The Earthquakes Student Learning Guide includes self-directed readings, easy-to-follow illustrated explanations, guiding questions, inquiry-based activities, a lab investigation, key vocabulary review and assessment review questions, along with a post-test. It covers the following standards-aligned concepts: How an Earthquake Occurs; Types of Stress in Crustal Rock; Faults in the Earth?s Crust; How Earth?s Surface Changes; Seismic Waves; Measuring Earthquakes; The Richter Scale; Earthquake Destruction; and Earthquake Safety. Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and other state standards.