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Canterbury Earthquake

Earthquake Shake Up Wiki

This Wiki has been created in the wake of the Christchurch earthquakes as a place where schools, students, experts and other interested people from around the world will come and share their ideas and experiences around earthquakes.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
earthquake-shakeup.wikispaces.com/

Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council website has all current information on the earthquake that happened on 4 September in the Canterbury region and includes all updates, advice and road closures.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.ccc.govt.nz

Ministry of Civil Defence

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management website has up to date information on all disasters around New Zealand and includes contact details and relevant updates.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz

Canterbury Regional Council

The latest up to date information from the regional council, including information on welfare centres, water and sewerage management updates and any alerts and public notices.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://ecan.govt.nz/news-and-notices/Pages/earthquake-2011.aspx

Christchurch Quake Live

Up to the minute information on Christchurch quake and aftershocks.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://quake.crowe.co.nz

Earthquakes - General

Christchurch City Libraries

Christchurch City Libraries has information at an easy reading level about most of New Zealand’s well-known disasters. Information about each disaster can be accessed in a number of ways including a clickable map of New Zealand, timeline, alphabetical list of disasters, or disaster categories.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate
http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/kids/nzdisasters

Civil Defence

The Civil defence website provides visual resources including photographs of floods, earthquakes, extreme weather, landslides, tsunami and volcanic lahars.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/wpg_url/for-the-cdem-sector-photo-library-index

Earthquakes

Presents information on New Zealand earthquakes, their effects and what causes them. Using the search engine you can also find many other earthquake resources and information on this Science Learning Hub site.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Contexts/Earthquakes/NZ-Research/Earthquakes

National Geographic

Factual information about natural disasters including safety tips and video clips explaining what an earthquake is and how they happen.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/earthquake-profile

NZ History

The NZ History website includes a timeline of New Zealand disasters as well as detailed information on the Tangiwai, Wahine, Erebus disasters, and the 1918 influenza epidemic. Includes images, video and sound.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/category/tid/1707

Te Ara

Te Ara encyclopaedia lists natural disasters and hazards and includes information on what causes earthquakes, living with earthquakes, building of earthquake resistant buildings and seismic activity in New Zealand.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/natural-hazards-and-disasters

How to plan for an emergency

Get Through

The Get Through website is designed to help people get ready and be prepared in a disaster situation, it includes; household emergency plans, checklists, how to prepare and what to have in a getaway kit.

Suggested level: intermediate, secondary
http://www.getthru.govt.nz

What’s the plan

This website is designed specifically for kids and lists before, during and after advice when an earthquake happens, it includes a map of historical disasters, pictures and clips and an interactive quiz.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate
http://www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz/earthquake.html

EPIC

The Encyclopedia Britannica

EB has three different levels of information about earthquakes (Primary, Student, and full Britannica) and can be accessed via EPIC (school log-on and password required). There is a wealth of information available including facts, pictures and multimedia information showing the movement of tectonic plates.

Suggested level: primary, intermediate, secondary
http://www.tki.org.nz/epic2