B Barber
Science Coordinator

Partner Primary & Secondary Schools
John Paul, Nazareth, Padua, St John's Reg. Colleges & Partner Primary

Science
Middle Years Science Program - Course Development

Middle Years Science Program

 

"Natural Disasters" Concept Map

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Lighting Strikes
- cloud formation, weather conditions.
- damage and safety during strikes.
- discovery of electricity.
- causes of lighting.
- sound and sight: measuring distance away of strikes.
Earthquakes
- plate tectonics, fault lines, magma movement.
- damage and safety during quakes.
- San Andreas fault line.
- tidal waves.
- measuring earthquakes (seismic shock waves)
Floods
- controlling water flow, dams, irrigation..
- floods are helpful? Nile and ancient times.
- regrowth and life cycles.
- dangerous water currents.
- current events.
Volcanoes
- plate tectonics.
- dormant and active.
- dangerous world locations.
- damage and remains.
- magma and causes of volcanoes.
- Pompeii & superstitions
Bible Stories
- Moses and natural disasters.
- Pharoah and life in Egypt
"Natural Disasters"
Ice Age
- death of the dinosaurs.
- surviving the cold and wet.
- life in the Antarctic.
- keeping warm.
Fire
- wind conditions & summer.
- Water restrictions.
- Fire bans & Melbourne.
- surviving bush fires.
- regrowth & bush life.
Wind
- cyclone, tornadoes, hurricanes, tidal waves.
- tropical vs temperature weather conditions.
- floods are helpful? Nile and ancient times.
- regrowth and life cycles.
- dangerous water currents.
- current events.
Mud Slides & Avolanches
- Stuart Diver.
- dangers & survival techniques in the snow.
- current events.
Drought
- survival in the desert..
- harsh Australian outback.
- pioneering days.
- Slip, slop, slap - Aussie summer.
Meteor impact
- death of the dinosaurs.
- comets & meteors.
- Grand Canyon etc.
- Start of Universe.