Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

The recent tragedy in Japan of earthquake and tsunami may make you want more information on the subject. Here are two links that may help you understand the tsunami and also see some coverage of what happened in Japan.


This site provides lots of links for kids

http://http//www.tsunami.noaa.gov/kids.html




This second link is for Scholastic News coverage for students.




http://http//l.wbx.me/l/?instId=a71f67e3-b7a9-4884-9c79-80272d1c2395&token=b260f359f99ecffb40d08febeec9d609993a51360000012eb273b39e&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.scholastic.com%2Fbrowse%2Farticle.jsp%3Fid%3D3755883

Also a good short chapter book on the subject is

The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck




MSN is also publishing panoramic photos of the earthquake damage

http://http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/16/6284477-panoramic-image-shows-the-damage-in-kesennuma-japan?GT1=43001