Haiti Earthquake

The news today has been dominated by the story of a devastating earthquake that has struck the Caribbean island of Haiti. Initial reports suggest that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake has killed over 100,000 people, with up to 3 million people affected.

A number of nations, including the US, UK and Venezuela, are gearing up to send aid. Key buildings such as hospitals, the presidential palace, peoples homes and the prison have all collapsed in the earthquake.

Already one of the poorest nations in the world, Haiti now has to face up to the aftermath of another natural disaster. Four hurricanes and storms killed hundreds of people in 2008.

Year 13 should follow this story closely over the coming days to support your work on tectonics.

Read more about this tragedy at the websites below

• BBC News
• The Guardian
• The Times
• The Independent

For those of you who use the social network Twitter. Search ‘Port-au-Prince’ to read real-time tweets about the disaster

Lego Street Earthquake

Video by G Maier that I showed to Year 9 last week. Thought I would post a link to it here as so many of you seemed to enjoy watching it!

Unfortunately I am unable to embed the video into the blog, so if you would like to watch the video again, follow this link to YouTube.

If you would like to see other videos by G Maier then visit his YouTube Channel

Preparedness Now!

For Year 11 pupils. The video that we looked at last week when studying earthquakes. Preparedness Now is part of the Shakeout campaign to prepare the people of California for a major earthquake.