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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.

Sample

The following work sample, and the related The Humanities – Geography 3.5 progression point examples, illustrate the kind of response that students produce as they progress towards the Level 4 standard.

What are the affects?
Hurricanes can do a lot of damage to our houses, supplies, crops and if its bad enough, us. They can also leave many people homeless, injured or even dead.
Cyclone Larry did a lot of this damage, but it also cut electricity supplies, blew rooves off houses, and caused multiple floodings.
The affects of hurricanes depend on how harsh the hurricane is, if the hurricane is extremely large it can cause critical damage. But if the hurricane is undersized, the buildings wouldn’t have a reason to collapse, also it won’t cause as much injuries than a larger hurricane would.

Annotation

Geographical knowledge and understanding – 3.5
Identifies the broad impact of cyclones.
Provides the example of Cyclone Larry to support their claim about impacts, but does not provide specific evidence, for example, names of areas where flooding occurred or crops were damaged.
Management of cyclones is not addressed.