Floods
Task 1
Read Flood Hazards and Disasters on pages 8 and 9 in Hazards, Disasters and Survival
Task 2
Watch Scope: Floods on DVC - looks at the prevention, forecasting, modelling, rescuing from and impacts of floods.
Task 3
Visit the Floods – Get the Facts page and the Floods – Ready and Able page and pay particular attention to:
Resources
(Students should have access to an Atlas, an on-line map or a blank outline map of Australia.)
Additional flood resources available here.
Task 4
Take time to investigate!
Investigate floods individually, in pairs or groups to find the answers to the following:
Extension!
How they have the people of the Netherlands coped and lived with floods for centuries?
What are some of the strategies they have put in place to make flooding a part of their lives?
Select one of these strategies (e.g. dykes, amphibious homes) and give a short presentation on this.
Read Flood Hazards and Disasters on pages 8 and 9 in Hazards, Disasters and Survival
Task 2
Watch Scope: Floods on DVC - looks at the prevention, forecasting, modelling, rescuing from and impacts of floods.
Task 3
Visit the Floods – Get the Facts page and the Floods – Ready and Able page and pay particular attention to:
- the three common types of floods that affect Australia (slow-onset, rapid-onset and flash-flooding)
- floods are not always caused by rain
- what to do before a flood, during floods and after flood waters have receded
- what is meant by flood prevention or reduction strategies?
Resources
(Students should have access to an Atlas, an on-line map or a blank outline map of Australia.)
Additional flood resources available here.
- Bureau of Meteorology – Floods page
- Earth Science Australia - Floods
- Geoscience Australia – What is a Flood?
Task 4
Take time to investigate!
Investigate floods individually, in pairs or groups to find the answers to the following:
- How do floods occur?
- Are there different types of floods? If so how many, and what is the difference between them?
- Is there a difference in how much warning time we have for each of the flood types?
- Apart from rainfall, what are the other types of disasters that can cause floods to occur?
- Locate each major flood event and mark it on the outline map.
- Are there any patterns? If so, what would cause an area to flood more often than others?
- What would be some effective flood prevention strategies for these areas?
Extension!
How they have the people of the Netherlands coped and lived with floods for centuries?
What are some of the strategies they have put in place to make flooding a part of their lives?
Select one of these strategies (e.g. dykes, amphibious homes) and give a short presentation on this.