Christchurch Quake Map

Last week we had the chance to talk to Mrs Stewart from Christchurch all about the earthquake and her experiences. It was a great opportunity for the students to get to talk to someone who was living through all the things we have been hearing on the news. Before we talked to her through Skype we checked out the Christchurch Quake Map. It's a great visual tool that meant we could get an idea of how many earthquakes Christchurch was having, how big and frequent they were too. Click on the image to head to the map.




Here's another clever tool that is a timeline of the earthquakes - drag the grey bar across to see when they happened and more - Christchurch Quake Timeline.

Current Events 01/06 - Guatemalan Sinkhole

Check out this photo - yes it is a photo, not a painting or a trick on the eye!
This is a sinkhole that was created after a huge storm in Guatemala.
The sinkhole is 100 metres deep.

Check out this National Geographic news article for more information!

Photo used under Creative Commons

Mr Key's Flag Design

This is our Prime Minister's (Mr John Key) flag design that we talked about a week ago. He quickly drew it while he was on the TV show Breakfast.

This is what he thinks should be our New Zealand flag.

What do you think?