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Exploring Patterns in Regional Seismicity: An East African Mystery Lev Horodyskyj – LevH@ Michael Hubenthal, hubenth@ V3.1 - May 2014 Time – 70 - 80 Minutes Suggested Level - 9th Grade Earth Science 5E Phase - Extension. Students should have previously learned about Earth structure and the various layers of the Earth. Materials List - Computer Lab (pair of students or individually) IRIS Earthquake Browser (IEB) /ieb Class set of activity Foam models of plate boundaries /~braile/edumod/foammod/foammod.htm Optional: Narrated animations of plate boundaries /hq/programs/education_and_outreach/aotm/11 Content Objectives - By the end of the exercise, students should be able to: Describe the basic properties of crustal rocks Predict how these properties affect interactions at plate boundaries and the land features they generate Predict relative ages of crust based on rock properties and boundary interactions Use the IRIS Earthquake Browser to Explore current seismicity of the planet Explore the earthquake patterns at convergent and divergent plate boundaries Identify geomorphological features associated with plate boundaries Apply knowledge to identify a developing plate boundary Identify and describe earthquake pattern in East Africa Use evidence (seismicity and geomorphology) to determine the type of boundary in East Africa Make predictions about future geomorphology in the region Lesson Description - OPERA Time (min) Open 5 Prior knowledge 20 - 30 Explore/Explain 30 Reflect 5 Apply 10 70 - 80 This lesson is designed as an Extension phase of a 5E Model. Thus, prior to this lesson students should have already Explored the evidence for Plate tectonics and been introduced to the basic concepts in the Explain phase. This extension phase activity begins by reviewing basic plate tectonic concepts through the use of an egg analogy. Next, students use the IRIS Earthquake Browser to extend their understanding by investigate well-known exa