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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 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 | ![]() | High School General Audience College |
Science of Tsunami Hazards - International Journal — Collection of downloadable journal articles in PDF format. | |||
Tsunami Society | Tsunamis | ![]() | College |
The Physics of Tsunamis — Explains the mechanisms of tsunami generation and propagation. | |||
Univ. of Washington | Tsunamis | ![]() | 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 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | College General Audience High School |
Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes | |||
Caltech | Tsunamis Plate tectonics Books Basics | ![]() ![]() | College |
Tsunami — Information about tsunamis. | |||
FEMA | Tsunamis | ![]() | General Audience |
Tsunami FAQ — Tsunamis: Frequently Asked Questions | |||
NOAA | Tsunamis | ![]() | General Audience |
Tsunami Hazard Mitigation — Information about tsunamis that may save your life. Material excerpted from "Tsunami! The Great Waves" | |||
Univ. of Washington | Tsunamis | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | General Audience |
Tsunami: The Big Wave — Slide-show style information about the basics of tsunamis. | |||
NASA | Tsunamis | ![]() | General Audience |
Tsunamis — short news piece with images | |||
The Why Files | Effects, Earthquake Tsunamis | ![]() | Middle School High School General Audience College |
Understanding Tsunamis — learn about tsunamis with a model | |||
DiscoverySchool.com | Tsunamis Lessons online Education resources | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Middle School High School College |