Earthquake Research and Inquiry-Based Learning
You will be using the EarthBrowser software to gather and analyze data about earthquakes. Then you will create a spreadsheet and graphs from your data.
Because my students do not have access to Microsoft Excel but rather Apple’s equivalent Numbers, I thought it would be prudent to attempt the assignment using the same software students would use. I was able to reproduce almost all aspects of the Jing videos on Excel in Numbers. However, Numbers did seem to be lacking in some of its manipulation options, specifically with angling the earthquake location labels. As a result, I was pretty much locked in to a horizontal bar chart as my only option if I wanted all of the information to be displayed properly. Otherwise, I find I like the ease of Numbers and the sleekness of the finished products.
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