1. March 21, 2011 Sendai, Japan---- 9.0 TSUNAMI

2. 2/16 LT: I can describe the effects of a tsunami
2/16 LT: I can describe the effects of a tsunami. TODAY: Tsunami notes videos

3. What to do while waiting upon finishing or during transistions?????
READ ***an English “free reading” book, sit quietly and think, organize your notebook… WORK ON OTHER HOMEWORK Quietly CLASS RULE—DO NOT DISTRUPT OTHERS FROM LEARNING!

4. RING OF FIRE
horseshoe shaped series of underwater fault lines. 450 volcanoes and a Pacific plate which is moving.

6. RICHER SCALE Magnitude means__________________
On the Richter scale the bottom is _____ and upper is____
***6.5 and above can cause damage but
***8 and above can damage cities.

7. FILMS WE ARE WATCHING TODAY:
“Secrets of the Earth”—Tsunamis OR “CBS Evening News”—Coverage of the Japanese Tsunami in Sendai, Japan on March 11, 2011 OR Youtube videos of Phuket, Thailand or Sendai, Japan

8. Go to CLASS NOTES section of your notebook and write the following:
2 Important Tsunamis in recent years:
1)Sendai, Japan Tsunami foot wave
Lives lost: 15,849 Injured: 5,950
Power plant: Fukushima Daiichai
Sendai airport
2)Phuket, Thailand Tsunami--
Lives lost: 230,000 Millions homeless