Ninth graders build an "Earthquake Machine" (a manipulative model of a fault line) and use it to explore stick-slip behavior of some faults and to develop a more accurate definition of an earthquake and its causes.

In this earth and space science activity, students complete a crossword puzzle given 9 clues and a word bank on topics such as sea floor spreading, tectonic plates, faults, lava and the big bang theory.

This site contains information about we have learned about the San Andreas Fault since 1906.

As an overview of the online exhibit on earthquakes, this site provides brief information on faults and mentions the San Andreas Fault along with a picture.