Each group needs:

• 1 shoebox
• 1 wooden board (sized to fit in the bottom of the shoebox with room to move in all directions)
• 10 marbles
• 20 Popsicle sticks
• 10 rubber bands
• string, ~50 cm to 1m in length
• hot glue gun and 3 glue sticks
• 1 sandwich bag of mini marshmallows
• toothpicks, a handful or unlimited, depending on materials limitations imposed by teacher
• Shake It Up! Activity Worksheet, one per person

To share with the entire class:

• duct tape
• masking tape
• scissors and/or box cutters
• stopwatch

To build the teacher's shake table (optional):

• Build a shake table that uses a variable speed drill to move the table; follow instructions at https://www.teachingchannel.org/video/build-shake-table; materials include: plywood, wooden blocks, foam core board, hollow metal tubes, hot glue, metal rods (welding rods), rod with u-shaped bend, wire, strapping tape (or piece of rubber), fasteners, and a variable speed drill with a speed control unit.
• Alternatively, if you do not want to build the drill-powered shake table, you can construct a simpler one following instructions at https://pbskids.org/designsquad/build/seismic-shake-up/. Or, have the class select the best shake table from all the groups and use that one for the one-minute earthquake challenge testing.
• Alternatively, the engineering colleges at some universities make available their shake tables for use by outside student groups for academic purposes.