Disaster Resilience Education Resources

Disaster resilient young people:

- Recognise natural hazards in their local environment.
- Understand the harmful impacts that natural hazards have on people and places.
- Demonstrate strategies for staying safe, seeking help, and helping others in an emergency.
- Design solutions to local challenges related to hazards and emergencies.

Our Lessons for Years 7 & 8

We’ve partnered with the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience to launch a unit for Years 7 & 8, however the lessons could also work for Upper Primary: Years 5 & 6. The lessons help kids understand hazards, risks and how to avoid and/or limit the impact of potential disasters. 

AIDR aims to foster the growth of resilience in young people to better cope with disasters pre, during, and post the event.

Unit

  • Unit
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Disaster Resilience Education - Natural Hazards and Emergency Preparedness

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • The Arts
  • Technology
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Sustainability
  • Social
  • Indigenous Education
  • Mental Health
  • Physical Health

Secondary lessons

  • Lesson
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Disaster Resilience - Local Advice About Hazards

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Technology
  • Information and Communication Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Disaster resilience
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Risk Management
  • Lesson
  • ...

Disaster Resilience - Preparing For Natural Hazards

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Disaster resilience
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Risk Management
  • Lesson
  • ...

Disaster Resilience - Adaptation And Mitigation

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Science
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Geography
  • Technology
  • Design and Technologies
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Disaster resilience
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Risk Management
  • Lesson
  • ...

Disaster Resilience - Creative Recovery

  • Secondary
  • Year 7 - 8
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Civics and Citizenship
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Health
  • The Arts
  • Environmental
  • Climate Change
  • Disaster resilience
  • Economic
  • Design Thinking
  • Risk Management

With thanks to our partner

The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) develops, maintains and shares knowledge and learning to support a disaster resilient Australia.

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