A Tsunami in Japan?

JAPAN1.

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Go to http://www.flags-flags-flags.org.uk/japanese-flag.htm. Color in one of your flags like the flag on the website. Leave the other flag of Japan blank; do NOT color

in both flags at this time, only ONE.

Go to http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/coloring_flag_japan.htm. Find the black and white outline of the flag of Japan. Download the image to your

computer. Print two copies of the image. Hold the flag of Japan papers that you just printed at your desk.

What do the colors on the flag symbolize?

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What do you think the population is in Japan? Why?

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Go to http://www.google.com/imgres?q=japan&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1024&bih=623&tbm=isc

h&tbnid=Hxxq16pCZci7QM:&imgrefurl=http://gostuj.me/uns-mikasa-japanese-dinnerware/&docid=Hgn7Jhwk8SIJKM&imgurl=http://www.sdnl.nl/images/

japan.gif&w=420&h=332&ei=ocCxTtZGxeaIAt6qjRo&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=417&sig=117979322737759255944&page=6&tbnh=114&tbnw=144&start=85&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:85&tx=67&ty=52. Look at the shape and size of Japan. Now find

it on the globe or the World Map in the classroom.

Check your answer at http://www.indexmundi.com/japan/demographics_profile.html.

Write down the population of Japan. Explain why you thought there were more or less people?

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What products are imported to the United States from Japan?

Name a food we eat here in America that Japan produces as their means of agriculture?

Would you rather ride a Shinkansen or the bus to school? Why?

Go to http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/economy/index.html.

TSUNAMIS

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What is the difference between a normal wave and a tsunami wave?

What questions do you have about tsunamis?

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Go to http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-earthquake.htm. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and read about tsunamis. Then watch both videos and

answer the questions below.

Go to http://www.whoi.edu/home/interactive/tsunami/indexEnglish.html. Scroll over the World Map and discover where tsunamis have happened. Click

on “Historical Tsunamis”.

Explain why Utah is or is not at risk for a tsunami.

Where was the most recent tsunami? When?

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Steps:1. Type 25,000,000,000,000 in the amount bubble2. To the right is another bubble that says “From”. Click on the arrow in the bubble

and scroll down to JYP Japanese Yen and select it.3. Below this is another bubble that says “To”. Click on the arrow in the bubble and

scroll down to USD US Dollar.4. Select the dark blue bubble that says, “Convert”.5. What is the amount in US Dollars?

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Japan estimates that it will cost them 25 trillion yen (yen is Japanese currency and dollars is US currency). Using the currency converter at http://www.xe.com/ucc/,

convert 25 trillion yen to US dollars.

What are some of the differences between US currency

and Japanese currency?

Why do you think there is a hole in the Japanese coin?

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What name did you choose? Why?

Write your Japanese name in Japanese on the blank piece of paper with the outline of the flag of Japan.

Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JPY_coins.png. This is what Japenese Yen looks like. These are called coins.

Go to http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JPY_Banknotes.png. This is a picture of a banknote. This is similar to our paper money called dollar bills.

Go to http://www.japanese-names.org/. Choose your Japanese name!

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If you are finished with the Webquest, you can go to http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/games/index.html and play Japanese games. You will

find the category “games” on the left hand side of the page in a yellow box labeled “Play”.

Color in and decorate the flag of Japan using ideas and things you’ve learned from this Webquest.