These activities test domain knowledge from the Background pages and assist students to develop higher levels of inquiry.
Interactive Activities
1. What are Geohazards?
![Interactive activity. Interactive activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a01-geohazards.jpg)
2. What Causes Geohazards?
![Interactive activity. Interactive activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a02-geohazards.jpg)
3. Earthquakes in New Zealand
![Interactive activity Interactive activity](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a03-earthquakes.jpg)
4. The Canterbury Earthquakes
![Activity. Activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a04-canterbury-earthquakes.jpg)
5. Effects of the Canterbury Earthquakes
![Click to open interactive activity. Activity](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a05-effects-canterbury-earthquakes.jpg)
6. Civil Defence and Emergency Management
![Click to open activity. Click to open activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a06-civil-defence-and-emergency-management.jpg)
7. Emergency Plans
![Interactive activity. Interactive activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a07-emergency-plans.jpg)
8. ShakeOut!
![Activity. Activity.](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/Field%20trips/a08-shakeout.jpg)
Other activities
Curriculum Area |
Strand |
Background pages |
Learning outcome |
Activity |
Social Studies Level 3-5
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Place and Environment |
- Earthquakes in New Zealand
- The Canterbury Earthquakes
- Canterbury Earthquake Effects
- Civil Defence and Emergency Management
- Emergency Plans
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- Inform people how to protect themselves and their property from disaster
- Show how a disaster should be managed
- Present information effectively
- Summarise and categorise earthquake impacts
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- Civil Defence poster - Word (245k) | PDF (190k)
- Canned Disaster - Word (2.03Mb) | PDF (157k)
- Canterbury Earthquakes Impacts - Word (115k) | PDF (182k)
- How Safe is My House - Word (60k) | PDF (92k)
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English Level 3-5
![](/sites/learnz.org.nz/files/curric-ss_0.jpg)
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Presenting |
Online activities