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Educational Resources for Disaster Risk Reduction I am posting some educational resources for DRR here, but I really need YOUR resources and examples of good practice to find the best pract… Started by Justin Sharpe	9	Aug 12, 2010 Reply by Justin Sharpe
An example of disaster education working ... One of the few pieces of good news to come out of last year's tsunami tragedy in Samoa was the story of 10-year old New Zealander, Abby Wut… Started by Roly Hermans	1	Mar 9, 2010 Reply by Roly Hermans
Watching a tsunami? During the recent tsunami alert around the Pacific as a result of the Chile earthquake, many people did not heed the warnings and actually… Started by Roly Hermans	0	Mar 3, 2010
What lessons have had the greatest impact on your students? One of the greatest rewards as a teacher is when a lesson has unexpected but exciting outcomes and when students really take ownership of t… Started by Justin Sharpe	2	Feb 10, 2010 Reply by Alexander D. Nayve
Lightning Hazards and Students - What would you do? Lightning as a hazard is often overlooked, and there is a huge gap in knowledge alongside a large proportion of assumed but inaccurate know… Started by Justin Sharpe	12	Jan 29, 2010 Reply by Justin Sharpe
Teaching Earthquake Safety Teaching about hazards and in particular, earthquakes, can be challenging. A balance has to be struck between preparing children while not… Started by Justin Sharpe	3	Dec 7, 2009 Reply by emmerando martin p. cruz
Storybook about disaster risk reduction As part of the What's the Plan Stan educational resource we developed for the New Zealand Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Managme… Started by Roly Hermans	1	Jul 23, 2009 Reply by Justin Sharpe
Using online surveys to evaluate the success of an education project I think that it is important from a child/youth perspective that they are seen as contributors to disaster prevention rather than passive o… Started by Justin Sharpe	4	Jun 22, 2009 Reply by Roly Hermans
youth awareness - products to use Hi All Reading the latest news letter, I was interested to see the American Red Cross have created a colouring book. I have now created th… Started by Rosanna Briggs	0	Jun 22, 2009
FEMA Education Items The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Ad Council have joined with Discovery Education to a… Started by Lloyd Colston	1	Apr 15, 2009 Reply by Justin Sharpe