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Earthquakes: what they are and why they happen

From Happy Learning

Earthquakes: what they are and why they happen
4 min3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

Happy Learning explains what causes the ground to shake in an earthquake. A clear, friendly animated lesson that drops easily into a unit, a center, or a quick review.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

From the layers under our feet to the sun, moon, and stars overhead, Earth and space follow patterns we can observe and explain.

  1. What did this video teach you about Earth or space?
  2. What pattern or cycle does it describe?
  3. How could you observe part of it for yourself?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: Earth, space, planet, cycle, pattern, atmosphere.

Try it: Draw what you learned about and label two facts or steps in the cycle from the video.