Christchurch students from years 7 to 13 entered the Amazing Place City Project competition. They were asked to design an amazing place to help make Christchurch the best small city in the world. The year 7 winning team tested their ideas and used evidence to show that the ideas could really work.

Geologists James Goff and Scott Nichol had an idea that the landscape at Henderson Bay in Northland was changed by a huge tsunami that took place hundreds of years ago. Can they find evidence to support their idea?

New learning has come out of the devastation of the Christchurch earthquakes. How has the data and research from the earthquakes changed what geologists think?

Air pollution is a problem in many cities, including Christchurch. After the 2011 earthquake, a team of researchers used technology and big data to help make Christchurch a healthier, smarter city to live in.

On average, a volcanic eruption occurs somewhere on Earth each week! Volcanic eruptions are often seen as devastating events, but they are also instrumental in providing rich fertile soils and mineral deposits.

Don’t just go with the flow. Settle down on the crust.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzbY_y02A8

Strong earthquakes can affect millions of lives by causing buildings to collapse, destroying roadways, and affecting basic necessities such as water supply. But did you know that the majority of earthquakes are barely noticed?

If a major earthquake hits your city it's important to have a plan ready to handle the situations that arise. Get students to design and build appropriate emergency vehicles as part of this earthquake lesson plan.

Suzy visits Te Papa, in Wellington, to investigate what makes an earthquake and for a while there things get a bit shaky.

Bill Nye is shaking with excitement because it’s the “Earthquake” episode.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdkHYXRyzwg

This book focuses on the processes that drive earthquakes and the way in which these processes contribute to the constant change of the Earth.

The Q Files dig up the facts about Canterbury’s earthquake threat and what you can do to be prepared.

Suzy moves mountains to answer this ginormous question! Head to https://suzy.co.nz/sw-factsheets/ for the factsheet that accompanies this episode.

Earth’s crust is made up of tectonic plates. And we’re not talking fine china, we’re talking gigantic pieces of earth. And these things are moving all of the time! Use some muscle to make mountains!

The Q Files go deep into the ocean to uncover the facts about tsunamis and find out what you can do to be prepared...

Earthquakes are a natural event in Canterbury.

In this issue we bunker down and contemplate how our
changing world impacts on the way we do things now and in the future.

This issue looks at natural hazards, particularly those that have occurred in Canterbury in the past.