Task centre

Choose 2 tasks from each column. Divide the tasks among the people in your group.

 

 

 

 

 

Make a Fact file containing 20 facts about your disaster.

 

Research and report on 3 high risk areas for your disaster. Present a 1 page summary of your findings.

 

Make a chart which lists the most likely circumstances in which your disaster can occur. List the sites and dates of at least 5 occurrences of your disaster. You are a journalist and have survived a major incident in your disaster. Write a magazine article describing your experience and the aftermath. You are living in the year 2098. Your type of natural disaster no longer occurs. Present an explanation of what it was, where it happened and how it was eradicated. Graphically represent your disaster, indicating cause and effect. This can be a set of cartoons, a drawing, a poster,a web site etc.
Draw a map that shows the Pacific Rim of fire.

 

Draw a map that shows where most incidences of your disaster occur.

 

Make a flow chart which illustrates the events in an occurrence of your disaster.

Eye on the world

Natural disaster database

Natural hazards centre

World disasters report

Satellite images

Grolier encyclopedia

Draw a poster that illustrates an early myth about the causes of your disaster. Record a radio news report for the ABC on the aftermath of your disaster. Predict real-life occurrences of your disaster. Where and in what circumstances do you think they will occur?

 

Draw a chart that compares 3 major occurrences of your disaster.

 

Write a story in which there is a fear of your chosen disaster. Write an eyewitness account of an occurrence of your disaster. Create a crossword puzzle that contains at least 20 definitions and facts about your disaster. Your disaster has just happened. You are a scientist investigating the event. Describe it from a scientific point of view. Create a poster for distribution in high risk areas for your disaster, outlining at least 6 preventative measures. Prepare a safety booklet explaining rules to follow during an occurrence of your disaster.

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