Students: Depth Study 10 hours – using secondary sources, Research Question evaluate the effectiveness of Do we have the capacity to disaster-proof the planet? technologies in predicting Students use a variety of sources to investigate the effectiveness of technologies used to predict natural natural disasters and prevent damage to life and infrastructure, such as: disasters, for example: predicting volcanic eruptions – volcanoes: about predicting volcanoes including specific examples Kilauea and Mt St Helens imaging, to consider the limitations of various technologies in predicting volcanic eruptions and other seismic data, geological hazards warning systems, to assess, predict and mitigate natural disasters ground-movement data, Students suggest and justify which technological method they would choose if they were in an analysis of historical earthquake-prone area and only had a budget to cover one of the options. data (ACSES095, Students investigate building codes and disaster warning systems in earthquake zones including: ACSES098, Christchurch ACSES100) Tokyo earthquakes: ground Students use media and other reports to assess the accuracy of technologies used in meteorology movement detectors, anomalous animal to predict and prevent damage to life and infrastructure as a result of natural weather events. Students prepare a multimedia response to the research question. behaviour, strain meters east coast lows: temperatures, pressure systems investigate and evaluate the technologies used to minimise the effect of natural disasters associated with volcanoes and earthquakes, including building codes, disaster systems and education (ACSES103) using secondary sources, assess the accuracy of technologies used in meteorology to predict and prevent damage to life and infrastructure as a result of natural weather events Resources Earthquakes recent earthquakes: track recent earthquake activity
Students: using secondary sources, evaluate the effectiveness of technologies in predicting natural disasters, for example: volcanoes: imaging, seismic data, systems, ground-movement data, analysis of historical data (ACSES095, ACSES098, ACSES100) earthquakes: ground movement detectors, anomalous animal behaviour, strain meters east coast lows: temperatures, pressure systems investigate and evaluate the technologies used to minimise the effect of natural disasters associated with volcanoes and earthquakes, including building codes, disaster warning systems and education (ACSES103) using secondary sources, assess the accuracy of technologies used in meteorology to predict and prevent damage to life and infrastructure as a result of natural weather events Depth Study – 10 hours Research Question Do we have the capacity to disaster-proof the planet? Students use a variety of sources to investigate the effectiveness of technologies used to predict natural disasters and prevent damage to life and infrastructure, such as: – predicting volcanic eruptions about predicting volcanoes including specific examples Kilauea and Mt St Helens to consider the limitations of various technologies in predicting volcanic eruptions and other geological hazards to assess, predict and mitigate natural disasters Students suggest and justify which technological method they would choose if they were in an earthquake-prone area and only had a budget to cover one of the options. Students investigate building codes and disaster warning systems in earthquake zones including: Christchurch Tokyo Students use media and other reports to assess the accuracy of technologies used in meteorology to predict and prevent damage to life and infrastructure as a result of natural weather events. Students prepare a multimedia response to the research question. Resources Earthquakes recent earthquakes: track recent earthquake activity