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Earthquake Epicenter

Grade 5-8 Performance Task

Contributed by: New York State Education Department (NYSED)
NYS Alternative Assessment in Science Project (1996)

Using data representing the delay times between the S and P waves from an earthquake, students determine the location of the epicenter of an earthquake.

 



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