Topic outline
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Students examine earthquake prone areas and then look at real time data.
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Students discuss scales by which earthquakes are measured and simulate seismic waves.
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A short activity examining how earthquakes may trigger landslides.
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Students learn what liquefaction is and then simulate this phenomenon and its impact on structures using two simple experiments.
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In this activity students discover advice on how to deal with an earthquake sitution, courtesy of Geoscience Australia, and then use this to create their own poster.
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Questions and a wordsleuth to review this topic.