Tsunami Essentials

Learn how to survive a tsunami, and more!



Created by,
Neal Schlegel

Curriculum Info  Meet the Author


Bray, Thomas. "Above Big Sur." bigsur.jpg. 1992. MyeCoach eLibrary. Online. 25 November 2005.


Introduction

Do you remember the tsunami of 2004? Learn some interesting facts about tsunamis and create a tsunami safety brochure to tell people what to do in the event of a tsunami. As you view the websites below, you will be responsible for addressing the following questions or statements in your brochure: What are tsunamis? What causes a tsunami? What are the warning signs of a tsunami? What things can you do to survive a tsunami? What items should be included in a tsunami survival kit? Name 5 historical tsunamis and details that include when, where, damage, and deaths.

1) What are tsunamis and what causes them?
    •Tsunamis and Earthquakes
    •The Next Wave
    •Tsunamis!
    •How Tsunamis Work
    •Savage Earth: Tsunamis
    •Tsunami NASA
    •Waves
    •Physics of Tsunamis
2) How to survive tsunamis?
    •Tsunami: The Great Waves
    •Surviving a Tsunami
    •Tsunami Information
3) Historical accounts of destructive tsunamis
    •After the Tsunami: A Special Report
    •Killer Tsunamis in the Pacific
    •Tsunami
    •Pacific Tsunami Museum
    •NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets - Tsunami
4) Tsunami Brochure Information
    •Tsunami Brochure
5) Student Recommended Web-Sites
    •Historical Tsunamis (Sonia B.)
"This is a website about historical tsunamis. It has a chart with recorded tsunamis and below it has more information about each one."
    •FEMA On Tsunamis (Hannah S.)
“It has lots of good tsunami facts in it: survival kit stuff and how tsunamis are caused.”


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