A sample for a 5th grade class

1. Tsunami By Herman Smoot

2. A tsunami (pronounced soo-nahm-ee) is a series of huge waves

3. Can be caused by large, undersea earthquakes May also be caused by underwater landslides or volcanic eruptions

4. Tohoku, Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SH-60B_helicopter_flies_over_Sendai.jpg

5. Friday, March 11, 2011 Some waves were 133 feet high!

6. Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kansaid, "I think that the tsunami makes up the worst crisis in the 65 years since World War II.”http://www.infoplease.com/science/weather/japan-tsunami-2011.html

7. The End