The recent devastating events in Japan have, sadly, provided useful teaching tools for my junior SOSE class. We have been studying volcanoes and earthquakes. The last few days have been an extraordinary reminder to us of the power and destruction of nature, as well as why it is important to study things like the effects of tectonic plates shifting.
Today, I got my students to look at the ABC's excellent Japan Earthquake Live site which provides rolling coverage of all the developments, including links to useful websites (e.g. scientific reports), videos, audio and images.
The students' task was to find 5 Fascinating Facts about the earthquake/tsunami and present this as a handout with visuals. We watched some of the videos together and discussed implications, e.g. the effects of explosions in the nuclear power plants, etc.
We all learnt something new, as well as lots of things to pray for.
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