At the initial engagement stage, students researched into different natural disasters that happen in China and around the world. They asked questions about the causes, distribution, frequency of these disasters and searched for information from the websites, videos, books, magazines etc and share their findings and understanding with the class.

At the exploration stage, with the foundation knowledge they had gained, students began to explore the impact of natural disasters on the physical environment and on living things. They worked in groups and looked into different landforms such as crater lake, dammed lake, meandering, desert and yadan and tried to explain their formation.  They also assess whether these places are good for survival for human beings and other living things.

At the investigation stage, student focused on human's response to natural disasters. They researched into different human approaches such as detection, avoidance, rescue and decision making. 

Students had the opportunity to visit the Guangming District Emergency and Firefighting Safety Education Centre on 2 November. During the visit, they experienced a 5D simulation of the Sichuan earthquake and learned different ways of staying safe when earthquake happens. Different natural disasters such as rainstorm, landslides, wildfires were explored. In the fire safety div, students learned about different signage and the use of fire extinguisher. Students demonstrated their curiosity and participated actively at different learning engagements. They were able to connect a lot of their previous learning with what they experienced in the centre to consolidate deep learning.

In the final 2 weeks of this quarter, students will look into a place of their choice and study the natural disasters and human responses that happen there. We look forward to some insightful sharing from our students.