Earthquake Case Study - San Franciso 1989

This resource is for an IGCSE class studying the Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic: San Francisco Quake of 1989 case study.

Pack includes:

1. Ppt covering:

• key words defintions
• learning objectives
• map locations and plate tectonic situation in the Bay Area,
• key points of the quake - date, time, impacts.
• Cypress Viaduct collapse

1. Fact book covering:

• causes of the quake
• predication, prevention, management
• responses
• economic and human impacts

Case study questions for students to answer using the information inside this pack.

This filled in a 80 minutes lesson.

Contents of PPT and Factbook could be used to generate further tasksheet or discussion topics.