Plate Tectonics Project and Presentation
Essential Question 3: How does technology allow us to predict or locate plate tectonic events around the world?
Enduring Understanding: What big understandings will I need to demonstrate?
Technology: ___/24
With a partner, select one of the articles on technology and design a visually appealing powerpoint presentation with the following components:
___ Describe the technology and its component parts
___ Include photos and/or animations of the technology
___ Describe how the technology is used to predict and/or locate a plate tectonic event
___ What organization is associated with this technology (Example: NASA, NOAA) and describe the purpose of this organization?
___ What current research is being done related to this technology?
___ Give an example of a specific plate tectonic event and how the technology was used successfully or unsuccessfully in that event
TECHNOLOGIES TO CHOOSE FROM: 3-4 per technology only
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GEOWARN & Early Volcano Warnings: http://www.geowarn.ethz.ch/index.asp?ID=45
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FLIR & Volcanic Eruptions: http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2010/october/story31968.html
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Global Differential GPS (GDGPS) & Tsunami Size: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-tsunami-prediction
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Sound Waves & Tsunami Forecasting: http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2007/04/research2.html
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Seismographs, Dynamic Triggering & Earthquake Prediction: http://www.geotimes.org/aug08/article.html?id=nn_quake.html
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Extreme Sensor Technology for Volcanic Predictions: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/extreme-sensor-tech-could-help-predict-volcaniceruptions/63368/
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Tsunamis--D.A.R.T. (Deep-ocean Assessment & Reporting of Tsunamis): http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2007/04/research2.html
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Technology to make Buildings EQ & Tsunami Resistant:
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Tsunami Modeling: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/model.html
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Volcanic Hot-Spot Satellite Monitoring: http://hotspot.higp.hawaii.edu/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/earthquake-and-tsunami-resistant-building-tech-5382936
Good info for Volcano topics:
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
Signs a volcano might erupt, and why they are hard to predict: http://www.ehow.com/video_5238521_signs-volcano-erupting.html
How we monitor volcanoes (USGS): http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/activity/methods/ & http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/violent-hawaii/volcanologists-tools/1863/
How is Technology used to predict or understand plate tectonic events?
My Technology Topic for this Project:__________________________________ My partner: ____________
Describe how/what the technology works and “does its job”:
What organization is “in-charge of” this technology?
What does this organization do?
Do you have a picture of what it looks like? YES / NO
Have you found pictures and/or animations of the technology?
YES/NO
What current research is being done related to this technology? What
are they trying to find out and how are they trying to find out?
An example of a specific event (volcano, spot on Earth, earthquake,
fault or tsunami) that this technology is/will be used on.
How was the technology successful or unsuccessful?
Keep track of the SPECIFIC URLs you use here (or on the last slide of your presentation):
BTW, “Google.com, Google Images, and Wikipedia.com are NOT SPECIFIC URLs (addresses).
An example of a specific URL would be: http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/Dart/ or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-ocean_Assessment_and_Reporting_of_Tsunamis
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