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Survive That Tsunami! Testing Model Villages in Big Waves
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Hill, Geoffrey Zarske, Malinda Schaefer Carlson, Denise |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Description | Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. Students make villages of model houses and buildings to test how different material types are impacted by the huge waves. Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. They see how a tsunami moves across the ocean and what happens when it reaches the continental shelf. Students make villages of model houses and buildings to test how different material types are impacted by the huge waves. They further discuss how engineers design buildings to survive tsunamis. Much of this activity setup is the same as for the Mini-Landscape activity in Lesson 4 of the Natural Disasters unit. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Science and Technology Building Disaster Tsunami Natural Disaster Construction |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT45M |
| Education Level | Class III Class IV Class V |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth Technical |
