Tectonics 5: "BRING ON THE NIGHT"

Case Study: The 2015 Nepal Earthquake

One Powerpoint but with enough detail for two or three lessons

Starter looks at possible advantages and disadvantages of Nepal's geography when it comes to dealing with earthquakes

Main body of the work is divided into:

LOCATION: map skills exercise

CAUSES: plate tectonics, India/Eurasia collision zone; graphing of historic data to look for tectonic patterns; shallow depth earthquakes below the Himalayas

EFFECTS: mapping proportional circles to show aftershocks; choropleth mapping exercise to show deaths by district; discussion of social, economic and environmental effects which are then analysed using an A3 worksheet to link and pairs of effects

SOLUTIONS: analysis of the usefulness of accepting foreign aid; grid worksheet to assess the sustainability of alternative earthquake proofing (car tyres, plastic bottles, straw and bamboo!)

PLENARY: how was Mount Everest affected by the 2015 earthquake?

Includes several resources, differentiated questions and links to internet media