C4.2 Japan - Lesson 3: The Great East Japan Disaster

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C7.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

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What's the plan for today?

1. START: C4.2: The Great East Japan Disaster
   

CHECK HOMEWORK

7 to 9 of C4.1

PARAGRAPH 2:

THE GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER

OPEN PAGES 70/71 IN YOUR GEOGUIDE

EARTHQUAKES AND TSUNAMI'S:

1. You can explain the words epicentre, hypocentre, Richter scale and seismologist (G106 + G107).
   
2. You can explain how the Richter scale is calculated (G107).
   
3. You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works (G109 + §2, question 3).
4. You can name 4 consequences of the tsunami in Japan in 2011.

WE READ THE SECOND * OF G106 AND G107 TOGETHER

IN YOUR NOTEBOOK:

1. You can explain the words epicentre, hypocentre, Richter scale and seismologist (G106 + G107).
   
2. You can explain how the Richter scale is calculated (G107).
   
3. You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works (G109 + §2, question 3).
4. You can name 4 consequences of the tsunami in Japan in 2011.

THE RICHTER SCALE

Scale to measure the force of an earthquake.

Explain the Richter scale

Richter scale - Scale to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.

-- The force goes times ?

                1  ...  2  ...  3  ...  4  ...  5  ...  6  ...  7  ...  8  ...  9  ...  10

The seaquake near Japan

How a tsunami is formed

How a tsunami is formed

You can explain in 4 steps how a tsunami works (G109 + §2, question 3).

• Open question 3 in your workbook.
• Open G109 at page 71 in your GeoGuide.

https://blog.ed.ted.com/2014/07/09/how-tsunamis-work-in-5-animated-gifs/

The rest of the lesson...

Introduction of C4.2: The Great East Japan Disaster

• Open page 64-65 in your coursebook.
• Use G106 and 107 in your GeoGuide.

Make questions 1, 3, 4 & 5 in your workbook.

This is also the homework for the next lesson.

OPEN C4.2 IN YOUR COURSEBOOK

First, we read this paragraph together.

Open your notebook:

• Try to think of 3 questions that can appear in a test.
• Use the figures.
• Think about the quality of your questions!

Finished? Make 5 to 8 in your workbook.

HOMEWORK

C7.2: Make questions 1, 3, 4 & 5 in your workbook.