Tsunamis ‘a special type of wave where the entire depth of the sea or ocean is set in motion by an event, often an earthquake, which displaces the water above it and creates a huge wave’ TASK 1 – Write down the title ‘Tsunamis’ and the definition of what a tsunami is in your book.

Think about how tsunamis are linked to earthquakes. TASK 2 – Watch this video that describes how tsunamis happen.

Use this link to help you draw out the outline map: Then add the plate boundaries and rupture area, using the images below: TASK 3 – Draw out the outline of Japan in your book (underneath the definition of tsunamis) – you should take up the whole page. Then add the plate boundaries.

Add a north arrow. Mark on the location of Tokyo, Sendai and Fukishima Nuclear Power Station. Label the main islands. You can use Google Maps to help you: TASK 4 – Add the following information to your map.

Mark on the location of epicentre, the magnitude of the earthquake, the depth of the focus and the time that it occurred. Use this link to help you: ki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_e arthquake_and_tsunami ki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_e arthquake_and_tsunami TASK 5 – Find out about the earthquake and put that information on your map.

Watch this video and write some notes to give more information about the earthquake/tsunami. You must include the name of the earthquake and the date and time it happened in your notes. eature=youtu.be TASK 6 – Watch the YouTube clip and make some notes.

japan-earthquake-2-years-later-before-and- after/100469/ japan-earthquake-2-years-later-before-and- after/100469/ TASK 7 – Look at photos showing the devastation caused by the tsunami (link below). Choose one image and paste it into a word document. Annotate around it to explain what the likely effects for people in that area would be.

elegraph.co.u k/news/worl dnews/asia/j apan/ /Japan- earthquake- and-tsunami- list-of- impacts-of- disaster.html TASK 8 – Read the article below to find out some more of the impacts of the tsunami. Add some of this information to your annotated picture.

/case-study- japan- earthquake- tsunami / /case-study- japan- earthquake- tsunami / rld-asia-pacific rld-asia-pacific TASK 9 – Read the information in the link below, and watch the BBC video (2 nd link). Make some notes on the impacts of the Fukushima disaster – colour code these to show which are long term impacts and which are short term.