What caused the tsunami and why was it so deadly?
Your Task: Complete your map Can you describe where the tsunami hit Japan?
Your Task: Quiz, quiz, trade What do you know about the tsunami in Japan?
Japan earthquake: Waking up to tsunami devastation
Think – Pair – Share
Imagine you are one of the survivors there. Describe what you would do and what your feelings would be.
People evacuated and the injured in emergency shelters and hospitals
Ordinary people and rescuers search amongst the debris
The full scale: before and after in Sendai
What can you add to your diagram?
Read the newspaper article:
Effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
Drowned towns and radiation leaks – Where would you add these effects to your spider diagram?
Amazing stories - man rescued after his house has been dragged 10 miles out to sea by the returing water
International Support
Danger from the nuclear power station damaged by the earthquake
What have been the effects of the tsunami so far?
Effects of the tsunami in Japan
The Tsunami hits
Effects of the Tsunami
Effects: The day after in Kesennuma City, Miyagi (the worst hit ldings have been destroyed, dragged around and destroyed, whilst people are in shock
Responses: The emergency services are trained to deal with the effects of earthquakes but were not prepared for anything on this scale
What happened on Friday and why was it so deadly?
Japan Earthquake Friday March 11 2011
Learning Objectives
What if you could explain where the earthquake and tsunami in Japan happened, what caused these events and describe some of the ways the north east coast of Japan has been affected. What we are looking for is key detail to explain what happened, with locations and analysis of how the north east coast of Japan has been affected. What’s next? To examine the further challenges Japan will face, right now in the short term and then in the longer term as they try to recover.
Your Task: What have been the effects of the earthquake and tsunami so far?
Effects of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami
Towns vanish, thousands die – but a nation begins its fightback
How does it compare with past tsunamis? Is Japan the world's most quake-prone area? Where, precisely, did it occur? How powerful was it? Were there any warning signs? How does a quake cause a tsunami? How big was this tsunami? Why did Japan survive the quake but not the tsunami? How does this quake compare with others? What, briefly, is the damage it has done in Japan? How about the rest of the world?