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Defining disaster

What do you think a disaster could be?

1. Read these sentences to start you thinking about disasters.
2. Open this Word document (Word 27KB) and copy and paste each sentence into the diamond shape to rank your ideas of a disaster.
3. Choose three sentences and explain why you think these statements are disasters or not.

Send your Word document to ed@tki.org.nz.

Oil spill

The Exxon Valdez was an oil tanker that crashed into a reef off the coast of Alaska. Oil spilt over 1,900 km of the Alaskan coastline leaving the ocean life and animals of the coast fighting for survival.

1. Read this animated storyboard about oil spills
2. Open a Word document and complete the following:
   • Make a list of all the ocean life that can be affected when there is an oil spill.
   • How do we stop oil from spreading in the ocean?
   • How can you help save our oceans from pollution?

Send your work to ed@tki.org.nz.

Memorable moments

How good is your general knowledge of New Zealand disasters?

1. Use this website to discover when and where some of our worst disasters took place. Click on the word ‘MAP’ then click on a region to find the facts.
2. Open this quiz (Word 27KB) and add your answers.

Send your answers to ed@tki.org.nz

Heroes

Several people became heroes the night the train plunged into the Whangaehu River near Tangiwai in 1953. Some tried to stop the train and others helped pull people from the wreckage.

1. Listen to this account of what happened by a local eyewitness.
2. Design a medal and certificate for the heroes of the Tangiwai disaster. Think about how the design could show what the heroes did and where the disaster occurred.

Send your design to ed@tki.org.nz .

Te rapu oranga wairua

Nā ngā mahi mōrearea nei, e uru ai te tangata ki ngā mahi e kore rawa ia e uru i roto i ngā mahi ārangi nei.

1. Pāwhiria ēnei hononga ki te tirotiro i ngā whakaahua o te parekura i Tangiwai. Whakaarohia mo ngā mahi e mahia ana e ngā tangata i roto i tēnei whakaahua.
   • I ngā tahataha o te awa
   • Te hiki kauamo
   • Tētahi o ngā wāhanga o te tereina e noho tītaha ana
   • He kawanga whakamaumaharatanga mo Tangiwai i te urupā o Karori, Te Whanganui-ā-Tara
   • Te whakamaumaharatanga mo Tangiwai i te urupā o Karori, Te Whanganui-ā-Tara
2. Tohua kia toru ngā pikitia kātahi ka tirohia e koe.
3. Huakina tētahi pepa Word. Pāwhiria te pea ka tohu i te kape, ka tāpiri i te pikitia ki tō pepa Word.
4. Tuhia he kirukiru kōrero, whakaaro rānei, mo ngā tangata kei roto i te whakaahua. Ki te whakamahi i ngā āhua mirumiru kōrero, whakamahia te ‘auto shapes’ kātahi ka pāwhiri i te ‘callouts’ ki raro i te pepa Word.

Īmēratia o whakaahua ki a wiki@tki.org.nz.

Disastrous words

To describe a disaster you need to find the right word. How many different words can you think of to describe a disaster?

1. Open this Word document (Word 40KB) to find some interesting words.
2. Use this online dictionary to find out what they mean and then rank them from strongest to weakest according to how much damage could have occurred.
3. Now choose five of the words and write a story about a disaster.

Send in your Word document to ed@tki.org.nz.

Earthquakes

Māori believe earthquakes are caused by the footsteps of the god Rūamoko. When he moves the earth trembles and shakes.

1. Find out how earthquakes work by learning about our world:
   • Earth’s structure
   • Plate action
   • How earthquakes happen
   • Quiz on earthquakes
2. Build a seismometer to measure movement.
3. Build a tall, sturdy building that will survive an earthquake.

Send digital photos of your work to ed@tki.org.nz.

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