In collaboration with the University of Lausanne and the Earthquake Prevention Learning Centre (CPPS) in Sion, the SED is currently developing teaching modules on various earthquake-related topics, primarily for secondary and cantonal schools. The modules will soon be available and uploaded to this page.
Overview of the planned modules
Earthquakes: Basics and the most important concepts
Content overview: Causes of earthquakes, earthquake waves, magnitude and intensity, effects, early earthquake warning, protective measures and recommended behaviour
Earthquake hazard & risk in Switzerland
Content overview: Hazard vs. risk, earthquake hazard and risk in Switzerland, Europe and the world, earthquake risk tool, rapid damage assessments and scenarios
Earthquake monitoring & Raspberry Shake
Content overview: (Broadband-)seismometer, Raspberry Shake seismometer and tools, Swiss seismic network, earthquake localisation, Jupyter-Notebooks
Misinformation and media literacy
Content overview: Earthquake prediction, misinformation, fake news, conspiracy theories and media literacy
Induced seismicity
Content overview: Geothermal energy, CO2 capture and storage
Teaching about earthquakes
Source: IRIS
What if there's an earthquake?
Age group: kindergarten and primary school
Source: edurisk
Earthquake lesson
Age group: primary school
Source: edurisk
Earthquakes how and why
Age group: secondary school
Source: edurisk
New Zealand natural hazard teaching resources
Quelle: crisislab, NZ
Sismos à l’école: ressources éducatives
Source: Sciences à l'école
Fiches pédagogiques sur l’origine et les effets des séismes
Quelle: L’ObservaTerre
Unterrichtsmaterial: Daueraustellung focusTerra
Source: focusTerra
Gruppenarbeit: Epizentrum eines Erdbebens
Die wichtigsten Grundbegriffe zum Thema Erdbeben werden in dieser Gruppenarbeit erlernt. Mit Hilfe des erworbenen Wissens bestimmen die Schülerinnen und Schüler selber das Epizentrum eines Erdbebens.
Source: EducETH
Google Earth, Erdbeben und Plattentektonik
Schülerinnen und Schüler untersuchen die globale und regionale Verteilung von Erdbeben mithilfe von Google Earth.
Source: swisseduc.ch
Erdbeben, Erdbebenstaerke und Opferzahlen
In Gruppenarbeiten untersuchen Schülerinnen und Schüler die Erdbeben von Haiti 2010, Christchurch, Neuseeland 2011 und Sendai, Japan 2011 verglichen.
Source: swisseduc.ch