Keystone Magazine Learning the Keystone Way 2015-2016 EN | Page 40

Learning is Fun
exploring
earthquakes:
Grade 6 Goes Beyond the Science of It All
O
ver 200,000
Indonesians
succumbed to
the 2004 tidal
earthquake that
rocked the sea-
bed of the Indian Ocean. Over
half a decade later, the earth-
quake in the capital of Haiti left
more than 300,000 dead and
an equal number injured. In
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2008, the Sichuan earthquake
was marked by a death toll of
nearly 70,000 and over 370,000
injured. These are just some of
the horrifying statistics of one
of the most devastating natural
phenomena – earthquakes.
The numbers do not even be-
gin to reveal the magnitude of
the aftermath for those who
survived, and are left to rebuild
their lives. Humans are, most
often than not, at the center of
the power of nature and its dy-
namic systems, and what better
way to mitigate its, sometimes,
decimating impact than to un-
derstand it at its very core. This
is exactly what students from
grade 6 did in their recently
completed Science unit on
Earth Systems.