A flood of information about tsunamis can be learned by viewing this feature. How do they get started? How fast do they travel? How high can they rise? The answers to these questions, plus a little bit of history, are given for your earth science or oceanography class.

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Pros

• Appreciable animation is aimed at middle schoolers
• Five multiple choice and three open-answer questions can be used for assessment or class discussion
• Lesson can be customized at the publisher's website
• Links to articles about tsunamis, as well as an animation and a tsunami tracking site are provided

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.6.7 RI.8.7 RH.6-8.7 RST.6-8.9