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Students will learn about earthquakes, and then design a structure to survive an earthquake.
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Designing an earthquake resistant structure was a culminating activity to a weathering and erosion unit. Students worked in groups to review prior learning about earthquakes before designing, building, and testing their structures within assigned parameters. At the end, students designed a Google slide to advertise their structure.
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