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This research has been conducted in order to evaluate the opinions of high school students on earthquake training delivered in geography course in Düzce Province, with different variants. For this, a scale has been developed for determining the opinions of high school students on earthquake training delivered in geography course. This research has been performed in screening model. The study group includes 411 students randomly selected from various high schools in Duzce province in 2011-2012 academic year. The analyses have been carried out with SPSS 17.0 statistical software. In the analyses frequency, percents, mean values have been employed, independent samples t-test and one way variance analysis (ANOVA) techniques have been applied. In the end of research, the opinions of high school students on the earthquake training delivered in geography course have been similar to the variables of gender, possession status of their residences, floors in their apartments, their incomes, most respected institution. On the contrary, the opinions of high school students on the earthquake training delivered in geography course have been changed according to school types. According to the multiple comparison test, difference was found among the students studying in an occupational high school and Anatolian Teacher Training High School, those students studying in an occupational high school consider that training more sufficient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]