Earthquake Topics — Tsunamis

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Organization	Topics	Content Types	Level
Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States?
USGS	Tsunamis Societal Effects Preparedness Prediction Hazards Effects, Earthquake Deaths from Earthquakes Damage from Earthquakes	Info	College General Audience High School Middle School
Earth Sciences Lesson Plans — not really earthquakes, but great lesson plans for K-4
NESEN - Lessons for Earth Systems Education	Basics Geology Tsunamis	Lesson Plans	Elementary school High School Middle School
Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book
W.H. Freeman & Co.	Basics Books Historic Earthquakes Instrumentation, seismographs, monitoring Magnitudes Plate tectonics Prediction Tsunamis	Info	College
Hilo Tsunami Museum — The goal of the Pacific Tsunami Museum is to promote public tsunami education for the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Region. The museum will also preserve the social and cultural history of Hawaii and promote economic development on the island of Hawaii as well as statewide. The museum will serve as a living memorial to those who lost their lives in past tsunami events.
Pacific Tsunami Museum	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Living on Shaky Ground: How to Survive Earthquakes and Tsunamis on the North Coast — Thorough discusssion of science and preparedness information, links to additional information.
Humboldt State Univ	Tsunamis	Graphics Info	General Audience
NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order
National Geophysical Data Center	History-Earthquakes, Seismology Hazards Tsunamis	Interactive Info Graphics	Middle School High School General Audience Elementary school College
Savage Earth, The — slick presentation of the earthquake basics with great graphics and animations
PBS	Basics Engineering, Earthquake Faults - SS, DS, Thrust, etc. Prediction Seismic waves Tsunamis	Graphics	High School General Audience College
Science of Tsunami Hazards - International Journal — Collection of downloadable journal articles in PDF format.
Tsunami Society	Tsunamis	Info	College
The Physics of Tsunamis — Explains the mechanisms of tsunami generation and propagation.
Univ. of Washington	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&A, images, and lesson plans for teachers.
PBS-NOVA	Books Effects, Earthquake Historic Earthquakes Lessons online Preparedness Tsunamis	Graphics Info Interactive Lesson Plans	College General Audience High School
Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes
Caltech	Tsunamis Plate tectonics Books Basics	Info Graphics	College
Tsunami — Information about tsunamis.
FEMA	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Tsunami FAQ — Tsunamis: Frequently Asked Questions
NOAA	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation — Information about tsunamis that may save your life. Material excerpted from "Tsunami! The Great Waves"
Univ. of Washington	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Tsunami! — Site provides general information about tsunamis, their causes and history as well as what to do in case of a tsunami.
University of Washington by the Department of Earth and Space Sciences	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Tsunami: The Big Wave — Slide-show style information about the basics of tsunamis.
NASA	Tsunamis	Info	General Audience
Tsunamis — short news piece with images
The Why Files	Effects, Earthquake Tsunamis	Info	Middle School High School General Audience College
Understanding Tsunamis — learn about tsunamis with a model
DiscoverySchool.com	Tsunamis Lessons online Education resources	Lesson Plans	Middle School
UTIG : GK-12 Program — lesson plans for earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, and more
Univ. of Texas, Austin	Lessons online Education resources Basics Plate tectonics Tsunamis	Lesson Plans	Middle School High School College

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