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Group Members: Joo Hyun, Roger, Mitchell Issue: Natural Disasters prevention and mitigation Period: Ms. Muench, Humanities 2

Part One: The Case Study

Step One: In order to be able to create an action plan and effect change in your issue area, you need to conduct a case study of one particular program that is currently working on your topic. That means your topic has to very specific and narrowed.

For example: Child Poverty in India is way too broad of a topic. Instead: Street Children in Delhi, India.

Write your NARROWED and SPECIFIC topic below: Helping to prevent and/or mitigate Earthquakes in Japan.

Step Two: Now that your group has chosen a specific topic you need research what is already happening to help your area. Make sure to write down who did what part.

• Part One: Find and research an organization that is currently doing work on your narrowed topic and answer the following questions. Answer the questions and fill out the resource log (it is posted on the wiki under Assignments) and post it on your wiki.

What is the organization? -The organization is called the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) and the purpose of this organization is to give researchers the tools for them to find the impacts of earthquakes and tsunamis.

What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue? -The organization NEES is supplying advanced tools used to detect earthquakes. The NEES organization is trying to make the impact of the earthquake as small as possible.

What are some of the things you like about their program? -I like the fact that these few people that is supporting the organization is willing to risk everything they have to protect the people that are exposed to these dangers.

What are some questions you have about it? -One question that I have about this organization is... ->How are you able to do experiments that costs millions of dollars?

How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it? -I might be able to get involved with this organization if I become a scientist later on in my life.

Name: Mitchell • Part Two: Find and research another organization (yes, this means your group is researching two organizations) that is currently doing work on your narrowed topic and answer the following questions. This person should answer the questions and print out the resource that they gathered this information from.

What is the organization? -Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (E.P.P.O.) operates under the supervision of the Ministry of Environment, Planning and Public Works. Also, E.P.P.O plan the national policy for earthquake protection

What exactly are they doing to try and combat or change your issue? - They are trying to plan a program on making prevention on earthquake. To do this, they are coordinating with the other seismological networks in the country to publish geological map that will help them for the research.

What are some of the things you like about their program? -What I like the most is about making a geological map for their research on the plates that causes earthquakes and volcanic eruption when they crush into the other plate.

What are some questions you have about it? - One question that I have for this organization is..... -> Are you (organization) working on just one country or all around the world?

How could you become involved with this organization or model your action plan after it? - If our organization can represent this country, China, this organization might be able to work with our group and work on researching about earthquakes that are happening around the world and specifically, Japan.

Make sure to give your resource information to person one.

Name: Joo Hyun

• Part Three: Type a persuasive opening paragraph on your wiki about your topic. Make sure your group is filling out your resource log with the sources you have used so far. Name: Roger

For our topic, we chose the disaster Earthquakes. We believe that Earthquakes are an important disaster because it is very common in our world today. Earthquakes can take many lives with it every time it impacts our society. Earthquakes will destroy homes and offices. This is because weather stations can't predict when an Earthquake will occur. They have machines that tell them how big the Earthquake is, but not when it is coming. "Why," you might ask, "are Earthquakes important to prevent?" Well, for many reasons. For example, as many as 1,000-10,000 people die each year from Earthquakes. They die because of the buildings collapsing on top of them. However, this death toll also includes after-shocks, which are miniature Earthquakes after the real Earthquakes, and other after effects like Tsunamis and Landslides, and avalanches. Yet, more people die from the initial Earthquake than the possible Tsunami or Landslide.