2023-11-20 09:44:54
The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale
The Moroccan Earthquake and the Richter scale
Friday evening, September 8th, a powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit Morocco southwest of Marrakech.
What does a 6.8 magnitude earthquake mean? How powerful was that? What is a seismometer and a seismograph? What is the amplitude of a seismograph reading? Why did the quake happen in Morocco?
Use our Richter scale activity to introduce your students to logarithmic Richter magnitudes.
Comments (0)
Display 1 - 10 Of total 0
Mother’s Day by the numbers
Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and that ...
Banana Art "Comedian"
What do you think this...
The greatest amount of chocolate
In this updated activity, students compare t...
How should I spend my rewards?
There's a new way to earn rewards at many groc...
Radiation amounts
This investigation will help you and your studen...
The LEGO transit time
In this updated activity, s...
Tiny vacuum with a huge reach
From the vacuum description and advertisement in...
Indigenous Peoples or Columbus Day
When Columbus landed in Guanahani (renamed...
Big Air snowboarding
Starting February 18th a new Olympic sport will be...
Boeing 787 draws an airplane over the United States
Recently, pilots of a Boeing 787 testing a new s...