Seismic Waves

Every so often it turns out that a great idea doesn't quite work out in the classroom.  Today, we tried to look at a website that featured an interactive 3-D seismic wave simulation, only to be disappointed when the pages wouldn't load.  Of course, as soon as our Science block was over, everything worked beautifully!  

Seismic Waves Simulator

(You will need Shockwave in order to see this animation)

I'm posting the link here in hopes that students and families will take a look.  Be sure to play around with the types of waves and the different views.  Zooming in allows you to see the P Waves as longitudinal waves, S Waves as transverse waves, and Surface Waves which act as both longitudinal and transverse waves.