Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools

Mohadjer, Solmaz; Mutz, Sebastian G.; Kemp, Matthew; Gill, Sophie J.; Ischuk, Anatoly; Ehlers, Todd A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-281-2021

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-281-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-281-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 2

Research article

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26 May 2021

Research article |

| 26 May 2021

Using paired teaching for earthquake education in schools

Solmaz Mohadjer, Sebastian G. Mutz, Matthew Kemp, Sophie J. Gill, Anatoly Ischuk, and Todd A. Ehlers

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-4-281-2021-supplement

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Journey to the center of the Earth: Earth's interior and plate tectonics S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, and M. Kemp https://doi.org/10.5446/47600

Living on the edge: Discovering plate boundaries S. Mohadjer and S. Mutz https://doi.org/10.5446/47601

Soft rocks and hard liquids: Properties of Earth materials S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, R. Drews, and M. Nettesheim https://doi.org/10.5446/47700

Do you know your faults? Plate motions and faults S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, and R. Amey https://doi.org/10.5446/47701

What causes that Rock'n'Roll? The earthquake machine S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, and L. Mitchell https://doi.org/10.5446/47702

Rocking, rolling and bouncing: How do earthquakes move the Earth? S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, and J. Starke https://doi.org/10.5446/47703

Flow with the sand: Introduction to soil liquefaction S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, M. Nettesheim, and R. Drews https://doi.org/10.5446/47704

Safe or unsafe? Non-structural hazards during earthquakes S. Mohadjer and S. Mutz https://doi.org/10.5446/47705

On shaky ground: Structural hazards during earthquakes (Part 1) S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, M. Kemp, and S. Gill https://doi.org/10.5446/47706

On shaky ground: Structural hazards during earthquakes (Part 2) S. Mohadjer, S. Mutz, S. Gill, and M. Kemp https://doi.org/10.5446/47707

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Lack of access to science-based natural hazards information impedes the effectiveness of school-based disaster risk reduction education. To address this challenge, we created and classroom tested a series of earthquake education videos that were co-taught by school teachers and Earth scientists in the UK and Tajikistan. Comparison of the results reveals significant differences between students' views on the Earth's interior and why and where earthquakes occur.