Tectonic Hazard Consultant
Partner project
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Research your location

What to do here: pick your assigned location at the top of the screen, then use USGS, NOAA and your class atlas to answer all five questions. Nothing is filled in for you. Everything you write here feeds into your report and Canva presentation later, so it is worth doing properly.

Your project team

2 names

Enter both real names now. These names become the authors students can choose for each report section.

Q1

Plate boundary & crust types

What kind of boundary is this: convergent, divergent or transform? And which two kinds of crust are meeting: oceanic, continental, or one of each?

Q2

Key geologic features

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List at least three real features created by plate movement at your location.

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    Q3

    Real historical disasters

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    Record real earthquakes, eruptions or tsunamis that happened at or near your location, with the evidence.

      Q4

      Recommendations & safety

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      What would you tell a city planner or an insurance company to do about the risk here?

        Q5

        Works cited

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        Where did your data come from? Name the source, not just the website.

          1 · Earth layers

          2 · Plates & motion

          3 · Surface features

          4 · Labels

          Your browser cannot display the interactive 3D model builder.
          Empty bench
          Build from the bottom up, the way you would with clay.
          1. Asthenosphere, then lithosphere on top of it.
          2. Two crust slabs. Set each one oceanic or continental.
          3. Move them so they meet the way this boundary really moves.
          4. Add the surface features, and a motion arrow on each plate.
          5. Name every part with a label flag, and add an info card.
          Grab the white handles to stretch a part. Nothing snaps into the right answer for you.
          The 3D engine did not load
          This bench needs to download a 3D library the first time it opens, and your network blocked it. Check your internet connection and reload the page. If you are on a school Chromebook and it keeps failing, tell your teacher the 3D library is blocked.

          Geology check

          not run
          Build your model, then run the check. It tells you what is wrong, not how to fix it.

          Write the consultant report

          What to do here: a city planner has hired your team to assess the risk at your location. Write the five sections below in a professional tone. Each partner drafts sections and puts their name on them. That is how you each get credit. Use the Bring in from research buttons to pull across what you already wrote in Stage 1.

          1

          Executive summary

          One paragraph. Where is this, and what is your overall finding?

          2

          Plate boundary analysis

          What kind of boundary is it, how are the plates moving, and what is the evidence? Point back to your model.

          3

          Hazard assessment

          Which hazards are likely here, and why? Back it up with real events that actually happened.

          4

          Risk rating & recommendations

          Give the site an overall risk rating and say why. Then give your client two or three concrete things to do.

          5

          Works cited

          The sources behind your data.

          Build the presentation in Canva

          What to do here: your presentation gets built in Canva, not in this app. This page is the brief. Grab your two model images below, then work through the checklist as you build. Tick things off so you know what is left.

          Your two model images

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          Your presentation needs a front view and a tilted side view, so the three dimensional shape actually reads. These buttons photograph the model you built in Stage 2 and download it, ready to drop into Canva.

          Requirements

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          Straight from your project sheet. Tick each one once your presentation actually does it.

            The rule that catches people out

            Your slides are a brief visual overview. Your speaker notes hold the detail you will actually say out loud. If a slide has a paragraph on it, that paragraph belongs in the notes.