Tsunami Education Resource Kit (TERK)
“Tilly
Smith, a 10 year old girl from Oxshott, Surrey, England saved a hundred
fellow tourists from the December 26, 2004 tsunami. She urged her
family to get off Maikhao beach in Phuket , Thailand after seeing the
tide rush out. Her mother and father alerted others to clear the beach.
She learned about tsunamis from an earthquake project that her
geography teacher, Andrew Kearney, had her complete at Danes
Preparatory School.”
Peter Pissierssens
London Times
January 1, 2005
If one 10 year old girl
could save a hundred lives, think about how many more lives could have
been saved if the residents and tourists were more informed about
tsunamis. NOAA has collected these educational resources on tsunamis
for use in K-12 classrooms. These brochures, websites, hands-on
activities, and visualizations can supplement an existing curricula. A
tsunameter will help elementary students visualize the difference
between tsunami and tidal waves.
TsunamiReady Education
Resource Materials CD
Supplemental
Curricula
Websites and NSE Standards
Scientific Publications
Press Releases
Historical Perspective
Brochures
Hazard Preparedness
Visualizations/Multimedia
Other
Tsunami Education
Materials
Non-Earthquake
Generated Tsunamis
Tsunamis
and Native American Legends
TsunamiReady
Video CD
NOAA
Pacific Marine
Environmental Lab
Mary Cook: NOAA Teacher
at
Sea
NOAA Deep-ocean Assessment and
Reporting
of Tsunamis (DART) Buoy
NOAA Tsunami
Warning
System
