UNIT No. 11.1 UNIT TITLE RESPONDING TO NATURAL HAZARDS SUBJECT GEOGRAPHY YEAR 11 ASSESSMENT Short Response (Week 6) and Practical Exam (Exam Block Week 9) UNIT SYNOPSIS This unit introduces students to the geographical study of natural hazards. It provides an understanding of their patterns of occurrence and causes, and an insight into planning the strategies for prevention, mitigation, recovery and reconstruction. This study will focus on flooding (State), tropical cyclones, and bushfires (National) that have particular relevance to Australia. LEARNING GOAL SUCCESS CRITERIA RESOURCES Define different forms of natural Definitions and classifications of hazards and ways to interpret and natural hazards map them List natural hazards and key events State key actions required to Define steps required in investigating, successfully investigate, analyse and analysing and constructing construct Investigate how disaster management Identify responsible authorities occurs in Queensland Identify in disaster activation, planning and management Investigate how disaster management Identify responsible authorities occurs in Queensland Identify steps in disaster activation, planning and management the frequency of bushfires Identify management and Investigate within the Australian environment containment strategies and action planning and control Explain processes of bushfires and measures used for the containment map frequency in Australia Investigate the causes and frequency of Identify and explain the cause of cyclones and the effect of the El cyclones and management systems Nino/ El Nina cycle used to minimise their impacts Case Study Katrina Identify and – – analyse difficulties faced by authorities in extreme weather events Investigate the causes and frequency of Identify and explain the cause of cyclones and the effect of the El cyclones and management systems Nino/ El Nina cycle used to minimise their impacts Case Study Katrina Identify and – – analyse difficulties faced by authorities in extreme weather events Analyse Queensland’s implementation Explain the impacts and weather of its disaster management plan in events of the 2011 floods relation to the Queensland Floods of Respond to processes used by the 2011 State Government when managing the disaster choropleth maps and graphs Design scale and implement mapping Construct by working with data tables conventions Respond to data tables to construct graphs ie. pie and multiple line graphs DIMENSION 1. Classroom Climate: Cooperative Learning
UNIT No. 11.1 UNIT TITLE RESPONDING TO NATURAL HAZARDS SUBJECT GEOGRAPHY YEAR 11 ASSESSMENT Short Response (Week 6) and Practical Exam (Exam Block Week 9) UNIT SYNOPSIS This unit introduces students to the geographical study of natural hazards. It provides an understanding of their patterns of occurrence and causes, and an insight into planning the strategies for prevention, mitigation, recovery and reconstruction. This study will focus on flooding (State), tropical cyclones, and bushfires (National) that have particular relevance to Australia. LEARNING GOAL SUCCESS CRITERIA RESOURCES Define different forms of natural hazards and ways to interpret and map them Define steps required in investigating, analysing and constructing Definitions and classifications of natural hazards List natural hazards and key events State key actions required to successfully investigate, analyse and construct Investigate how disaster management occurs in Queensland Identify responsible authorities Identify in disaster activation, planning and management Investigate how disaster management occurs in Queensland Identify responsible authorities Identify steps in disaster activation, planning and management Investigate the frequency of bushfires within the Australian environment and action planning and control measures used for the containment Identify management and containment strategies Explain processes of bushfires and map frequency in Australia Investigate the causes and frequency of cyclones and the effect of the El Nino/ El Nina cycle Identify and explain the cause of cyclones and management systems used to minimise their impacts Case Study – Katrina – Identify and analyse difficulties faced by authorities in extreme weather events Investigate the causes and frequency of cyclones and the effect of the El Nino/ El Nina cycle Identify and explain the cause of cyclones and management systems used to minimise their impacts Case Study – Katrina – Identify and analyse difficulties faced by authorities in extreme weather events Analyse Queensland’s implementation of its disaster management plan in relation to the Queensland Floods of 2011 Explain the impacts and weather events of the 2011 floods Respond to processes used by the State Government when managing the disaster Construct choropleth maps and graphs by working with data tables Design scale and implement mapping conventions Respond to data tables to construct graphs ie. pie and multiple line graphs DIMENSION 1. Classroom Climate: Cooperative Learning
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