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Natural Disasters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners read the book "Tsunami!" and discuss natural disasters and how they can prepare. This lesson is much more than a study of tsunamis. The lesson is chock-full of ways to study the Japanese culture across the curriculum. There are...
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Fetch Me a Wave

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore waves and how they form.  In this wave lesson students prepare a written report on waves and tsunamis then discuss what they learned.
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Waves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Is it possible to outrun a tsunami? After watching a presentation that explains how waves and tsunamis occur, class members investigate the speed of tsunamis triggered by an earthquake.
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Tsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate just what a tsunami is, what causes it, how fast it travels, what it looks like, and its devastating effects upon landfall. They read the experience of a former Peace Corps Volunteer who went to Sri Lanka after it...
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The Great Wave

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate tsunamis and how they are caused.  In this natural disaster lesson, students discuss earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and other causes of tsunamis.  Students conduct an experiment in which they drop objects into...
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Earthquake of 1964

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars examine the damage from the earthquake across a large geographic area of Alaska. They discover additional damage occurred from the tsunami, fires, and flooding after the initial earthquake. They collect images and...
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"Tsunamis"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers visit a PBS Website about tsunamis to consider their causes, effects and steps countries have taken to try to defend against them. They answer questions and create a brochure explaining tsunami facts and procedures to...
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What Did You Do?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
English learners practice using the past tense by participating in a time description activity. They identify the differences between verbs when they are used to describe current events or past events. Learners answer questions using...
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Tsunamis

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the natural disasters known as tsunamis by researching the Internet.  In this nature lesson plan, students define the word tsunami and discuss how they are created.  Students complete an online activity based on...
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Swamps, Shrimp, and Tsunamis: A Simulation of Sustainable Development Issues in Coastal Ecuador

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the economic benefits, environmental losses and dangers of the shrimp farming industry on the coast of Ecuador. They read a script, role-play people involved in the shrimp business, and write an essay of the pros and cons.
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Conflict & Cooperation

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Considering such conflicts as the Vietnam War and the war in Afghanistan, what motivates nations to cooperate? Your class members will analyze past and current international events in order to understand the types of conditions and...
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Monster Waves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate tsunamis by creating a tabletop village and use it to visualize the relative height and effects of tsunamis. Each group builds a difference section of the city or village and as a class they decide who build what and...
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Disaster Strikes

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine the devastation caused by the tsunami of 2005. In this current events lesson, students consider the effects of natural disasters as they research tsunamis and the worldwide response to the December 26, 2005 tsunami....
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Waves Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students demonstrate an understanding of tsunamis and possible causes.  In this investigative lesson students view a video and explore earthquakes and movement of tectonic plates. 
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Under The Sea

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study how a tsunami is formed by underwater events such as earthquakes, volcanoes or landslides. They discuss what they knew about living and non-living things in the ocean.
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Professions in My Village

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students construct oral sentences including what they did  "before" and "after" the tsunami. In this ESL vocabulary development and verb tense practice lesson, students orally state what is illustrated on a flash card using proper verb...
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Are You Ready to Shake

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine earthquakes and tsunamis. In this Earth science lesson, students investigate the causes and hazards associated with earthquakes and tsunamis.
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Before the Tsunami

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students practice their conversation and writing skills as they strengthen their ability to talk and write about the past. In this ESL lesson, students narrate a series of past events using past simple verb forms.  Students then discuss...
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Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Tsunamis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in groups to research a tsunami, earthquake, or volcano. They use the internet to find information, and create a presentation. Each presentation should include a definition of their phenomenon, an illustration,...
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Dynamic Earth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete an experiment to study tsunamis and its around the Earth. For this earthquakes and tsunamis lesson, students participate in a demonstration to learn how earthquakes impact sea waves. Students study the P, S, and L waves...
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Forces of Change

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss various ways in which landforms change over time. They, in groups, research and create a reference book about landform change including tsunamis, earthquakes, weathering, erosion and volcanic eruptions.
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Tsunami! Examining Earth's Most Destructive Waves.

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover what creates a tsunami  In this earth science lesson plan, student research using the Internet how tsunami's develop. Students read accounts of first responders to the Sri Lanka tsunami.
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Band of Brothers

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
What is a community? Explore the idea of community by investigating countries that have experienced severe damage. Learners discuss the horrible aftermath the 2011 earthquake had on Japan's infrastructure after the tsunami it caused....
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Plate Tectonic Cycle

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the Earth's movements by completing worksheets. In this plate tectonics lesson, students define such natural disasters as volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and mudslides and discuss their connections to plate tectonics....

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