Goal flag Learning intentions

  • KNOW: The different types of natural hazards.
  • UNDERSTAND: How local hazards can impact a community.
  • DO: Identify which hazards are most likely to occur in the local area using maps to determine which locations could be impacted.

Success criteria

I can: Identify a local hazard and the impacts on my community.

Extreme weather events such as storms, floods and bushfires can be dangerous and pose a risk to people and property.

Recognising local hazards is the first step to becoming disaster resilient.

Vocabulary and concepts cards – Use this list to develop your understanding of key concepts and vocabulary in this lesson.

If you prefer to answer the quiz questions in your hand writing then you can print and use one of these worksheets:

Climate extremes

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Local hazards

Consider the impacts of a natural hazard on the social, economic, structural and infrastructure, cultural, physical, health, ecological and geographic aspect of your community.

This think-pair-share activity explores global and local natural hazards and the impacts these have on people.

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Vic Emergency Maps

Assess the level of potential hazard exposure of flood or bushfire on your community, home/property and school by using the Vic Emergency website.

Choose bushfire or flood depending on your interest or the hazard most likely to impact your area.

Bushfire

1. Go to emergency.vic.gov.au

2. Click on ‘Prepare and Get Ready’

3. Click on ‘Map’

4. Type your school or home address into the search bar

5. Click on Filter. In the drop down menu, select ‘Bushfire History – 50 years’

Quiz questions:

  1. Has there been a bushfire in your area in the past 50 years?
  2. What year did it happen?
  3. How close did it come to your school or house?
  4. Could there be a bushfire in your area in the future?

Flood

1. Go to emergency.vic.gov.au

2. Click on ‘Prepare and Get Ready’

3. Click on ‘Map”

4. Type your school or home address into the search bar

5. Click on Filter. In the drop down menu, select ‘Flood likelihood – 100 years’

Quiz questions:

  1. Is there a flood risk in your area?
  2. How close could a flood impact your school or house?
  3. Could there be a flood in your area in the future?
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Optional activity

Community Emergency Risk Assessment (CERA) is an all hazards risk assessment tool which aims to identify, mitigate and reduce risk within the community following the Australian Standard for risk management, ISO 31000.

Click here to go to CERA

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Homework activity - record a local story

We can learn a lot about the history of disasters in our area by talking to friends, neighbours and relatives.

For homework interview a family member or neighbour about a hazard event or disaster and write an overview about the event using this Disaster survival story template.

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Exit Pass

What type of natural hazard could impact our school?