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Working to better forecast the size of future earthquakes and tsunamis! Science Now 29
In this week's episode, we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production. We explore what our brain is doing when we read. We discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally, we learn how...
Science360
Researchers use high-tech GPS to monitor the Earth for future disasters
NSF Science Now 29-In this week’s episode we discover a new genetic toolkit for achieving increased plant production, explore what our brain is doing when we read, discover ways of making a more reliable prosthesis--and finally we learn...
Visual Learning Systems
Origins of Earthquakes
The video discusses the 1964 Alaska earthquake, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in North America. The video explains the concept of the earthquake epicenter and focus, and notes that earthquakes can occur under the ocean....
Science360
Surviving a Tsunami - Vertical Evacuation - Science Nation
It's called a wavemaker, and it's a honkin' 300 feet long and 12 feet wide. With support from the National Science Foundation, this huge new tool, the largest of its type in the United States, is helping scientists perform large scale...
Science360
Passport to Discovery - Surf's Up!
Today your Passport to Discovery takes you to Oregon State University at their Wave Research Laboratory. Come learn how this facility uses two different wave making pools to recreate natural disasters and learn how NSF supports this...
Mazz Media
Tsunamis
This live-action video program is about tsunamis. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful, animated graphics...
PBS
Tsunami Propagation
Could an earthquake in Japan cause flooding in Hawaii or even Chile? Real-time earthquake data from 2011 helped create a computer simulation for future tsunami warnings. Watching the anticipated areas of flooding and the actual tsunami...
PBS
Making North America | The Cascadia Subduction Zone
Scientists discovered a rain forest covered in sand and saltwater residue. This led to a collection of core samples and a rather intense prediction for the future of the American Pacific Northwest. Part of a larger series on the story of...
Bozeman Science
ESS3B - Natural Hazards
Planning and preparing for natural disasters is possible and necessary. A video lesson begins with a description of natural hazards in relation to natural disasters. Using specific examples, the instructor shares strategies for preparing...
Curated OER
How a Tsunami Forms
This kid knows his stuff. A middle schooler explains the five-step process that occurs as a tsunami forms. He relates his tsunami research to the events that occurred in Japan in 2011. The question he poses can be discussed by you class....
Curated OER
Hope In Aceh
Due to the tsunami in Aceh, 25,000 children were left as orphans. A native Aceh woman returned to her hometown to open an orphanage to help homeless children. She founded the Give Light Foundation, which is hoping to open a second...
Curated OER
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, 2011
The largest recorded earthquake in Japan in the last 140 years triggered a tsunami in 2011. Live footage of the event was captured and is shown in this clip. The extensive damage is evident as water floods cities. In a social studies or...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Alaska Tsunami
In this video adapted from Alaska Sea Grant, discover why multiple tsunamis resulted from the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. Essay, discussion questions, and links to related material included.
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: Making Waves, Saving Lives
The devastating 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami provided researchers with previous non-existent valuable data and video as to the workings of a tsunami. As well, a discussion is presented of how a tsunami would affect the west coast of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Waves of Destruction
Learn about the anatomy of a tsunami in this video segment from Nature. Essay, discussion questions, and links to related information included. [1:19]
Science for Kids
Science Kids: Earth Videos: Surfing a Tsunami
Hard-to-believe video of a surfer riding a tsunami-like wave and surviving. (Length: 1 min. 30 sec.)
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Rh Kids: Fact Tracker: Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters
This video checks information included in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #28: High Tide in Hawaii by Mary Pope Osborne. The book Fact Tracker: Tsunamis and Other Natural Disasters, the nonfiction companion written by Will...
National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation: When Nature Strikes: Tsunamis
Scientists at Oregon State University study the behavior of tsunamis and how they are formed so they can help people to be better prepared for them. [5:59]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Plate Boundary: Convergent Margin
A short video illustrates how a megathrust earthquake can create a tsunami. Check out the additional resources provided below the video. [1:16]
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: Japan's Earthquakes & Tectonic Setting
This animation addresses regional and local tectonics, earthquake occurrences and historic earthquakes, crustal fault earthquakes (Kobe, 1995), megathrust earthquakes (Tohoku-Oki, 2011), and tsunamis. [10:04]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: Tsunami
A video exploring how tsunamis form, the damage they cause, and the fact that they cannot be prevented. Also learn that tsunamis form on convergent boundaries. [0:56]
Next Vista for Learning
Next Vista for Learning: How a Tsunami Forms
Watch a video with a student explaining the five steps on how a tsunami forms. [1:35]