LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Earth/Environmental Science

Goal 2: The learner will build an understanding of lithospheric materials, tectonic processes, and the human and environmental impacts of natural and human-induced changes in the lithosphere.

Objective 2.04. Analyze seismic waves including velocity and refraction to:

  • Infer Earth's internal structure.
  • Locate earthquake epicenters.
  • Measure earthquake magnitude.
  • Evaluate the level of seismic activity in North Carolina.

Additional related resources

We’re in the process of aligning our content for students to the Standard Course of Study. As we do, you’ll find it here.

General resources

Aligned lesson plans

Resources on the web

What's up with the weather?
In this lesson students will pretend they're meteorologists who have been asked to give a press report explaining what is to blame for the seemingly strange weather patterns that have afflicted the country in the past few years. They will conduct research... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
Provided by: National Geographic
Earth movers
In this Science NetLinks lesson, students explore plate tectonics and come to understand how mountains, earthquakes, and volcanoes are related to the movements of plates. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science)
Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science