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== About the event == | == About the event == | ||
The Workshop has been designed as an interactive exercise that encourages students to study the aftermath of a major earthquake and how disaster response organisations react. There is a need for a detailed map of the affected area to be used by a variety of organisations, each of which will require different information to be shown. Students are assigned to different roles and will need to work collaboratively in order to arrive at a consensus in their final product. | The Workshop has been designed as an interactive exercise that encourages students to study the aftermath of a major earthquake and how disaster response organisations react. There is a need for a detailed map of the affected area to be used by a variety of organisations, each of which will require different information to be shown. Students are assigned to different roles and will need to work collaboratively in order to arrive at a consensus in their final product. | ||
Currently, the Workshop looks at the earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan that occurred in March 2011, with the exercise based in and around the city of Sendai. Students are provided with a range of source maps, many of which only have text in Japanese, which they can use to extract the necessary information. They are also provided with a laptop to access Internet resources to supplement the information on the mapping. Finally they are given two outline maps on which to add their information – they can use one or both, it is their job as a team to decide this. | Currently, the Workshop looks at the earthquake and tsunami in eastern Japan that occurred in March 2011, with the exercise based in and around the city of Sendai. Students are provided with a range of source maps, many of which only have text in Japanese, which they can use to extract the necessary information. They are also provided with a laptop to access Internet resources to supplement the information on the mapping. Finally they are given two outline maps on which to add their information – they can use one or both, it is their job as a team to decide this. | ||
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The workshop supports both Edexcel and AQA Physical Geography modules entitled The Restless Earth, specifically the following key ideas: | The workshop supports both Edexcel and AQA Physical Geography modules entitled The Restless Earth, specifically the following key ideas: | ||
• Earthquakes occur at constructive, destructive and conservative plate margins | • Earthquakes occur at constructive, destructive and conservative plate margins<br/> | ||
- Features of earthquakes – epicentre, focus, shock waves. | - Features of earthquakes – epicentre, focus, shock waves.<br/> | ||
• The effects of earthquakes and responses to them | • The effects of earthquakes and responses to them<br/> | ||
- Primary and secondary effects; immediate and long term responses | - Primary and secondary effects; immediate and long term responses<br/> | ||
• Tsunamis are a specific secondary effect and can have devastating effects in coastal areas | • Tsunamis are a specific secondary effect and can have devastating effects in coastal areas<br/> | ||
- A case study of a tsunami – its cause, effects and responses. | - A case study of a tsunami – its cause, effects and responses.<br/> | ||
