Disaster education
We have created a disaster education and preparation unit plan for Year Five students. It provides teachers with disaster management information and resources.
The disaster unit plan links to the Year Five humanities and social sciences Australian curriculum. It includes:
- lesson plans
- worksheets
- challenge activities
- posters
- a word and board game.
Educating students about natural disasters and hazards will:
- increase children’s safety during emergencies
- encourage students to identify the risks that come with natural disasters.
Unit outline
The disaster education unit outline (PDF 454 KB) contains:
- a brief overview of each lesson
- related resources
- relevant Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority codes and achievement standards.
Lesson plans
- Lesson 1 – introduction to floods, storms and bushfires (PDF 303 KB)
- Lesson 2 – protection and help from natural disasters (PDF 311 KB)
- Lesson 3 – flood safety and natural disaster locations (PDF 92 KB)
- Lesson 4 – flood after-effects and disaster management (PDF 303 KB)
- Lesson 5 – harmful effects of flooding (PDF 117 KB)
- Lesson 6 – difference between bushfires and back burning (PDF 100 KB)
- Lesson 7 – bushfires and environmental harm (PDF 114 KB)
- Lesson 8 – bushfire preparation and protection (PDF 187 KB)
- Lesson 9 – emergency safety procedures (PDF 142 KB)
- Lesson 10 – protecting the community (PDF 107 KB)
Worksheets
These worksheets support the lesson plans and make sure program is interactive for students.
- Worksheet 1 – what is a flood, storm and bushfire? (PDF 104 KB)
- Worksheet 2 – where, when and why? (PDF 120 KB)
- Worksheet 3 – what would you do? (PDF 282 KB)
- Worksheet 4 – emergency contacts (PDF 208 KB)
- Worksheet 5 – acrostic poem (PDF 260 KB)
- Worksheet 6 – types of flooding (PDF 366 KB)
- Worksheet 7 – Queensldand natural disaster map (PDF 205 KB)
- Worksheet 8 – how to prepare your home and family (PDF 261 KB)
- Worksheet 9 – flood preparation guide (PDF 158 KB)
- Worksheet 10 – storm preparation guide (PDF 223 KB)
- Worksheet 11 – bushfire preparation guide (PDF 219 KB)
- Worksheet 12 – protecting your home (PDF 236 KB)
Activities, games and challenges
Use the following resources to create interactive learning opportunities for students.
- Flood, storm and bushfire preparation board game (PDF 4.48 MB)
- Sustainable homes design and technologies challenge (PDF 189 KB)
- Sustainable homes criteria sheet (PDF 266 KB)
- Safety procedures design challenge (PDF 280 KB)
- Safety procedures criteria sheet (PDF 253 KB)
- Persuasive letter writing starters (PDF 443 KB)
- Word wall vocabulary activity (PDF 770 KB)
- Defining floods, storms and bushfires poster (PDF 5.68 MB)
- Preparing for a bushfire poster (PDF 3.83 MB)
- Preparing for a flood poster (PDF 2.0 MB)
- Preparing for a storm poster (PDF 2.31 MB)