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100+ Teaching Resources About The Japan Crisis. How Online Education Has Changed In 10 Years 6.43K Views 0 Likes We all know that education, specifically online education, has come a long way in the last few years. We've already taken a look back - way back - at online education as we rarely think of it (in the 1960's and 70's), but it is also interesting to see just how much online education has evolved in just the more recent past. 20 Ways to Teach About the Disaster in Japan Across the Curriculum. Lost No Longer? Researchers Claim to Have Found ‘Atlantis’ in Spain. Just days after the world witnessed the devastating power of natural disasters in Japan, some scientists say they have strong proof of the location of the mythical “lost City of Atlantis,” destroyed by a tsunami thousands of years ago.

Historically, the lost city has been commonly believed to be in the middle of an ocean. The new proposed site of Atlantis is 60 miles inland, submerged in the swampy Dona Ana Park north of Cadiz, Spain. (More on TIME.com: See the top 10 Google earth finds) “This is the power of tsunamis,” Professor Richard Freund of the University of Hartford told Reuters.

In 2009 and 2010, the team of archaeologists and geologists used deep-ground radar, digital mapping and underwater technology to survey the marshlands of the Dona Ana Park. The team’s findings were unveiled Sunday evening in “Finding Atlantis,” a Discovery Channel special. (More on TIME.com: See one search for the lost city of Atlantis.) Teaching Ideas: The Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. Kyodo News, via Associated PressThe tsunami, seen crashing into homes in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. Go to related article » 10:25 a.m. March 21| Updated On March 11, 2011, an earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, churning up a devastating tsunami that swept over cities and farmland in the northern part of the country and set off warnings as far away the west coast of the United States and South America. Recorded as 9.0 on the Richter scale, it was the most powerful quake ever to hit the country.

In the days that followed death estimates soared astronomically, with officials saying that more than 10,000 had died in one seaside town alone. Here are some resources for teaching about the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, including the latest Times articles and multimedia, related lesson plans and other materials from The Learning Network, and ideas from around the Web. As always, we’d love to hear how you’re addressing this news with students. General Resources: Economics: Free Resources to Teach Children About Earthquakes and Tsunamis. Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brands The sites and apps that we own and operate, including Yahoo, AOL, Engadget, In The Know and Makers.Yahoo family of brands. When you use our sites and apps, we use Cookies Cookies (including similar technologies such as web storage) allow the operators of websites and apps to store and read information from your device.

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The Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactors - Interactive Feature.