Tsunami Teaching

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The December 26 tsunami that devastated countries around the Indian Ocean is a tragedy that has received worldwide attention. This is an important teachable moment for the geosciences, and we would like to know more about how geoscientists and educators everywhere are incorporating the tsunami into their teaching and outreach.

The Tsunami Teaching project is being undertaken by Heather Macdonald, Cathy Manduca, David Mogk, and Barb Tewksbury. We will incorporate information submitted via this form into two projects, On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty and Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience, and in articles and presentations about this topic. We will credit materials used in the webpages and any articles or presentations. (Terms of Use)

If you want to share what you do in more than one course or setting, please complete the form for each course or setting.

WHAT YOU DID OR PLAN TO DO

Please describe how you incorporated the tsunami into your teaching or outreach. For example, if you included it in a lecture, how did you do so? If you did an in-class activity or discussion, what was the activity and/or how did you cast the discussion? If you did something outside of class or plan to do so, what did you have the students do (e.g, reading assignment, problem set). If you held a public forum public forum or some K-12 outreach activity, please describe it (title, description, etc.)?
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HOW DID IT WORK?

Please feel free to include any comments about how it worked (e.g., what worked particularly well, what were unanticipated results, what didn't work, what resources did you want that weren't available, and so forth).
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CONTRIBUTE

If you are willing to share your activity through our website, you can contribute it to our materials collection.

Are there URLs that would be valuable for others teaching about the tsunami (e.g. informational sites, visualizations, course materials)?
Please give both the URL and a brief description of the site(s) in the box below.
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