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    Stop Disasters Worksheet

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online disaster simulation game. Students are divided into groups of 4-5 members and tasked with planning safer environments for populations facing different natural disasters. Before playing the game, students complete a worksheet organizing information about their assigned disaster type. While playing, they make defenses and developments, record key facts, and summarize news reports and damage from the disaster. The goal is to uncover 15 key facts during a second simulation attempt and record them on the worksheet. After both attempts, students assess the most successful defense strategies and how they could improve for next time.

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    Stop Disasters Worksheet

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online disaster simulation game. Students are divided into groups of 4-5 members and tasked with planning safer environments for populations facing different natural disasters. Before playing the game, students complete a worksheet organizing information about their assigned disaster type. While playing, they make defenses and developments, record key facts, and summarize news reports and damage from the disaster. The goal is to uncover 15 key facts during a second simulation attempt and record them on the worksheet. After both attempts, students assess the most successful defense strategies and how they could improve for next time.

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    This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online disaster simulation game. Students are divided into groups of 4-5 members and tasked with planning safer environments for populations facing different natural disasters. Before playing the game, students complete a worksheet organizing information about their assigned disaster type. While playing, they make defenses and developments, record key facts, and summarize news reports and damage from the disaster. The goal is to uncover 15 key facts during a second simulation attempt and record them on the worksheet. After both attempts, students assess the most successful defense strategies and how they could improve for next time.

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    Stop Disasters Worksheet

    Uploaded by

    Vin Jesom
    This document provides instructions for a student activity using an online disaster simulation game. Students are divided into groups of 4-5 members and tasked with planning safer environments for populations facing different natural disasters. Before playing the game, students complete a worksheet organizing information about their assigned disaster type. While playing, they make defenses and developments, record key facts, and summarize news reports and damage from the disaster. The goal is to uncover 15 key facts during a second simulation attempt and record them on the worksheet. After both attempts, students assess the most successful defense strategies and how they could improve for next time.

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    The simulation aims to educate students about natural disaster risk reduction and mitigation strategies through an interactive game. Key information like defenses, damages, fatalities, and facts are recorded to analyze effectiveness and make improvements.

    The goal of the Stop Disasters simulation is to plan and construct safer environments for populations by understanding natural hazard risks and applying the best prevention and mitigation methods to minimize human, physical, and financial costs of disasters.

    The Stop Disasters worksheet is used to record background information about the selected disaster scenario before playing. During the simulation, information like news reports, damages, fatalities, and key facts are recorded. After playing, a mission analysis is completed.

    Names: ________________________ Date: __________________

    Accomplish in groups with 4-5 members


    “STOP DISASTERS!” Computer Game – Student Activity
    (www.stopdisastersgame.org)

    “Disasters triggered by natural hazards destroy lives and livelihoods. They affect
    millions of people every year, rich or poor. With your help, we can reduce the
    human, physical and financial cost of disasters by understanding the risks of
    applying the best methods of prevention and mitigation. Simple measures really
    do save lives. Your role is to plan and construct a safer environment for your
    population”. (International Strategy for Disaster Reduction)

    Before the Simulation: Using the internet, complete the Natural Disaster Organizer on the next page.

    During the Simulation:

    1. Go to www.stopdisastersgame.org and click on “Play Game” (it may take a minute to load), read the
    introduction and then “Launch Game”. Click on “Instructions” and read each section carefully.

    2. Click on “Play Game” and choose one of the disaster types. Record the necessary information on
    your Stop Disasters Worksheet. Note: it is recommended to start with the “easy” scenario.
    Carefully read the “Mission Introduction” and again record the necessary information on your
    worksheet. The simulation then begins.

    3. As you start putting in place defences and developments, “Key Fact” boxes will pop up giving you
    valuable information. There are 15 key facts in each simulation – the more of these you uncover, the
    more points you earn. You will be required to record the key facts you discover, but wait until the
    second time you go through the simulation so you don’t waste valuable time (disasters usually hit 20
    minutes into the simulation).

    4. At a certain point, the disaster will hit. Summarize the news report on your worksheet. Click on
    “View Scene” and look at the damage using your “Map” function. Click “Back” and then click on
    “View Report” and fill in the “Mission Report” sections.

    5. Go through the simulation again (using the same disaster type), but focus on uncovering the 15 Key
    Facts and summarizing them in the Key Facts Table. Don’t worry about your score or about the time.

    After the Simulation: Answer the following…

    1. What defense strategy did you find to be the most effective in lessening the damage for your chosen
    disaster(s)? Explain.

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    “STOP DISASTERS!” WORKSHEET
    BACKGROUND (fill out before simulation begins)

    Disaster Type: Earthquake Location: Eastern Mediterranean Terrain: Lowland Hills


    Difficulty Level: Easy Population: 436 Time Allotted: 20mins Budget: $ 50,000

    Challenge (summarize in your own words):

    MISSION REPORT (fill out after disaster hits)

    Summarize the news report of the disaster:

    Housing and Development:


    Buildings Destroyed: Total Damages: Population Housed:

    Population Died: Population Sheltered: Population Injured:

    Mission (pass or fail):


    School built: Hospital built: Scenario mission:

    Bonus:
    Key Facts Found: Budget Remaining: Final Score: Pass or Fail?

    ANALYSIS (fill out after disaster hits)

    1. What measures seemed to be the most successful?

    2. What might you do differently the next time you try it?

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    “STOP DISASTERS!” KEY FACT TABLE
    After you have completed a disaster simulation once and recorded the necessary information for your
    Worksheet (see previous page), try the disaster again but this time focus on uncovering the 15 Key Facts
    and summarizing them in your own words below. Don’t worry about your score or the time.

    Disaster Type: ____________________________________

    Key Fact Title Key Fact Summary – in your own words


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