Primary School Teachers

Monster waves: Science/math activity

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This classroom activity for teachers is meant to instruct students on the impact of tsunamis and encourage discussion on tsunami preparedness. Students will build a table-top replica of a coastal village or city that they can use to visualize tsunami wave height.

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Hazards Tsunami

Themes Education and school safety Children and Youth

Publication year

1997

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