquakes?
• How did the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes affect the area?
• How would the West Tennessee area be affected by an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 or higher?
• How can we prepare for an earthquake? 

Each student will be assigned to a group, consisting of four students. Each student will be assigned an individual task from the Task section above. Each group will have to complete one of the following tasks. 
1. First you'll be assigned to a group of 4 students.
2. Each group member will be assigned one task from the Task section above. 
3. Students should use their textbook, library materials, and the suggested web sites listed below to complete the task.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/structures.html
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/
http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/
http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/richards/
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/rockyhillms/NewMadrid.html http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=C005686&url=C005686/htmfiles/eqtypes.htm
http://www.iris.edu/gifs/animations/faults.htm

The student will receive a grade based on the following rubric.

	Beginning 5	Developing 10	Accomplished 15	Exemplary 20	Score
organization of ideas	very little organization of thought	some organization of thought	good organization  but could be   improved	excellent job of thought process
reason of conclusion	very little evidence given	some evidence given	much evidence for reason given	outstanding amount  of evidence given
evidence of resources used	very few resources used	some resources used	moderate amount of resources  used	many resources used
grammer and sentence structure	poor sentence structure many spelling errors	some spelling errors sentence structure fair	most words are free of spelling errors and most sentences are correctly written	excellent sentence structure perfect spelling

http://staffwww.fullcoll.edu/jchadwick/webquest/Earthquake%20Webquest.htm

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/understanding.html
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/structures.html
http://www.fema.gov/hazards/earthquakes/
http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/
http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/richards/  http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/rockyhillms/NewMadrid.html
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=C005686&url=C005686/htmfiles/eqtypes.htm  http://www.iris.edu/gifs/animations/faults.htm