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• Alan L. Jones - Research Scientist

  http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~ajones/
  Educational site which offers downloads of the Windows software Seismic/Eruption and Seismic Waves, used for visualization of seismicity, volcanic activity, and wave propagation.

• Earthquake Facts

  http://www.earthquake-facts.com/
  Learning resource aimed at giving quick facts about earthquakes and the various major disasters to hit our planet in the last 100 years.

• Earthquake Learning Activities and Lesson Plans

  http://www.jclahr.com/science/psn/index.html
  Information and links, including instructions for building a table-top seismology demonstration and a model illustrating sea-floor spreading and subduction from a shoe box as well as other exercises for students.

• Faultline: Seismic Science at the Epicenter

  http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/
  Seismic science teaching resources from the Exploratorium.

• Geophysics Teaching Demonstrations

  http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~jbarker/demos.html
  Classroom demonstrations of geophysical principles applicable to the properties and processes of the Earth's interior. Includes seismic waves, earthquake location, density of the earth and the magnetic field.

• iNFO-EQ

  http://www.infoeq.it/
  Resources, technology, ideas and suggested solutions on how build a seismic station to record earthquakes and build seismic sensors generally.

• Plate Tectonics

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/tectonics/
  A hands-on exercise about plate tectonics and earthquakes from PBS. Requires Shockwave plug-in

• UPSeis

  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/
  Educational website from Michigan Technological University presenting the science of seismology and earthquakes. Developed as part of a high school class program studying seismometer recordings.

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