3.Earthquake Damage (1)

Purpose: Focus on earthquake damage

Students should include this part in their case study, here are some steps and recommendation for guiding their works: 

1. Search key words like Tsunamis, fires, Economic lost, life lost, etc. from resources like magazine, books, e-journals, newspapers, websites. 

2. Students know the damage of earthquake through reading articles, news, visual resources, statistics, etc. Use collected information in case study. 

Recommendation: Evaluate web reliability 
The following websites recommend tips for evaluating websites and internet resources: 

http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/webeval.html

http://journalism.about.com/od/reporting/a/Eight-Ways-To-Tell-If-A-Website-Is-Reliable.htm

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/petrosino/Legacy_Cycle/mf_jm/Challenge%201/website%20reliable.pdf



1. Exercise: 

Students may use web evaluation tips to access the following websites, including encyclopedia, articles, news that emphasize on the damage and destruction with supports of cases studies and explanations. 

http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/151858/
http://earthweb.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/earthquake.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake
http://www.king5.com/news/quake


Other: Example of mind mapping W.S. for taking notes: