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Preview each item and decide on the educational components of value to the grade and student activities for the new “3 R’s” Read, Research and Report. Educators can prepare lesson plans which include some of these IT resources. The students are given these specific IT resources to do research or web quests. After these are used, a search engine’s “advanced search” can locate additional information on specific concepts and knowledge based queries. Education Technology on this Asia Tsunami 2004 will be developing in a more permanent form now that the one year anniversary is past.

 as seen on TV

PBS Wave that shock the world     program description     Anatomy of a Tsunami     Once and Future Tsunamis

TLC - cable channel 23 in Winnipeg
Tsunami - Wave of Disaster (series)  (new for December 2005)
Tsunami - Wave of Disaster (episode)
airing: Dec. 26 2005 @ 03:00 PM, Dec. 31 2005 @ 07:00 PM and Jan. 01 2006 @ 11:00 AM

America's Tsunami- Are We Next (2x60 minute programs)  (new for December 2005)
Episode 1   airing: Dec. 26 2005 @ 04:00 PM, Dec. 27 2005 @ 06:00 PM, and Dec. 27 2005 @ 10:00 PM 
Episode 2   airing: Dec. 26 2005 @ 05:00 PM. Dec. 27 2005 @ 07:00 PM, and Dec. 28 2005 @ 11:00 AM

CNN - one year after the event, CNN produced this special page. Also, read this story.

 Worldbook Online

http://www.worldbookonline.com

Search for Tsunami, get the definition, the causes, the basic science of a Tsunami and recent Tsunami disasters. This develops a firm understanding of the concept word, assists in concept mapping, links to earthquakes, and then prepares the student to apply the knowledge in the next research IT activities.

 Main Education IT pages on the general topic

Discovery Channel / The Next Wave

1. The Science of Tsunamis 
2. Quake Map 
3. Tsunami Animation 
4. Web Links 
5. Video Gallery

New York Times Tsunami Pages

1. "Asia's Deadly Waves" (note that some links are not active since this is a special page that has not been updated) Please view the main photographs that open with macromedia.
2. A Disaster Unfolds - hour by hour story, select from the top tabs for media presentations
3. More Tsunami Multimedia
4. Learning Network- Classroom Resources for Grade 3-12

BBC –

1. Asia Earthquake Disaster - main web page that is updated since December 26, 2004
2. Mourners mark tsunami anniversary
3. In pictures Survivors of the tsunami photograph their own lives
4. Tsunami aid How much money was raised and how it is being spent
5. How tsunami affected politics in a conflict-hit region
6. In pictures- Tsunami rehabilitation
7. Turning back the tide of grief
8. Still homeless in Andamans 

CBC – Asia Earthquake  main page and
for December 26, 2005 Solemn ceremonies mark anniversary of Southeast Asia tsunami

Winnipeg School Division, Bites and Bytes article Tsunami, January 2005 - Educational Resources and Links

NOAA Tsunami Main Page

NOAA Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

 Specific Education IT pages on these topics

 English Language Arts

What does Tsunami mean?     tsoo-nah-mee

 Science

USGS Report of event on December 26, 2004
Magnitude 9.0 - Sumatra and Andamans Earthquake off the West coast of Northern Sumatra, 2004 December 26 00:58:53 UTC

EERI (Earth Engineering Research Institute) Report of event

How stuff works

1. How Stuff Works - Tsunami
2. Anatomy of a Wave
3. How Tsunamis work: Tsunamigenesis
4. Energy hits the water
5. Landfall
6. December 26 Timeline
7. DART and PTWC

USC - Tsunami Research Center

CBC -  Forces of Nature / Tsunamis
Questions asked and answered on this web page

NASA - Wave height and travel time     Maximum Wave Height PDF     Travel Time PDF

NOAA (PMEL) Research Program of the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory,
Tsunami Event 2004 12 26 PMEL Dr. Titov is an expert in the propagation of tsunamis, and has generated a model animation of the tsunami’s progression from its origin near Sumatra.
PMEL - Tsunami warning and mitigation PMEL
PMEL - view the Web-Link Compilation  

Teachervision - How a Tsunami Occurs

University of Washington - The Physics of a Tsunami     main web page for Tsunami

Tsunamis- Can they happen here?

