19 October - 25 October

Kia ora...students and welcome to week 3. For this week you will be examining the impacts and consequences of earthquakes. 

Achievement Objectives: 

Big Idea: Innovations

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

•  research the numerous impacts earthquakes have onto people/ the economy and the environment
• examine the consequences of earthquakes for that location and country
• use insightful images to demonstrate the impacts
• to discover and use new terminology 

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• researched in detail the impacts and consequences of earthquakes onto people/ places and the economy.
• used images to show-case my discussions
• relate these impacts to my case study

Activities:

1. see video on the impacts on earthquakes in Pakistan and Japan. Write down what you see and the effects this has at that time.
2. Research the earthquakes that occurred in Christchurch 2011. Look for 2 newspaper articles on this event and write a short summary of this historical natural disaster.
3. Through a case study approach: research the many impacts and consequences earthquakes onto people/ economy and the environment.Think of how people are affected/ the damage to the environment/ the costs to rebuild. How long does it take to have that location/ country continue  with" business as usual..
4. Link these impacts with your case study location. For this also include newspaper articles that shows  the effects of the earthquake there.Update your blog by writing your findings here.
5. Use words like richer scale, seismic waves, energy, warning signals magnitude, and 
6. Examine what are the potential consequences of an earthquake. Research ideas on landslides, tsunami, and liquefaction.What are these process and the effects it has as well.
7. Research one cartoon that shows the impacts of the earthquakes. Provide an analysis of this in your blog.

ReSources:

BBC - GCSE Bitesize: Effects of an earthquake

Homework:
Work on your survival kit