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Title & Description	English	More Ideas and Videos
Best classroom eruption? Which type of classroom eruption best shows how volcanoes erupt?	Best classroom eruption?	Teaching videos
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
Dam burst danger Modelling the collapse of a natural dam in the mountains - and the disaster that might follow	Dam burst danger
Danger - quicksands! Why do some rocks give way when it rains hard?	Quicksands
Earthquake in your classroom A classroom earthquake intensity 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
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
Eruption through the window How could an eruption transform your view?- lava, ash, lahar or something worse	Eruption through the window	Video (Kalapana, Hawaii)
Failing slopes Modelling how rock cliffs and slopes can collapse	Failing slopes
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
Jelly/biscuit modelling of how earthquake waves amplify and devastate Demonstrating how seismic shaking depends on local geology	Modelling earthquake wave amplification	Video
Krakatoa - The balloon goes up at Krakatoa Using a tank and balloon to simulate the huge tsunamis caused by the eruption of Krakatoa	Krakatoa - tsunamis
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 (Calabria, Italy)
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 Video  Photos
Sink hole! Demonstrate sink hole processes in action	Sink hole
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
Surviving an earthquake Learn the earthquake drill and increase your chances of survival	Surviving an earthquake	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