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    This document outlines instructions for a multi-step experiment to model the impact of tsunamis on model communities and the effectiveness of different mitigation techniques. Students are instructed to build paper model houses and communities, then test how they are affected when a slate is moved to simulate a tsunami wave. Reinforcements like additional housing materials, trees, breakwaters, and sand dunes are added and tested across multiple trials while recording damage levels. Students are prompted to reflect on how their mitigation choices might help or hurt their model community and daily lives. Real-world limitations on protective measures are also discussed.

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    This document outlines instructions for a multi-step experiment to model the impact of tsunamis on model communities and the effectiveness of different mitigation techniques. Students are instructed to build paper model houses and communities, then test how they are affected when a slate is moved to simulate a tsunami wave. Reinforcements like additional housing materials, trees, breakwaters, and sand dunes are added and tested across multiple trials while recording damage levels. Students are prompted to reflect on how their mitigation choices might help or hurt their model community and daily lives. Real-world limitations on protective measures are also discussed.

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    This document outlines instructions for a multi-step experiment to model the impact of tsunamis on model communities and the effectiveness of different mitigation techniques. Students are instructed to build paper model houses and communities, then test how they are affected when a slate is moved to simulate a tsunami wave. Reinforcements like additional housing materials, trees, breakwaters, and sand dunes are added and tested across multiple trials while recording damage levels. Students are prompted to reflect on how their mitigation choices might help or hurt their model community and daily lives. Real-world limitations on protective measures are also discussed.

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    This document outlines instructions for a multi-step experiment to model the impact of tsunamis on model communities and the effectiveness of different mitigation techniques. Students are instructed to build paper model houses and communities, then test how they are affected when a slate is moved to simulate a tsunami wave. Reinforcements like additional housing materials, trees, breakwaters, and sand dunes are added and tested across multiple trials while recording damage levels. Students are prompted to reflect on how their mitigation choices might help or hurt their model community and daily lives. Real-world limitations on protective measures are also discussed.

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    SOCIAL STUDIES/SCIENCE/STEM TSUNAMIS

    DATA SHEET

    COUNTRY NAME: ___________________________________________________

    ___________________________________
    Name

    _______________________
    Date

    _______________
    Section

    TEST #1:
    1. Arrange your paper community buildings on the sand. Mark your initials on the box
    that represents your house on the data sheet.
    2. Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    3. Focus person #1 push the slate to move the wave.
    4. Record impact.
    TEST #2
    1. Arrange Reinforced Community #1 on the sand in the same location as the paper
    houses. Mark your initials on the box that represents your house on the data sheet.
    2. Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    3. Focus person #2 push the slate to move the wave.
    4. Record impact.
    TEST #3
    1. Arrange Reinforced Community #2 on the sand in the same location as Community
    #1. Mark your initials on the box that represents your house on the data sheet.
    2. Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    3. Focus person #3 push the slate to move the wave.
    4. Record impact.
    TEST #4
    1. Pick your sturdiest houses (the houses that survived the most successfully). Mark
    2.
    3.
    5.
    6.
    7.

    your initials on the box that represents your house on the data sheet.
    Place the houses in the same location.
    Change the landscape: add trees and breakwaters or make sand dunes.
    Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    Focus person #4 push the slate to move the wave.
    Record impact.

    TEST #5
    1. Leave your houses in the same location. Mark your initials on the box that represents
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    your house on the data sheet.


    Change the landscape. Rearrange your trees, breakwaters and sand dunes.
    Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    Focus person #5 push the slate to move the wave.
    Record impact.

    TEST #6

    1. Change any of the variables. Mark your initials on the box that represents your house
    on the data sheet.
    2. Clear the earthquake zone of all hands. Wait for the start call.
    3. As a group, push the slate to move the wave.
    6. Record impact.

    Label your diagram as shown in the key below:

    Key:

    RC

    = house (Be sure to put YOUR initials in the box)


    T = tree

    B = breakwater

    = sand dune

    SAMPLE

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)
    TEST #1

    Damaged
    but salvageable

    No Damage

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)

    Damaged

    No Damage

    but salvageable

    TEST #2

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)
    TEST #3

    Damaged
    but salvageable

    No Damage

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)

    TEST #4

    Damaged
    but salvageable

    No Damage

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)
    TEST #5

    Damaged

    No Damage

    but salvageable

    Results: Circle the number that most closely represents the results.
    5______________4______________3______________2______________1______________0
    Destroyed
    (uninhabitable)

    Reflection:

    Damaged
    but salvageable

    No Damage

    1. Think about the choices you made with the trees and breakwaters. Imagine that you
    live and work in this community. What are some of the ways in which you improved
    the landscape to help the community? How could your changes hurt the community?

    2. Think about the materials you used to reinforce your house. Imagine that you live
    and work in this community. What are some of the ways your reinforcement helped
    your house and day-to-day life? What are some of the ways your changes hurt your
    house or day-to-day life?

    3. Think about real life. What are some factors that might limit the number of changes
    someone could make?

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