Lombok earthquake causes a permanent ground-shift

Topics:

Earth and Space Sciences – Plate Tectonics; Extreme Earth Events; The Changing Earth

Physical Sciences – Energy

Additional: Careers, Technology; Engineering

Concepts (South Australia):

Earth and Space Sciences – The Earth’s Surface

Physical Sciences – Energy

Years: 6, 8, 9, 10

Word Count: 243

This short article reports on the recent devastating earthquake on Lombok, Indonesia and the resultant earth movements. This could be used to look at Earth and Space Sciences curriculum for Years 6 or 9 and also for Years 8 and 10 Physical Sciences curriculum looking at Energy.