James St. John – https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/52672742354/
On February 6th, Turkey and Syria were hit with a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
What does a 7.8 magnitude earthquake imply? What’s a seismometer. What is the amplitude of a seismograph and what does it mean?
Use our Richter scale activity to introduce your students to logarithmic Richter magnitudes. Discuss linear versus exponential growth.
The activity: Turkey-Syria-Richter.pdf
CCSS: 8.F.4, 8.F.5, HSF.LE.A.1, HSF.LE.A.2, HSF.LE.A.4, HSF.LE.B.5
For members we have an editable Word docx and solutions.
Turkey-Syria-Richter.docx Turkey-Syria-Richter-solution.pdf
from Yummy Math https://www.yummymath.com/2023/turkey-syrian-earthquake-richter-scale/
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