Disaster Education & Coping Resources: Earthquake

Description

Designed to help elementary students learn how earthquakes form, how to prepare for one (drills), and ways to cope with the aftermath and trauma. Explore natural disasters through colorful visuals, interactive worksheets, coping strategy charts, and guided activities, children gain both safety knowledge and emotional resilience skills.

⭐Includes:

-Stress Assessment (perfect to give before and after the lesson to track a student's progress).

-Coping Tips for Parents (send home).

-PowerPoint Lesson, Digital Version, and PDF handouts and activities.

✨GAIN KNOWLEDGE✨

✔How an Earthquake Forms

-Informative handout/poster of Earthquake Formation.

-Cut & Paste Activity

✔How to Measure an Earthquake

-Informative handout/poster of the Richter Scale.

-Matching Activity

✔Earthquake Clues

-Informative handout/poster of signs of a possible Earthquake.

-Cut & Paste Activity

✨BE PREPARED✨

✔Earthquake Preparation

-Informative handout/poster of ways to prepare for an earthquake (before, during, and after).

-True or False Activity

✔Earthquake Drill

-Earthquake drill for schools.

-Activity

✨AFTERMATH / COPING✨

✔Processing After the Quake

-Reflection Pages

✔Feelings & Coping Skills

-Earthquake Feelings Activity

-Post Quake Coping Affirmations

-Breathing Exercises

-Guided Visualization

-Grounding Technique

✔Look for the Helpers

-Activity

-Thank You Letter to a Helper

✔ Black and White Version Included.

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⏳Product Q&A⏳

▶️Where can I find the google classroom link?

Google slides link and instructions are on the 2nd page of the PDF.

▶️What formats are included?

-Pdf version to print out.

-Powerpoint presentation.

-Google Slides version.

▶️What mode should I use this in google slides?

This product is meant to be used in "edit" mode (not "presentation" mode). Edit mode is the only mode that allows drag & drop and writing in text boxes.

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