1. Choose your topic. You need to decide whether you want your presentation to be on volcanoes or earthquakes.
  2. Prepare research notes on either 2 volcanoes or 2 earthquakes. These research notes will help you to complete your final presentation.
  3. You can use these resources or do a Google search to provide you with information about particular earthquakes or volcanoes.
  4. Each case study must be saved in a separate Word document. Save it under the name of the particular volcano or earthquake that you are researching. (example: Volcanoes - Vesuvius)
  5. Include the following subheadings (bold) in each document:

When:
Where:
Events:
Destruction Caused:
Any other information:

  1. Suggested case studies. (Remember, you may choose other ones if you like.)
Earthquakes Volcanoes
San Francisco Vesuvius
Turkey Mt. Etna
Japan – Kobe Krakatau
China Mt. St. Helens
Mexico Montserrat – Soufriere
Pakistan Surtsey
 
  1. When you are doing your research, write your notes under the relevant subheadings.
  2. You should also include images in your document (maximum of 5 images per case study). Make sure you can copy the images without infringing copyright laws.
  3. You must include the URL's of the sites and the images that you used for your research.
   
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
http://volcanoes.com/
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html
http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes