Monday, December 10, 2012

Investigation 12.1: Recording Earthquake Waves

In this activity, we used wooden model seismographs to record different types of earthquake waves, and examined how different factors affected the seismograms.

I recorded a Youtube video of the investigation:

Investigation 12.1 Video

In the video, I provide pictures of the actual seismograms I generated while recording the investigation. Feel free to pause the video to get a better look at the detail.

Here is the handout for the investigation:

Investigation 12.1