1. Part 1: Natural or Caused By Human Activity
Disasters
Part 1: Natural or Caused By Human Activity

2. Identify disasters as events associated with large-scale structural damage and/or loss of life.
Introduction video

3. Natural and Human Caused Disasters
Natural Disaster
Events beyond human cause or control.
Human Caused Disaster
Events that occur because of human activity or negligence.

4. Natural and Human Caused Disasters
Caused by People
Floods
Fires
Droughts
Cyclones
Dust Storms
Tornadoes
Plague
Earthquake
Famine
Epidemic
Violent storms
Volcanoes
Landslide
Avalanches
Tsunami
Floods
Fires
Explosions
Shipwrecks
Plane Crash
Train Wrecks
Avalanche
Famine
Plague
Epidemic
Radioactive accident
Oil Spill
Ozone layer depletion
Landslide
Greenhouse Effect
War

5. identify a range of natural disasters, with the aid of specific Australian examples identify a range of disasters associated with human activity using specific Australian examples identify specific Australian examples where nature and human activity have combined to produce disasters such as dust storms, shipwrecks, landslides and accidents

6. Earthhquakes IN AUSTRALIA:
Sudden and violent movement of the Earth’s surface.
Caused by movements of the Earth’s Tectonic Plates.
Seismometers are used to detect small shock waves before earthquakes hit.
IN AUSTRALIA:
Newcastle Earthquake
December 1989
13 Deaths, 163 injured
Building code modified to increase earthquake resistance

7. Spotlight Textbook Pg 220-228
Summarise each of the disasters listed in the book with an Australian Example where possible.
Answer “To Think About” Questions once done