Make a seismometer
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From a marble balanced on top of a pencil to the Sudden Motion Sensor in a laptop computer, many different things can be used to make a seismometer that will measure movement in the ground around you.

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From a marble balanced on top of a pencil to the Sudden Motion Sensor in a laptop computer, many different things can be used to make a seismometer that will measure movement in the ground around you.

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