Resilient Australia - Building Resilience To Natural Disasters
Australia has experienced increasingly frequent, intense, repeated, and now overlapping shocks such as fires, floods, and drought. Coupled with chronic stresses including economic inequity, reduced levels of services in rural and regional areas, and social exclusion, these disasters have conspired to challenge communities across the country. Communities have little or no time to prepare, respond and recover from these events before the next arrives.
Primary Lessons
These resources cover a range of subjects and year levels, allowing you to introduce natural disaster resilience skills and knowledge across various primary school classes.
Students will grow their understanding about what a natural disaster is, how it functions, and what actions they can take to make themselves and their local communities more prepared and more resilient, leading to better outcomes during as well as after they have been impacted by a natural disaster.
Tune In
Thought-provoking lessons featuring questions and activities designed to stimulate students' interest.
Find Out
Explicit instruction on the topic, increasing in complexity and breadth of knowledge.
Take Action
Contextualising knowledge and inspiring students through real-world examples. These lessons feature stories of inspirational people and organisations making a difference to help bring the learning to life.
