How to Build and Teach with QuakeCaster, an Earthquake Demonstration and Exploration Tool Contributor(s): U. S. Department of the Interior (Author) |
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ISBN: 1496058003 ISBN-13: 9781496058003 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $16.14 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Earthquakes & Volcanoes |
Physical Information: 0.08" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.25 lbs) 38 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: QuakeCaster is an interactive, hands-on teaching model that simulates earthquakes and their interactions along a plate-boundary fault. QuakeCaster contains the minimum number of physical processes needed to demonstrate most observable earthquake features. A winch to steadily reel in a line simulates the steady plate tectonic motions far from the plate boundaries. A granite slider in frictional contact with a porcelain rock-like surface simulates a fault at a plate boundary. |