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Ready

Ready: Kids: Tsunamis

For Students 3rd - 8th
Content includes background information, are you at risk, and details about what happens before, during, and after a tsunami.
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Michigan Technological University

Michigan Tech University: Where Do Earthquakes Happen?

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site that explains how and where earthquakes occur and the different types of faults. Contains maps and charts of fault lines, plate edges, and the continental plates. There are other links within the site of related...
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Curated OER

A Wave Hitting Koh Lanta Yai, Thailand

For Students 9th - 10th
Brilliant coverage of the South Asian tsunami disaster. Find articles, photos, video, audio, and more rich resources covering this disaster.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Earth Science for Kids: Tsunamis

For Students 1st - 9th
Investigate tsunamis including what causes them such as earthquakes, where they occur, why they are dangerous, and what happens during a tsunami event on this website.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Survive That Tsunami!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. They see how a tsunami moves across the ocean and what happens when it reaches the continental shelf. Students make villages of model...
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Adventure on the High Seas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Teaches basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. In this activity, students learn how to create animated waves in an ocean setting and then compose a high seas story.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Tsunami: An Interactive Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, interactive learning activity covering the science of tsunamis, preparedness, research, and historical tsunamis. Excellent animations and real, historical recordings of survivors allow the learner to experience what happens...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Earthquake Faultline Earthquake Activities

For Students 9th - 10th
This outstanding website provides an excellent variety of hands-on earthquake activities to help you understand what causes earthquakes.
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US Navy

Habitats: Beaches Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents an overview of beach structure. This article briefly covers beach features such as spits, tombolos and barrier islands.
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Other

University of Delaware: Plate Tectonics

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site is a very simple overview of plate tectonics. It includes a map of all the major plates and a diagram of the layers of the earth.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Evolution of Physical Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A college course featuring instructor's notes and textbook resources on the history of physical oceanography.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Seashore Science

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Come and learn with this incredible seashore science resource. The content includes fun facts, experiments, reproducible activities, resources and more.
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Community Learning Network

Community Learning Network: General Tsunami Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about tsunamis through this collection of resources. This site offers a wide variety of links to increase your knowledge of this powerful force of nature.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Tsunamis

For Students K - 1st
Learn the causes of tsunamis, what happens during one, where they appear, and survival tips.

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