This document discusses understanding tsunamis and their effects. It aims to teach the reader about what caused the 2011 tsunami in Japan and its impact. The document provides background on tsunamis and earthquakes, videos to watch, discussion questions, and an activity to create a poster explaining what to do during a tsunami.

1. Thinking about a tsunami

2. What’s the story?
starter

3. starter

4. Thinking about disasters
version 2.2

5. Thinking about disasters
Learning Objective
To be able to understand what caused the Tsunami in Japan
version 2.2

6. Thinking about disasters
Learning Objective
To be able to understand what caused the Tsunami in Japan
To be able to explain the effect of the Tsunami on Japan
version 2.2

7. Thinking about disasters
Learning Objective
To be able to understand what caused the Tsunami in Japan
To be able to explain the effect of the Tsunami on Japan
Key words:
Earthquake
Tectonic
version 2.2
Seismic
Tremor
Tokyo

8. TSUNAMI: or “harbour wave”.
A series of waves that can be up to 10 metres high, caused by an underwater earthquake.

9. Watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceym2c18OQM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BOi2HkR0LY

10. Are you ready to think?

11. Explain the events of the last 24 hours

12. Where would you go?

13. What would you rescue if this was your house?

14. What would you buy, if you only had five minutes?

15. Who would you phone, and what would you say?

16. Are they lucky or unlucky?

17. What are they going to need in the next six days?

18. Well done!

19. Your task is to explain what caused the tsunami

20. Watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseQBkZimyo&feature=related

21. Explain what happened in exactly 50 words
No more, no less!

22. Explain what happened in exactly 50 words
No more, no less!
Your key words: Earthquake, Tsunami, Tectonic, Seismic, Tremor, Tokyo, Crust

23. Explain what happened in exactly 50 words
No more, no less!
Your key words: Earthquake, Tsunami, Tectonic, Seismic, Tremor, Tokyo, Crust
Learning Objective:
To be able to understand
what caused the tsunami in
Japan.
To be able to explain the
effect of the tsunami on
Japan.

24. Use the ‘word-cloud’ to develop your answer

25. On Friday March 11th, 2011 at 2.46pm..

26. Thinking about disasters
Learning Objective
To be able to understand what caused the Tsunami in Japan
To be able to explain the effect of the Tsunami on Japan
Key words:
Earthquake
Tectonic
version 2.0
Seismic
Tremor
Tokyo

27. Your task is to explain the effects of the tsunami

28. Your task is to explain the effects of the tsunami
Miyako
Location: Honshu, Japan
Population: 57,874

29. Watch!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuznJOCw_Nw

30. 401 people from Miyako lost their lives in the Tsunami

31. Be as creative as you can...

32. Tell the story of the tsunami
in as much detail as you can...

33. Tell the story of the tsunami
in as much detail as you can...
Title: “The Day the Earth shook!”

34. Learning Objective: To be able to explain the effect of the tsunami on Japan.

35. Learning Objective: To be able to explain the effect of the tsunami on Japan.
..from her point of view!

36. Learning Objective: To be able to explain the effect of the tsunami on Japan.
..from her point of view!
My name is Miffy, and this is my story...

37. Well done!

38. Now you have the knowledge,
take a challenge!

39. Be a designer...

40. Create a poster to explain what to do when
a tsunami strikes.

41. Create a poster to explain what to do when
a tsunami strikes.
gw o rd s!
h ou tu sin
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42. E xam ple

43. Thinking about disasters
Learning Objective
To be able to understand what caused the Tsunami in Japan
To be able to explain the effect of the Tsunami on Japan
Key words:
Earthquake
Tectonic
version 2.2
Seismic
Tremor
Tokyo

44. Thank
You

45. Thinking about disasters
Simon Jones 2012
Image Credits:
Thank you to...
Everyone from Flickr who contributed images
The Big Picture/Boston Globe version 2.2
MacLeod
designersforjapan
and Wordle
Contact:
simon_jones_2@hotmail.com