PTWC – Pacific Tsunami Warning Center  

 Multi-Media, Animation, and Images

Asian Tsunami Videos  

BBC - The tsunami disaster explained  
BBC - Tsunami Remembered
BBC - Timeline- How events unfolded

New York Times search results

PMEL - Tsunami Animations page 

PMEL - DART  good animation showing vertical lift, and sound.

PMEL - Tsunami Propagation  

USC – The Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster December 26, 2004  

 Satellite Imagery From NASA

Section 1 - The Beginning

Earthquake Spawns Tsunamis
Image 12646 - Seismic measurements and computer models show estimates of how much the Earth moved as a result of the quake. The left map is vertical displacement, or uplift, the right is horizontal motion. Geologists hope to use remote sensing data, combined with on-site GPS measurements, to evaluate the motion predicted by these computer models. 

Epicentre Plate map.
Imagery of nearby beaches shows that the edge of the ocean had receded about 150 meters from the shoreline. The tectonic puzzle pieces fit together around Indonesia. See image 12640  or  16772  

Satellites Map Tsunami Wave Height - image 16795

Also view this image  and read the story.

Section 2 - The End

India

1. Image 16798 - Breaking Tsunami Waves along India’s Eastern Coast  
2. Image 12649 - Chennai, a harbor city on the southeastern Indian coast (Dec. 29)
3. Image 12652 - Little Andaman Island, India 

Indonesia

1. Image 12671 - Meulaboh, Indonesia  
2. Image 16777 - Lhoknga, Indonesia 
3. Image 16782 - Gleebruk, Indonesia 

Sri Lanka

1. Image 12643 or image 16774 - Kalutara, Sri Lanka - about an hour after the first in the series of waves hit
2. Image 16802 - Deep Ocean Tsunami Waves off the Sri Lankan Coast 

Sumatra

1. Image 16864 - map compares the December 26, 2004 and March 28, 2005 earthquakes
   also shown are the rupture zones of two former earthquakes in 1861 and 1833
2. Image 12647 - Lhoknga, Sumatra on the west coast of Sumatra near the capital of Aceh, Banda Aceh or image 12647
3. Image 16775 - Northwest Sumatra 
4. Image 16778 - Aceh Province, Sumatra 
5. Image 16799 - Northwestern Sumatra (Indonesia) 

Thailand

1. Image 12648 - Beaches of Khao Lak, Thailand 
2. Image 16776 - Phuket, Thailand 
3. Image 16791 - Tsunami Damage in Thailand 

 Global Aftermath

CNN - Death Toll  listed on December 28, 2004

CBC - Q and A on the topic  

Scotsman – Indian Ocean Earthquake from Scotland, it offers stories of current interest from a European perspective  

NOAA - NOAA and the Indian Ocean Tsunami and timeline of events

 Teacher Lessons Plan samples and resources

PBS Savage Earth - Tsunami Waves of Destruction - super presentation viewing for a lesson, complete with animation

Discovery School -
Dynamic Earth – Tsunamis (K-5)
Understanding Tsunamis  (6-8)
Tsunamis – Teachers Guide in PDF format (6-8)
Tsunami wave – simple experiment  (3-5) to create the wave (an RTF file to download)

Lesson Plans for (FAQs) Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis - sourced from Teachervision  

Tsunami - The great Waves (PDF) a 15 page presentation

Tsunami Media Kit page from PMEL

Tsunami Education Month (NOAA) in April  

Tsunami Society 
and Numerical Modeling of the Global Tsunami- Indonesian Tsunami of 26 December 2004 - Zygmunt Kowalik, William Knight, Tom Logan, and Paul Whitmore, pages 40-56
and 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami on the Maldives Islands- Initial Observations -- Barbara H. Keating, Charles Helsey, Zaha Waheed, Dale Dominey Howes, pages 19-70

Pacific Tsunami Museum (Hilo, Hawaii)  Education    Science    Events    "Attention Teachers - Planning a field trip?" 

This web page was created on February 8, 2008 and was revised on December 28, 2005