Warning sign in a tsunami hazard zone
Natural Hazards
(for age 7–9 year-olds)
Resources
- Natural Hazards Powerpoint ( ppt - 21.2 MB)
The presentation is divided into the following sections for delivery over several sessions: notes for teachers and presenters are provided within the PowerPoint.
- What are natural hazards?
- Earthquakes
- Earthquake examples: San Francisco
- Tsunamis
- Tsunami examples: 2004 Boxing Day tsunami
- Cyclones
- Cyclone examples: Cyclone Gorky and Hurricane Katrina
- Question: What can we do to help people who live in hazard areas? Mitigation
- Brain Challenge: Fun questions about natural hazards
- Activity: An exercise with data to explore the loss of life associated with natural disasters
- Activity Sheets
