RoomQuake
RoomQuake, an earthquake simulation system where the classroom itself becomes an active seismic area.
At unpredictable times throughout the unit, rumbles emanating from speakers attached to simulated seismographs signal to the class that an earthquake is occurring.
Students rush to terminals around the classroom, read the data from seismograms and use that information to determine the magnitude of the event, the distance of the event from the recording stations, and eventually, the epicenter of the earthquake. Over the course of six weeks and dozens of earthquakes, students discover a “fault line” emerging.
