STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)
(1) | What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘earthquake’? |
(2) | Have you ever experienced an earthquake or tremor? |
(3) | Do you think an earthquake is the world’s scariest natural disaster? |
(4) | What should you do the second an earthquake hits? |
(5) | Why do you think people live in areas that have lots earthquakes? |
(6) | Would you move to a city like Tokyo or San Francisco, where a huge earthquake could strike at any time? |
(7) | What would you put in your emergency earthquake bag? |
(8) | What do you think when you see news reports of earthquakes? |
(9) | Why do earthquakes happen? |
(10) | What’s the difference between a magnitude 6 and 7 earthquake? |
STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)
(1) | What do you know about earthquakes? |
(2) | What is your earliest memory of earthquakes (a movie, a story in a book, the real thing…)? |
(3) | What would happen to your town if a big earthquake struck? |
(4) | What would you do if an earthquake struck right now? |
(5) | Do you know where the emergency shelters are in your town (for earthquakes or other natural disasters)? |
(6) | Scientists say animals know hours before that an earthquake will strike. How do you think this is possible? |
(7) | Do you think scientists will one day be able to make totally earthquake-proof buildings and cities? |
(8) | What is the worst earthquake you’ve seen on the news? |
(9) | Do you like earthquake disaster movies? |
(10) | Have you ever sent money to earthquake victims (or victims of any other natural disaster)? |