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Beryl, Thanks for the support! There are a number of resources that I have developed on this site that I have developed which may also be of use, perhaps not in their current state which has an emphasis on UK flooding for instance, but could easil...
October 9
Thanks for your comments, Justin - The three educational theorists you mention are such good ones to continue to study for their work, as you indicate, can be so important to what we do. And yes, we so often forget to consider how children learn w...
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I'm currently working in the Philippines on various DRR projects with schools and am wondering what DRR competencies have been developed. So many DRR activities are undertaken and that's good. But what are the competencies that these projects/acti...
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Roly Hermans

Storybook about disaster risk reduction 1 Reply

Started by Roly Hermans. Last reply by Justin Sharpe Jul 23.

Justin Sharpe

Using online surveys to evaluate the success of an education project 4 Replies

Started by Justin Sharpe. Last reply by Roly Hermans Jun 22.

Rosanna Briggs

youth awareness - products to use

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Justin Sharpe

Educational Resources for Disaster Risk Reduction 7 Replies

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FEMA Education Items 1 Reply

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The following are some examples of lesson plans and resources. more will follow, but if you have more please add them!
Lesson plans for edu4hazards.org website Scheme of work and lesson plans for using the edu4hazards.org website - A series of four 1 hour lessons - Use all or just one or two!

shake table My shake table design using a variable speed drill

disaster_myths.doc Learn why people don't do anything to prepare based on 'what they have heard, rather than facts!

Earthquake epicenters exerciseA great exercise that allows students to work out earthquake epicenters from real data - better for older kids (14+)

A coloring Book! A coloring book for learning about preparedness for younger kids!

FEMA earthquake preparedness for children Excellent FEMA resource for teaching about earthquakes and carrying out drills with children -My favorite is the 'shimy-shake' song with younger kids! A series of lessons for a range of age groups.

Boy vs Brick movie (45 secs) Who will win...A great advert/resource...Why isn't this on youtube? Really great idea for engaging teenage age group...makes them laugh and think

How Big was that quake? A resource from Team Safe-T that helps students to investigate how large an earthquake was...

VERY simple shake table This shake table design is perfectly easy to make...you need cardboard drink trays, elastic bands, marbles, elastic bands and staples. Students build structures from marshmallows and cocktails sticks to see how it responds in an earthquake..suitable for ANY age group

What causes earthquakes? Film showing how earthquakes occur using simple visualizations

 
 

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Justin Sharpe

ASB Job vacancy - Inclusion and DRR Manager

Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB) is one of Germany’s largest and oldest social welfare organisations. ASB’s
Indonesia Office is seeking to build on its reputation as a regional leader in providing disaster risk reduction
(DRR) and educational solutions for people with disabilities. ASB Indonesia is seeking an experienced
manager to oversee and deliver an institutional capacity building project on inclusive education funded
by the EC. The project is to be implemented in close collaboration with Yogy… Continue

Posted by Justin Sharpe on October 16, 2009 at 9:51am

Beryl Cheal

DRR Competencies

I'm currently working in the Philippines on various DRR projects with schools and am wondering what DRR competencies have been developed. So many DRR activities are undertaken and that's good. But what are the competencies that these projects/activities are based on? Have some been developed? If so, where would I find them? I'd love to hear from folks, especially about DRR competencies related to schools. Thanks for any help you can give me. Beryl Cheal

Posted by Beryl Cheal on October 1, 2009 at 2:00am — 3 Comments

Justin Sharpe

Get children involved and EDUCATED in drills!

So what's the point of talking about education, drills, planning in schools etc if the students don't know what is expected of them. In most drills that I have see students are relatively passive participants. I have also been running training as part of INSET to teachers and leaders at my school which included table top exercises. I had teachers take on different roles for a variety of likely situations: Lockdown, Bomb Threat and a road traffic accident outside of school. As there is a high vol… Continue

Posted by Justin Sharpe on September 28, 2009 at 7:30pm

 

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