Designs for height and strength

Here are some building ideas

Yearbook Dedication

Complete this survey in Advisory for your yearbook dedication.  Think about those people who have made the biggest impact on your 3 years of middle school.

Yearbook Survey

Sell me a building

These site will help you get started

CIA Factbook
Earthquake Prone Countries
USGS Earthquakes
Faultline Engineering
Building Big

Careers in Geology

Today we will investigate different careers in the science of geology.
Each person at your table will choose a job and learn what it takes to work in this career.
Answer the following questions about each career:
What do they do?
How do they do it?
Who would you work for?  What type of specialization could you focus on? 
Where would you work?

Marine Geologist
Mining Geophysicist
Seismologist
Petroleum Geophysicist
Environmental Geophysicist

Current Event Articles: March 21

Here are the articles for this week.

Whats up with Earth's Rotation
Spring is Here
Ipad 2 Supply Issues

Earthquake Prone Countries

• Afghanistan
• Albania
• Algeria
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Austria
• Bosnia
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Burma
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Djibouti
• East Timor
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• El Salvador
• Ethiopia
• Georgia
• Greece
• Guatemala
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kazakhtan
• South Korea
• Macedonia
• Mexico
• Morocco
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Pakistan
• Papua New Guinea
• Peru
• Philippines
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Serbia and Montenegro
• Slovenia
• Tajikistan
• Tonga
• Turkey
• United States
• Vanuatu

Earthquake Proof Building

Before we can build an earthquake proof building we must learn ways to protect the building. You must submit a building plan that shows your knowledge of several ways to protect your building.

E-how


ABC: Designing Earthquake Proof Buildings

Housing Types 

 Earthquake Design