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Emergency Science – Surviving Natural Disasters

The science behind earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis

The book connects science directly with natural disasters and demonstrates clearly how understanding emergency science concepts can literally save lives - quite possibly those of the students and their families - during an earthquake, volcanic eruption or tsunami. The wide range of hands-on activities covers Earth's layers, continental drift, tectonic plates, plate boundary divergence and convergence, heat transfer, real disasters, tides and moon phases, fossils and the rock cycle. Students are actively engaged as they explore scientific models based on observation and tested by evidence, and complete class-based resources.

Ages: 12-15 | Pages: 56 | Code: 51083 | ISBN: 9781776555444

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Brenda Greene

Brenda Greene gained an MSc from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand and worked as a scientist, publishing papers on the genetics and conservation of New Zealand birds. She gained a Diploma in Teaching and Learning from Canterbury University, and taught science at the Orana Wildlife Park and in Christchurch secondary schools. She enjoys hands-on science, and is always inventing new experiments for her students to do.

Contents

Introduction4
Overview of this book4
Understanding Our Earth5
Survivor5
Earth's crust8
Continental drift11
Convection in a liquid13
Convection in a gas15
Conduction in a solid – experiments 1–516
Conduction in a solid – graph it21
Radiation via atoms22
Tectonic plates23
Volcanoes26
Making volcanoes26
Ring of fire28
Earthquakes33
Rock it!33
Fossils35
Faults and folds37
San Andreas and Adelaide faults39
Measuring earthquakes40
I have, who has?44
Tsunamis48
Investigating tsunamis48
Tides51
Selected answers55