Assignment 3, Tsunamis
Deadline, 03/21, 80 Points
Essential Questions
What causes tsunamis?
What can be done to protect people in tsunami-prone areas?
What regions of the world experience tsunamis most often?
Description
Tsunamis have had widespread devastating impacts around the Pacific Ocean throughout history. Through modern science and technology, many nations around the Pacific are working to provide better protection for people who live in areas where tsunamis occur. In this unit we are exploring the causes and effects of tsunamis as well as what can be done to protect people from their potentially catastrophic consequences.
Objectives
Students will identify and explain the causes and effects of tsunamis.
Students will identify and explain what can be done to protect people around the Pacific and Indian Oceans from tsunami-related dangers.
Instructions
See the printed assignment.
Online Files for this Assignment
Click here to see the first video about tsunamis we viewed in class.
Click here for the second tsunami video
Click here for the third tsunami video.
For information about tsunamis, use the following links: NatGeo link one, NOAA's tsunami page, the Encyclopedia Britannica article about tsunamis.
To view the PowerPoint about tsunamis we viewed in class, click here.