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Natural disaster PowerPoint

Context

Students were asked to create a “Producer for PowerPoint” on a natural disaster. The task was a partnered task and each pair had a different natural disaster to research, which was chosen by drawing the topic out of a hat.

The PowerPoint presentation:-

Needed to include slides that provided information on:

What is the natural disaster?
How is it formed?
What are the effects?

And could include information on:

What time of the year it is likely to happen?
Where does it occur?
Is it dangerous for humans? How?
How can we help in case of the disaster?
Can it spread?
How can it be stopped/prevented?

Students were required to cite references and needed to include pictures or diagrams that were relevant to their PowerPoint.

The element of the Geographic knowledge and understanding Level 4 standard addressed by the task is:

(Students) identify and describe Australia’s significant natural processes. They describe the reaction of people to these processes including the management of natural disasters … they provide examples and evidence based on their inquiries.

The element of the Geospatial skills Level 4 standard addressed by the task is:

(Students) identify features from maps, satellite images, and oblique photographs.

Sample

The following work sample, and the related The Humanities – Geography 3.25 progression point examples, illustrate the kind of response that students produce as they progress towards the Level 4 standard.

What is a cyclone?

A cyclone is a low pressured system that has well defined clockwise wind circulations with a gale force that can reach from 60 km/h to 90km/h.
It is made up of three main parts: The Eye, the Eyewall and the Hot Tower.
They form in tropical regions where there is warm water (at least 27 degrees celsius)

Natural Disaster Powerpoint - Image displaying structure of a cyclone

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Annotation

Geographical knowledge and understanding – 3.25
Identifies key elements of a cyclone, but does not describe the cyclone as a process, including for example a broader description of how they are formed.

Geospatial skills – 3.25
ldentifies the features of a cyclone from geographic imagery to support description of the cyclone, but does not include any maps to support the description of the process, for example, to show the location of tropical regions in Australia.