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Natural Hazards Activities

Title & Description English
Extension Ideas
Readers' comments
to take you further
Videos

An eruption through the window
How could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse An eruption through the window Video (YouTube)

A tsunami through the window - what would you see, what would you feel?
Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a tsunami through the window might look like A tsunami through the window Extension
Pupils work - Portugal
Booklet (2406)

Dam burst danger
Modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains - and the disaster that might follow Dam burst danger

Earthquake prediction - when will the earthquake strike?
Modelling the build-up of stress and sudden release in the Earth that creates earthquakes Earthquake prediction

Earthquake through the window - what would you see, what would you feel?
Asking pupils to picture for themselves what an earthquake through the window might look like Earthquake through the window

Flood through the window - what would you see, how would you feel?
Pupils picture for themselves what a major flood through the window might look like Flood through the window What was it like to be there - Manila 26 Sept 2009

Landslide through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a landslide through the window might look like Landslide through the window

Surviving an earthquake
Learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival Surviving an earthquake Video (YouTube)

Tsunami
What controls the speed of a tsunami wave? Tsunami Extension Video

Quake shake - will my home collapse?
When an earthquake strikes - investigate why some buildings survive and others do not Quake Shake Extension Video Photos

Title & Description	English	Extension Ideas Readers' comments to take you further	Videos
An eruption through the window How could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse	An eruption through the window		Video (YouTube)
A tsunami through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a tsunami through the window might look like	A tsunami through the window	Extension Pupils work - Portugal Booklet (2406)
Dam burst danger Modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains - and the disaster that might follow	Dam burst danger
Earthquake prediction - when will the earthquake strike? Modelling the build-up of stress and sudden release in the Earth that creates earthquakes	Earthquake prediction
Earthquake through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what an earthquake through the window might look like	Earthquake through the window
Flood through the window - what would you see, how would you feel? Pupils picture for themselves what a major flood through the window might look like	Flood through the window	What was it like to be there - Manila 26 Sept 2009
Landslide through the window - what would you see, what would you feel? Asking pupils to picture for themselves what a landslide through the window might look like	Landslide through the window
Surviving an earthquake Learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival	Surviving an earthquake		Video (YouTube)
Tsunami What controls the speed of a tsunami wave?	Tsunami	Extension	Video
Quake shake - will my home collapse? When an earthquake strikes - investigate why some buildings survive and others do not	Quake Shake	Extension	Video Photos