CATASTROPHIC PROCESSES

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
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	Catastrophic natural processes
Catastrophic processes: If a sedimentary bed were laid down outside now – what would it be like? A discussion of beds and catastrophic processes	Catastrophic processes - beds

EARTHQUAKES

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Earthquake in your classroom A classroom earthquake inssssssssstensity scale	Earthquake in your classroom
Earthquake prediction - when will the earthquake strike? Modelling the build-up of stress and sudden release in the Earth that creates earthquakes	Earthquake prediction	Teaching videos Teaching video (ages 7 to 11 years)
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	Extension
Earthquakes in art Developing a scientific report based on evidence in historic paintings	Earthquakes in art
Geobattleships Do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide?	Geobattleships	Teaching video
Jelly/biscuit modelling of how earthquake waves amplify and devastate Demonstrating how seismic shaking depends on local geology	Modelling earthquake wave amplification	Video
Merry waves - all year round (ELI+) Modelling how the energy of seismic waves is transmitted	Merry waves
Quake shake - will my home collapse? When an earthquake strikes - investigate why some buildings survive and others do not	Quake Shake	Extension Columns in Rome Teaching video Video  Photos
Shaken but not stirred? How earthquakes affect buildings	Shaken but not stirred?
Spaghetti quakes Why are big earthquakes so much more destructive than small ones?	Spaghetti quakes	Video (Catalan)
Surviving an earthquake Learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival	Surviving an earthquake	Teaching video Video
Slinky seismic waves demo Using slinkies to show how earthquakes produce P-, S- and surface waves	Slinky seismic waves	Teaching video Video (Catalan)
Waves in the Earth 1 - the slinky simulation (ELI+) Using a long spring to find out how earthquake waves travel through the Earth	Waves through the Earth 1	Teaching video
Waves in the Earth 2 - Human molecules (ELI+) Pupils are pushed around to demonstrate the properties of seismic waves	Waves through the Earth 2	Teaching video

FLOODS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
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
Dam burst danger Modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains - and the disaster that might follow	Dam burst danger

LANDSLIDES

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Danger - quicksands! Why do some rocks give way when it rains hard?	Quicksands
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	Extension Video (Norway)
Failing slopes Modelling how rock cliffs and slopes can collapse	Failing slopes

LOCAL HAZARDS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Which natural hazards could damage the area where you live? How safe is your home area?	Natural hazards in your area?

SINK HOLES

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Sink hole! Demonstrate sink hole processes in action	Sink hole	Video (Catalan)

TSUNAMIS

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Tsunami alert! Run for the hills or stay by the sea? Why does one type of earthquake produce a tsunami, whilst another does not?	Tsunami alert!
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	Tsunami through the window	Extension Pupils work - Portugal Booklet
Tsunami! What controls the speed of a tsunami wave?	Tsunami	Extension Video

VOLCANOES

Title & Description	Activity	More Ideas and Video
Best classroom eruption? Which type of classroom eruption best shows how volcanoes erupt?	Best classroom eruption?	Teaching videos
Blow up your own volcano! Demonstrate the importance of gases in volcanic eruptions	Blow up your own volcano!	Teaching video Video Extension
Bubble-mania The bubbling clues to magma viscosity and eruptions	Bubble-mania
Eruption through the window How could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse	Eruption through the window	Video (Kalapana, Hawaii)
Geobattleships Do earthquakes and volcanoes coincide?	Geobattleships	Teaching video
Krakatau - The balloon goes up at Krakatau Using a tank and balloon to simulate the huge tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatau	Krakatau - tsunamis
Party time for volcanoes! (ELI+) How much force does it take to set off a party popper “volcano”?	Party time for volcanoes	Teaching video Extension
Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting (ELI+) How hazardous is the volcano?	Take a ‘Chance’ on the volcano erupting	Teaching video Extension
When will it blow? - predicting eruptions How a simple tiltmeter can demonstrate the bulging of a volcano before eruption	When will it blow? - predicting eruptions	Video Extension