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=**Indonesia Case Study Unit -** (In development phase) = This unit on Indonesia is designed to be integrated focusing on aspects that include Tropical Rainforest Biomes, Biodiversity, Impacts of Deforestation, and Geological Features of Indonesia, Plate Tectonics, and Mitigation and Response to Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions.

Unit Sheet

Introduction - " The Cats of Borneo"
This children's tale is used to capture the interest of the students.

Geology
1. Students were introduced to the concept of plate tectonics through an online GIS activity:

2. To gain a better understanding of how humans are impacted by geological events, students had to prepare disaster mitigation and response plans for a city that was in either an earthquake zone or in an active volcanic zone. Students then created City Council Disaster Management Plans or Public Service Announcements or both.

Activity Description and Assessment Rubric:

Following are examples of some of the plans, PSA scripts or video PSAs that students produced.

media type="youtube" key="hJ7Wwkl7BsI" height="315" width="560" (Video linked with students' permission.) Direct access to the video on YouTube - http://youtu.be/hJ7Wwkl7BsI