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Teachers Resource
Other Resources
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This online resource is designed to support teachers in developing a unit of work about natural hazards in New Zealand, especially within Hawke's Bay and Gisborne in accordance with the New Zealand curriculum guidelines.
It looks at earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms & floods and tsunami.
The students section is aimed at Level 2-4 (Years 4-8) and can be incorporated as a learning experience in the classroom or informally at home.
It has three parts
There is further hazard information available on this website under 'Hazards in HB'.
Please note: The quicktime videos require Quicktime 7 or higher.
If you do not have Quicktime 7 or higher it is available as a free download at www.apple.com/quicktime/download. | Other Resources
We highly recommend teachers visit www.whatstheplanstan.govt.nz. This is a comprehensive resource for teaching Civil Defence Emergency Management in schools. It contains links and information on other available resources including websites that can support teachers in further developing this unit of work.
Your school should also have a hard copy of this resource which was sent to all New Zealand schools in April 2006. Otherwise contact the Ministry of Civil Defence on Phone (04) 473 7363, Fax (04) 473 7369 or email emergency.management@dia.govt.nz. |
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The Firewise website has some great games and competitions - students can win a ride to school in a fire engine! The FireWise education resources also includes a lesson plan, certificates, and other giveaways. |
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Te Papa's Online Teachers Resource is designed to assist you develop a unit of work about some of New Zealand's natural hazards and how to prepare for them. |
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GNS Science have some exciting class room projects you can use on Quaketrackers. |
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Get students to become Disaster Action Kids at the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the USA. |
Suggested Class Outings  | Visit the National Aquarium Interactive Tsunami Display on Napier's Marine Parade. The display is a learning centre with animations of tsunami and historical material and is well set up for class visits. You can see how tsunami start after earthquakes or undersea landslides and then travel into the coast. Historical information on the known tsunami around New Zealand is fascinating, including testimonies of tsunami survivors. The display also has information on what to do. For bookings and more information contact the National Aquarium on (06) 834 1404, email info@nationalaquarium.co.nz, or check out their website http://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz |  | Visit the Hawke's Bay Museum 1931 Earthquake Display - Life on the Edge, which recognises New Zealand's greatest natural disaster. This display, upgraded in February 2008, incorporates contemporary interactive technology. It looks at the science behind determining the epicentre, our place on the Australian plate, faults in Hawke's Bay, the uplift that occured in 1931 and the measurement of earthquakes. GEOSK one of the new interactive displays lets students look at data coming in from the geophysical networks - using seismographs and GPS - operated across New Zealand by the GeoNet Project. The display also shows the impact on the lives of people in Hawke's Bay, has a great film of earthquake survivors who tell their stories, shows the vulnerabilities we face from earthquakes and teaches how to survive future earthquakes.
For booking information check out the Museum website www.hbmag.co.nz under 'Education' or contact the Hawke's Bay Museum, 65 Marine Parade/9 Herschell Street, PO Box 248, Napier, New Zealand. Phone (06) 835 7781 Facsimile (06) 835 9249. |
This resource has been developed with the support of the Earthquake Commisssion, GNS Science, Brebner Print, Napier Public Library, Port Ahuriri School - Napier, & Simon Nixon Productions Ltd.
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