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Disaster Resilience - Positive Impacts Of Natural Hazards
Lesson3 of 7 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8ScienceHumanities and Social SciencesGeographyAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and CulturesEnvironmentalClimate ChangeDisaster resilienceEconomicDesign ThinkingRisk Management
Lesson Summary
This lesson includes an incursion that focuses on the positive impacts of natural hazards on environments. Students will begin by watching a video that details positive impacts of various natural hazards on environments. The incursion will involve information presented about natural hazards in the local area, positive impacts of these hazards, cultural views on the natural hazard and increasing community awareness. Students will then write a pledge or action plan detailing how they will take the lessons learnt from the incursion and increase their and their family’s knowledge about positive impacts 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 are part of the cycle of nature and serve a purpose
- understand that human interactions with natural hazards are what can make them seem only negative
- understand that there are people in the community with knowledge about natural hazards
- understand that there are community, ecological and cultural views on natural hazards.
Success criteria
Students can:
- identify positive effects of natural hazards
- communicate with a local expert on natural hazards in the community
- explain steps they can take to inform themselves and others about the positive impacts of natural hazards.
Lesson Guides and Printables
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