Thursday 7 July 2016

Earthquake!

This week, we have been learning about the earthquakes that often strike in Japan. We found out why earthquakes occur and what people can do to prepare for them.

This video helped us to understand plate tectonics:


We learned about the 'Drop! Cover! Hold!' routine that children are taught in schools in earthquake-prone areas and found out about the best ways to be prepared for an earthquake.

Using our new knowledge, we designed these helpful information posters:




Finally, we learned about how buildings can be constructed to be as safe as possible in an earthquake.

We used spaghetti and marshmallows to create our own buildings, then tested them to see how they withstood an 'earthquake'! Some were much more successful than others!












5 comments:

Daniel :{) said...

It was fascinating tot find out how Earthquakes start. But it was sad to hear about the earthquake and tsunami in 2011

chidera said...

wow! are you learning about earthquakes! your so lucky. anyway we are learning about monsoons instead!

Venus !!! :) :) said...

Wow you guys are learning about Earthquakes and you made pyramids with sticks and marshmallows and jumped on the floor to see which one stands the longest.You guys also made posters! Whoa it looks like you guys had a load of fun I wish I got to do that! :)

Venus !!! :) :) said...

Wow you guys are learning about Earthquakes and you made pyramids with sticks and marshmallows and jumped on the floor to see which one stands the longest.You guys also made posters! Whoa it looks like you guys had a load of fun I wish I got to do that! :)

Venus !!! :) :) said...

Also which group won!!

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