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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Tsunami Surge

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Science project, students use real time data on the Internet to study tsunamis and what causes them. They will look at videos of real tsunamis such as the 2004 one in Southeast Asia. They will then devise a safety plan and a...
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Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations

Food and Agriculture Org.: Tsunami Reconstruction

For Students 9th - 10th
The waves have retreated, but what lies in the destruction zone and how do people put their lives back together? The Food and Agriculture arm of the UN lists updates on the reconstruction going after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis

For Students 9th - 10th
Come and learn more about the devastating effects of tsunamis. This site features video segments revealing the devastation tsunamis can cause and how tsunamis are formed.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Earthquakes and Tsunamis

For Students 3rd - 5th
Basic information on what to do if you are in an earthquake or a tsunami.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Tsunami

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible scene from the 2004 tsunami in Thailand has been captured in this memorable photo. As a huge wall of water bursts through the trees people begin to scatter in every direction, previously unaware of the danger that was so...
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Other

Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment: Japan's Nuclear Power Debate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Readings and news articles provide information on the debate over nuclear energy. In particular, the questions being raised due to the crisis in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami in March, 2011.
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Other

Asia/canada: Meeting of Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
Asians immigrants have had to battle hardship and prejudice to make new lives for themselves in Canada. That path is described here as well as the defining moments that politicized Chinese Canadians and acted as catalysts towards...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Fourth Grade Science: Earth Science: Ocean Movements and Waves

For Students 4th - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how waves move through water.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Surface Wave

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition and example of a surface wave, how the medium moves in a surface wave and why ocean waves break.