Monday, November 14, 2011

GeoThentic San Francisco Questions


Monday's tasks related to learning more about earthquakes. If you were gone, please complete the following questions.

From what you already know about earthquakes, answer questions 1-3 (you do not need to write down the question).

1. When you think of an earthquake, what do you think about?
2. Do earthquakes impact us where we live? If yes, why do you think so? If not, why not?
3. What actually happens during an earthquake?

To answer questions 4-7, use the Forces of Nature website from the Resources section of the Build a Hospital Module.

4. What is an earthquake?
5. What causes earthquakes?
6. What happens during an earthquake?
7. What happened in San Francisco in 1906?

To answer question 8, view the videos on the Los Angeles and Haiti earthquakes.

8. Describe what you see in the videos about the Los Angeles and Haiti earthquakes.

To answer questions 9-11, use the San Francisco video and website from the Resources section of the Build a Hospital Module.

9. List 10 interesting facts about San Francisco.
10. How are San Francisco and IGH/Twin Cities similar?
11. How are San Francisco and IGH/Twin Cities different?

Starting on Thursday, we are working on data collection. Use this worksheet to gather information from GeoThentic and Google Earth.

On Friday, the final step of your task is to decide on an exact place to build a new hospital in San Francisco. You should identify the place using Google Earth and submit your Geopack (location plus justification) in GeoThentic. For help adding a placemark in Google Earth, please see the Screen Capture Video on GeoThentic or use this handout.

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