Tsunami - Teacher Notes and Student Activities

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

This 35 page booklet provides teachers and students with an understanding of what a tsunami is, what generates tsunamis, where they occur, what happens when they reach land, how tsunamis impact Australians, and the role Geoscience Australia plays in providing the Australian Tsunami Warning System. In order to engage students this booklet also includes fun educational activities with answers. Suitable for both upper primary and high school science and geography teachers.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Tsunami - Teacher Notes and Student Activities
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c3dcbbef-182b-4b37-a24d-67b38dac8fda
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Tsunami - Teacher Notes and Student Activities". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tsunami-teacher-notes-and-student-activities