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QR Challenge: Australian Disasters

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question

Answer

1. Which part of Australia is immune to natural hazards?none
2. Why is the impact of hazards growing?Increasing population density
3. What type of hazards are regional?cyclones
4. What may influence hazards in the future?climate change
5. What poet writes about Australia's environment?Dorothea Mackellar
6. What type of weather system is associated with cyclones?low pressure
7. What is another name for cyclones?hurricanes and typhoons
8. What are the common features of cyclones?high winds, heavy rain, storm surges
9. When is the cyclone season?November to April
10. What is the average number of cylcones that occur each year?10
11. What are weather system causes severe weather? low pressure systems
12. What types of features are common to severe storms? intense low pressure systems, thunderstorms, lightning, hail, storm wind gusts, tornadoes.
13. What is the estimated cost of severe storms? A$284 million per annum
14. Severe storms are responsible for more insurance costs that tropical cyclones, earthquakes, floods or bushfires. True or False? True
15. What type of severe weather causes the most damage? severe thunderstorms
16. What are earthquakes?vibrations caused by rocks breaking under stress.
17. What is the common cause of earthquakes in Australia?Earthquakes in Australia are usually caused by movements along faults as a result of compression in the Earth’s crust.
18. What tectonic plates cause earthquakes in Australia? Indo-Australian plate is being pushed north and is colliding with the Eurasian, Philippine and Pacific plates.
19. What is the average number of earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or more in Australia each year?80
20. What two places have the most and the larges recorded earthquake?Adelaide and Meeberrie WA 7.2
21. What is a drought? A prolonged, abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users' normal needs.
22. Drought is not simply low rainfall. True or false?True
23. Why can any part of Australia be in drought?Australia is the driest of all inhabited continents, with its climates varying markedly over time and space.
24. How many significant '100-year droughts' has Australia experienced?2
25. What is the main damage of drought? financial losses, personal hardship and environmental damage.
26. What are the two types of fire hazard in Australia?Bushfires and grassfires
27. What are the main characteristics of Grassfires? fast moving, low to medium intensity and primarily damage crops, livestock and farming infrastructure, such as fences.
28. What is the main difference between a grass fire and a bushfire? slower moving, higher heat output, smolder for days. Fire in the crown of the tree canopy can move rapidly.
29. What three factors does a bushfire need to occur? presence of fuel, oxygen and an ignition source.
30. When is it bushfire season in Darwin? Winter and Spring
31. When does a flood occur?temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas
32. Floods can have both positive and negative impacts. True or False? True
33. What is a flash flood? after a relatively short intense burst of rainfall such as during a thunderstorm. the drainage system has insufficient capacity or time to cope with the downpour, localised, unpredictable and normally short duration.
34. What type of damage is caused by flooding? damage to buildings and critical infrastructure, such as roads and railways as well as to agricultural land and crops. They also disrupt business and can affect the health of communities.
35. What is the average cost of flooding?A$377 million

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Which_part_of_Australia_is_immune_to_natural_hazards?

Question 1 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_is_the_impact_of_hazards_growing?

Question 2 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_type_of_hazards_are_regional?

Question 3 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_may_influence_hazards_in_the_future?

Question 4 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_poet_writes_about_Australia's_environment?

Question 5 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_type_of_weather_system_is_associated_with_cyclones?

Question 6 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_another_name_for_cyclones?

Question 7 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_common_features_of_cyclones?

Question 8 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_is_the_cyclone_season?

Question 9 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_average_number_of_cylcones_that_occur_each_year?

Question 10 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_weather_system_causes_severe_weather?

Question 11 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_types_of_features_are_common_to_severe_storms?

Question 12 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_estimated_cost_of_severe_storms?

Question 13 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

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Question 14 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_type_of_severe_weather_causes_the_most_damage?

Question 15 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_earthquakes?

Question 16 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_common_cause_of_earthquakes_in_Australia?

Question 17 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_tectonic_plates_cause_earthquakes_in_Australia?

Question 18 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_average_number_of_earthquakes_of_magnitude_3.0_or_more_in_Australia_each_year?

Question 19 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_two_places_have_the_most_and_the_larges_recorded_earthquake?

Question 20 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_drought?

Question 21 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Drought_is_not_simply_low_rainfall._True_or_false?

Question 22 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Why_can_any_part_of_Australia_be_in_drought?

Question 23 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=How_many_significant_'100-year_droughts'_has_Australia_experienced?

Question 24 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_main_damage_of_drought?

Question 25 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_two_types_of_fire_hazard_in_Australia?

Question 26 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_are_the_main_characteristics_of_Grassfires?

Question 27 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_main_difference_between_a_grass_fire_and_a_bushfire?

Question 28 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_three_factors_does_a_bushfire_need_to_occur?

Question 29 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_is_it_bushfire_season_in_Darwin?

Question 30 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_does_a_flood_occur?

Question 31 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Floods_can_have_both_positive_and_negative_impacts._True_or_False?

Question 32 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_a_flash_flood?

Question 33 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_type_of_damage_is_caused_by_flooding?

Question 34 (of 35)

 


Australian Disasters: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_is_the_average_cost_of_flooding?

Question 35 (of 35)