Tsunami Websites

       

Web Address

Description

http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/ This site has before and after pictures taken from space of the  areas affected by the Dec. 04 tsunami.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/tsunami.htm

This explains how tsunamis are created and what happens when the big waves hit land.

http://www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/

More pictures of tsunamis

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
NaturalHazards/shownh.php3?img_id=12643

This site has pictures taken by NASA of the tsunamis before and after.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
xpeditions/lessons/07/gk2/wavesintro.html

K-2 website about tsunamis.  This is a lesson plan.

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/
gen_act/disaster/monster.html

This is about monster waves.

http://school.discovery.com/
lessonplans/programs/dynamicearth/

Grades 3-5 learn how underwater earthquakes trigger tsunamis.

 http://school.discovery.com/teachers/tsunami/

 Lesson plan to teaching upper elementary students about tsunamis.

http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/earthquakes-gettingready/ This site also has lesson plans about teaching students about dynamic earth changes due to mudslides, tsunamis, etc.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/bulletins.htm Pacific tsunami warning site
http://tsunami.gov/ Government tsunami warning center.

 

Some of the  above websites came from Netties News January 18th edition
Constructed by Barb Jones September 11, 2006