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Catastrophic processes
Earthquakes Floods Landslides |
Local hazards
Sink holes Tsunamis Volcanoes |
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| Catastrophic processes: What catastrophic natural processes affected your region in the geological past?
Use the evidence in your local region to interpret dramatic geological events |
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| Catastrophic processes: If a sedimentary bed were laid down outside now – what would it be like?
A discussion of beds and catastrophic processes |
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| Earthquake in your classroom
A classroom earthquake inssssssssstensity scale |
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| Earthquake prediction - when will the earthquake strike?
Modelling the build-up of stress and sudden release in the Earth that creates earthquakes |
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| 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 |
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| Earthquakes in art
Developing a scientific report based on evidence in historic paintings |
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Geobattleships
Do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide? |
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| Jelly/biscuit modelling of how earthquake waves amplify and devastate
Demonstrating how seismic shaking depends on local geology |
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| Merry waves - all year round (ELI+)
Modelling how the energy of seismic waves is transmitted |
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| Quake shake - will my home collapse?
When an earthquake strikes - investigate why some buildings survive and others do not |
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Shadowlands
Simulating the effect of the Earth’s core on earthquake waves |
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| Shaken but not stirred?
How earthquakes affect buildings |
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Slinky seismic waves demo
Using slinkies to show how earthquakes produce P-, S- and surface waves |
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Slip-sliding away
How does monitoring fault creep help to forecast earthquakes? |
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| Spaghetti quakes
Why are big earthquakes so much more destructive than small ones? |
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| Surviving an earthquake
Learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival |
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Waves in the Earth 1 - the slinky simulation (ELI+)
Using a long spring to find out how earthquake waves travel through the Earth |
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Waves in the Earth 2 - Human molecules (ELI+)
Pupils are pushed around to demonstrate the properties of seismic waves |
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| 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 |
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| Dam burst danger
Modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains - and the disaster that might follow |
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| Danger - quicksands!
Why do some rocks give way when it rains hard? |
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| Landslide danger - and climate change
Case studies of how landslides work and the likely effects of climate change |
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| 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 |
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| Failing slopes
Modelling how rock cliffs and slopes can collapse |
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| Which natural hazards could damage the area where you live?
How safe is your home area? |
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| Sink hole!
Demonstrate sink hole processes in action |
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| Tsunami alert! Run for the hills or stay by the sea?
Why does one type of earthquake produce a tsunami, whilst another does not? |
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| 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 |
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| Tsunami!
What controls the speed of a tsunami wave? |
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| Best classroom eruption?
Which type of classroom eruption best shows how volcanoes erupt? |
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| Blow up your own volcano!
Demonstrate the importance of gases in volcanic eruptions |
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| Bubble-mania
The bubbling clues to magma viscosity and eruptions |
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| Eruption through the window
How could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse |
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Geobattleships
Do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide? |
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| Krakatau - The balloon goes up at Krakatau
Using a tank and balloon to simulate the huge tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatau | ||
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Party time for volcanoes! (ELI+)
How much force does it take to set off a party popper “volcano”? |
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Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting (ELI+)
How hazardous is the volcano? |
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When will it blow? - predicting eruptions
How a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before eruption |
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