Lesson 1: What Others Know

Lesson 2: Science of Waves

Lesson 3: Earthquake Data

Waves of Knowledge Module Overview

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Learn how Nuu-chah-nulth knowledge holders combine Indigenous knowledge with modern earthquake science to deepen understanding of earthquakes and tsunamis.


Waves of Knowledge

# What do historic and current earthquakes and tsunamis in BC teach us?
Earthquakes and tsunamis can be examined through a combination of Indigenous knowledge and scientific monitoring data. Listening to Nuu-chah-nulth knowledge holders provides key information about how people know about and respond to earthquakes and tsunamis.<br />
**The spelling can be either nuučaan̓uł or Nuu-chah-nulth*

**This module has been developed for BC Science Grade 8.**

Listen to Nuu-chah-nulth knowledge holders share information about historic plate tectonic movement in Nuu-chah-nulth territory. Explore artwork from different cultures in order to examine how people observe and experience major geological events of local significance.

Explore earthquakes by making two wave machines. Learn about seismic data by listening to Nuu-chah-nulth knowledge holders and examining Ocean Networks Canada’s Earthquake Information and Messaging System (EIMS) 'land+seafloor' seismic network. Study the earthquake-tsunami connection.

Examine real data with Ocean Networks Canada’s interactive earthquake data dashboard. Meet some of the scientific instruments providing critical information about earthquakes that are part of the NEPTUNE major observatory, a Canadian subsea fibre optic cabled network of sensors operated by Ocean Networks Canada.

## Community partners
The Indigenous knowledge in this module comes from members of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations on western Vancouver Island, BC. 

Collaboration with the following organizations and individuals made this module a reality: Uu-a-thluk (Taking care of) Fisheries, Darrell Ross Sr. (Tseshaht First Nation), Cliff Atleo Sr. (Ahousaht First Nation), and Tom Happynook Sr. (Huu-ay-aht First Nations).


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Map highlighting locations of the traditional knowledge sources provided for this module by the Tseshaht First Nation, Ahousaht First Nation, and Huu-ay-aht First Nations on the west coast of Vancouver Island, BC.

What do historic and current earthquakes and tsunamis in BC teach us?

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