Earthquake Shake Table

Classes 6–12 · about 6 minutes · free, no sign-up

What you will learn

Explain that every building has a natural rhythm, that shaking at that rhythm causes resonance and large sway, and how dampers and good design make buildings safer.

How to play

Set the number of floors on three towers.
Choose how fast and how hard the ground shakes, then press Shake!
Watch which towers sway, crack or fall, and add dampers to save them.
Finish three challenges about resonance, dampers and quick quakes.

Go deeper

Notes, practice questions and tests for the same topic:

Class 8 Science: Some Natural Phenomena NCERT chapters → Class 11 Physics: Oscillations NCERT chapters →

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