Earthquake Symphonies

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Earthquake Symphonies

Description:

Can earthquakes write music? Using seismograms and music score sheets, students record the earth’s movements to create Earthquake Symphonies. Students listen to and analyze the music of Beethoven’s Eroica and how it relates to the movement of the earth.

Education Levels:

9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Earth Science, Music

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

PDF

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

San Francisco Symphony

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Keywords:

Music composition, Earthquakes, Seismograms, Beethoven, Plate tectonics, Decibels

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers

Publisher:

Keeping Score Education

Contributor:

Rick Carreiro

Is Part Of:

http://www.keepingscore.org/sites/default/files/lessonplans/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Computers with Internet access; CD of Beethoven's "Eroica" and player; Seismograms; Transparency score sheets; Poster board

Learning Time:

1-2 class periods

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Science, Arts

Instructional Methods

Assessment Method:

Informal assessment

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Focus on Earth Science

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth's surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know evidence of plate tectonics is derived from the fit of the continents; the location of earthquakes, volcanoes, and midocean ridges; and the distribution of fossils, rock types, and ancient climatic zones.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Focus on Earth Science

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth's surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:

d. Students know that earthquakes are sudden motions along breaks in the crust called faults and that volcanoes and fissures are locations where magma reaches the surface.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Focus on Earth Science

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth's surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:

e. Students know major geologic events, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain building, result from plate motions.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Focus on Earth Science

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth's surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:

g. Students know how to determine the epicenter of an earthquake and know that the effects of an earthquake on any region vary, depending on the size of the earthquake, the distance of the region from the epicenter, the local geology, and the type of construction in the region.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Focus on Earth Science

Plate Tectonics and Earth's Structure

1. Plate tectonics accounts for important features of Earth's surface and major geologic events. As a basis for understanding this concept:

f. Students know how to explain major features of California geology (including mountains, faults, volcanoes) in terms of plate tectonics.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

a. Students know features of the ocean floor (magnetic patterns, age, and seafloor topography) provide evidence of plate tectonics.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

b. Students know the principal structures that form at the three different kinds of plate boundaries.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

c. Students know how to explain the properties of rocks based on the physical and chemical conditions in which they formed, including plate tectonic processes.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

d. Students know why and how earthquakes occur and the scales used to measure their intensity and magnitude.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

e. Students know there are two kinds of volcanoes: one kind with violent eruptions producing steep slopes and the other kind with voluminous lava flows producing gentle slopes.

Broad Correlation

Science Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1998)

Earth Sciences

Dynamic Earth Processes

3. Plate tectonics operating over geologic time has changed the patterns of land, sea, and mountains on Earth's surface. As a basis for understanding this concept:

f.* Students know the explanation for the location and properties of volcanoes that are due to hot spots and the explanation for those that are due to subduction.

Broad Correlation

The National Standards for Arts Education (1994)

Music

Content Standard 6: Listening to, analyzing, and describing music

Broad Correlation

The National Standards for Arts Education (1994)

Music

Content Standard 8: Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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