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Learning Objectives
An overview of the global distribution of tectonic activity and its link to plate movement and boundaries.
Large scale processes (convection, subduction and divergence) at constructive and destructive margins.
Resulting large scale features to include rift valleys and ocean trenches.
The concept of volcanic hotspots (for example Hawaii).
Processes which result in distinctive volcanic landscape features:
Larger scale features to include shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes, and caldera.
Smaller scale features to include cinder cones, lava tubes and geysers.
Resources
Video - Alfred Wegener song!
Web article - BBC - Mount Mayon Eruption
Video - BBC Convection Currents
Link - NASA Live Earthquake Map
Video - Plate Tectonics Summary
Video - Plate Tectonics Song
Link - Hawaiian Lava Flow
Video - Plate Movement
Video - Convergent Boundaries
Video - Subsea Volcanic Eruptions
Video - Divergent Boundaries
Video - Africa Rift Valley
Video - Collision Boundaries - Himalayas
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Learning Objectives
What are the impacts of tectonic processes?
Impacts of earthquakes, tsunami and volcanic activity on health, infrastructure, and economy.
Physical and human factors that increase vulnerability to tectonic hazards
Physical factors to include the magnitude of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
The characteristics and scale of pyroclastic flows, lava flows, lahars and ash clouds.
Social and economic factors that can increase vulnerability of communities in tectonic zones in countries at different levels of economic development.
Coverage must include one located example of a volcanic hazard and one located earthquake event.
Resources
Video - Earthquake footage
Video - Liquefaction in Japan
Video - Liquefaction in Indonesia
Worksheet - Living in the shadow of Italy's earthquakes
Leaflet - Geoactive 'Tectonic Hazards in Italy'
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Learning Objectives
How monitoring, hazard mapping, new building technology and improved emergency planning may be used to reduce the risks associated with earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
Resources
Video - Nepal Earthquake - April 2015
Video - The Economist - How to build an Earthquake Proof Building
Video - Earthquake Engineering
Link - 7 quake-resistant buildings
Video - Use of Hydraulic Dampers
Video - Japanese Skyscrapers 'dancing'
Worksheet - Earthquake Proof Building Task
Link - 7 Steps to Earthquake Safety
Link - BGS Monitoring Volcanoes