Try being a racing Earth quake wave with your friends. Follow the instructions below, and watch the video to see how to play.
- Line up facing forwards
- Pretend to be a compressional (back and forward motion) P wave by “passing on” the wave from the back of the line to the front by tapping the shoulders of the person in front.
- Pretend to be a transverse (side to side motion) S wave by reaching your arms out side to side before passing on the the person in front by tapping their shoulders.
- Create two lines with one pretending to be a wave and one pretending to be an S wave, and have a race to see who gets to the front first!
- Which wave do you think travels fastest?
Looking for some fun ways to learn more about the Earth? Why not try out some of these activities you can do at home or in a classroom!
