Student Activities Tsunamis in History Materials The National Geographic Large World Map Tsunamis in History table Student Worksheet Tectonic plate map Procedure 1. Obtain a copy of the world map and a copy of the Tsunamis in History table. 2. Plot the location of the tsunami sources on the map. Try to use a different color to represent each event. NOTE: You may want to work in small groups to gather and plot all of the information. 3. Plot the locations of the distance traveled by each tsunami. 4. Draw arrows from the source to the distance traveled dots for each tsunami. NOTE: (some tsunamis traveled entire oceans, for those, just draw several arrows in various directions away from the source) 5. Choose one of the tsunamis listed below. Using the information on the Tsunamis in History table and the information found on the web site about the event, answer the questions on the Student Worksheet. Tsunamis: Indian Ocean Krakatoa, Indonesia Lisbon, Portugal Pacific Northwest Southern Chile Aleutian Islands, Alaska Assessment If you were a scientist in charge of predicting tsunamis, what type of information would you think would be helpful to gather? Explain.
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