Student Activities Tsunami Origins Materials Student Worksheet Tectonic plate map Procedure Part 1 How many earthquakes do you think occurred in the world today? How many volcanoes? And what does that have to do with tsunamis? 1. Visit the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program - Earthquake Bulletin site and answer the questions on the Student Worksheet. 2. Obtain a copy of the tectonic plate map. Do the boundaries of the plates match up with the locations of the earthquakes on the USGS site? Part 2 3. Visit Volcano World's Current Volcanic Activity site and answer the questions on the Student Worksheet. (it might be helpful to use the world map created in the last lesson) 4. Refer to the tectonic plate map. Do the boundaries of the plates match up with the locations of the active volcanoes on the Volcano World site? 5. Click on the BBC's Tsunami Animated Guide and view the 9 slides explaining how the Asian tsunami happened. Assessment If you were a scientist in charge of predicting tsunamis, what type of information would you think would be helpful to gather? Explain. If you had a limited amount of sensors or buoys to put into the water to help detect a tsunami, where in the world would you put them? Explain. How would you compare or combine the data about earthquakes, volcanoes and the water to help predict a tsunami?
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