Community Park School, Princeton, NJ 4^th Grade Scientist in Residence Program Earthquakes and Tsunamis by Eric Simms, Liz Sikes and John Wilkin Supported by Rutgers University’s Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences K-12 Education Programs and the COOL Classroom

Links to internet resources we will use in class:

U.S. Geological Survey

• World map of earthquake activity
• Plate boundary dynamics site

University of North Dakota

• Current Volcano data

Rice University

• Plate boundaries lesson

PBS

• A Science Odyssey plate boundary lesson
  including the Plate tectonics activity

National Geographic

• Waves
• Volvo race wave simulator

BBC News for children

• Sumatra tsunami animated guide

Dec 26, 2004 Sumatra tsunami

• Global wave pattern (model) (10Mb mov file)
• Indian ocean wave pattern (model and data) (6Mb mov file)
• Patong Beach wave (10Mb wmv file)

Rutgers COOL Classroom

• Continuous vs. discrete data

NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

• DART: Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis
  Illustration of tsunami detector system

NASA Observatorium

• Tsunami – The Big Wave

Kids, don’t try this at home….

Some pictures from our classroom experience:

Photos by E. Klimczuk, J. Fallas, J. Wilkin and L. Gougoutas.