How severe are Japan's earthquakes?

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
How severe are Japan's earthquakes?
Main Subject
Key stage
Exam board
Category
Geography
Resource type
Complete lesson
Student activity
Continents
Asia

This resource focuses on earthquake magnitude and uses the case study of Japan. Students discuss the concepts of earthquake magnitude and Richter scale, then use a web link to complete specific questions on a data set of recent earthquake activity in Japan. This includes using their geographical skills to calculate the mean, median, mode and range for this earthquake magnitude data set. A research extension task and a differentiated homework activity are include within the resource.

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