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Disaster Resilience - Adaptation and Mitigation
Lesson6 of 7 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyTechnologyDesign and TechnologiesEnvironmentalClimate ChangeDisaster resilienceEconomicDesign ThinkingRisk Management
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, students will use hands-on methods to explore the concept of adapting to, and mitigating risks relating to environmental challenges. Students will begin by viewing a UN video on stopping hazards from becoming disasters. They will then rotate through four STEM building challenges related to floods, storms/cyclones, earthquakes, and landslides/avalanches. The class will analyse the shapes and designs that were most successful and think of ways to avoid or reduce the risk of natural hazards.
The lessons in this unit are designed to inform students about natural hazards in the local environment and ways to reduce risk, prepare, respond and recover from a disaster or emergency.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand that natural hazards do not need to become disasters
- understand that buildings can be designed to resist natural hazards
- understand that there are strategies to avoid natural hazards becoming disasters.
Success criteria
Students can:
- work in a team to develop plans for solving design challenges
- critique the effectiveness of their designs and implement improvements
- collect results and analyse them
- identify ways humans can avoid, mitigate or adapt to the impacts of natural hazards.
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