Disaster and Emergency Preparedness : Activity Guide for K to 6th Grade Teachers

Communities around the world are faced with natural hazards-extreme environmental events such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis. For some communities, these natural hazards turn into disasters, resulting in tremendous losses and injuries for students, school staff and families. However, by taking preventative measures before hazard impact, and learning preparedness and response, a culture of safety can be fostered. Communities can reduce and even eliminate such losses. This booklet offers suggestions for a range of classroom and community activities to teach elementary school students, from kindergarten to sixth grade, about natural and man-made hazards, how to protect oneself and respond to them, and how to help reduce their impact and prevent them from becoming community disasters. The booklet is divided into five sections on classroom and community activities: 1) hazards and disasters in our community; 2) measuring our environment; 3) disaster prevention; 4) emergency response; and 5) promoting disaster prevention in your community.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2010
Subjects:	ACCIDENT, ACCIDENTS, AFTERSHOCK, AFTERSHOCKS, AIR PRESSURE, BASIC PRINCIPLES, BLANKET, BLANKETS, BLEEDING, BOTTLED WATER, BOTTLES, CHEMICALS, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITY EDUCATION, COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS, CONTAINERS, CRED, DANGERS, DEGREES, DISASTER, DISASTER PLAN, DISASTER PLANNING, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AGENCY, DISASTER PREVENTION, DISASTER PREVENTION ACTIVITIES, DISASTER PREVENTION ACTIVITY, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTERS, DOCUMENTS, DRIED FRUIT, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARLY WARNINGS, EARTH SCIENCE, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION MINISTRIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, EMERGENCIES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY PLANNING, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, EVACUATION, EVACUATIONS, EXPLOSIONS, EXPLOSIVE, EXPLOSIVES, FAULT LINES, FIELD TRIPS, FIRE, FIRE PREVENTION, FIRES, FIRST AID, FIRST AID KIT, FIRST AID KITS, FLOOD, FLOODED, FLOODING, FLOODS, FLOUR, FOOD SECURITY, GAUGE, GENERATORS, HEAVY RAIN, HIGH SCHOOL, INJURED PERSON, INSTRUCTION, INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION, LANDSLIDE, LANDSLIDES, LATEX GLOVES, LEARNING, LEARNING OBJECTIVES, LIGHTING, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL HAZARD, NATURAL HAZARDS, NUTS, OLDER CHILDREN, OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, PROBLEM SOLVING, RELIEF, RISK REDUCTION, RUBBER, SAFETY, SCHOOLS, SCIENTISTS, SEARCH AND RESCUE, SMOKE, STRAW, STUDENT AWARENESS, STUDENT LEARNING, TEACHER, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, VICTIMS, WIND SPEED, WIND STORM, WINTER STORM, WORKERS, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/18806696/disaster-emergency-preparedness-activity-guide-kindergarten-sixth-grade-teachers https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17678
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