Dear Year 4 Geography students,
For this E-learning lesson lasting 2 periods, we are going to cover earthquakes and tsunamis. You are to use the timetabled lesson slot only.
Please also note that a reading pack will be distributed to you in your classes on Wednesday morning. The reading pack is for weathering, soils and slopes processes. Please read weathering and soils by next lesson, 2 April. The usual reading check for evidences of reading will apply.
You are to submit the following via the Google Form HERE.
*NEW* Here are your responses. Please view and look for your own, as well as view some others' to have a better idea.
For ideas on earthquake management: Visit the following:
How Southern California copes with earthquakes: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1995/fs225-95/
How US citizens prepare for earthquakes: http://www.ready.gov/earthquakes
Japan case study: Look at pages 41 and 42 for table summary of mitigation and agencies involved: http://www.oecd.org/japan/37377837.pdf
Task 1: a description of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (200 words).
Task 2: a description of the 2004 Boxing Day Indian Ocean Tsunami (200 words).
Task 3: Watch the earthquake and tsunami video in this entry, be ready to give comments when I see you on 2 April.
Task 4: After visiting the websites allocated in this entry, prepare a discussion which we will have as part of module recap -To what extent can national governments prepare for natural hazards like earthquakes and tsunamis? [10m].
This is not graded but you need to show proof of preparation closer to exam revision.
Prepare a 1 page list of what governments can do and associated challenges with the measures. Best to do it now, rather than later.
A note of caution FIRST:
A word about searching youtube for earthquakes and tsunamis. 1. You WILL SEE PEOPLE DIE, and they are NOT fictional movies. As such, please be emotionally prepared that these natural hazards do cost human lives, and living in today's information-age means we now get to see footage of actual destruction. Personally, I was quite traumatised watching a multi-parts documentary on the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami. As such, I decided to only let you watch the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami video below, which does not depict people dying, but do know that there was slightly more than 15,800 confirmed deaths from this tsunami.
Video: Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan, 2011 (some parts had weirdly placed music, just bear with it)
Please only make use of the resources provided here to do your 200-word descriptions. To search up more information will only take up more of your time, which you do not want to do so in your allocated 2 periods.
Useful links on the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami. Do note you are encouraged to visit the other links presented in these websites.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/#summary
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/2011_Earthquake/Information_on_2011_Earthquake.html
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fast-facts-japan
Please do check out the following websites, which when taken together, gives a good overview of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Do visit the related links cited in these websites.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1227_041226_tsunami.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2004/us2004slav/#summary
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/indianocean.html
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