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Grade 12 – Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction

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THE DISASTERS AND HAZARDS AROUND US

Activity 1. The Disasters I Know

DIRECTIONS: Find ten (10) words that are connected and related to disaster. Encircle the words you found
then answer the questions that follow. Write your answers in the space provided.

J Q K D B J V O Z M A K E V C
C O P I U N O L W E S O V B O
Q R T Y E L O S S I U P O I M
S S E N K C I S R Z X V B N M
L K J H G F D E R D E U O P U
E D E U I O P O P U E R Y U N
D I S I S T E R E Y I A U D I
O I H D I A O L P U R U T E T
H I O V U L N E R A B L E H Y
B I E R U E T O Y O D P D D T
H I O A E T B U O A I R P O K
T Y P O T Y V J M H A A R D O
X I A R O S K A S Z P E T U O
H U I R E D G I A O U Y O P U
A D N I E E R H E D H I T P U

1. What makes an event or a phenomenon disastrous?

2. How can hazards be considered disasters?

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Specific Week: 1-2 (LAS 1)
Target Competencies: Explain the meaning of disaster (DRR11/12-Ia-b-1),

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Activity 2: The Risky Risk

DIRECTIONS: Complete the table below.

Column A Column B
(Urban Area) (Rural Area)

Disasters Risk Drivers Disasters Risk Drivers

1. Flooding Lack of awareness 1.Sinkholes Environmental
degradation

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.

6. 6.

7. 7.

8. 8.

9. 9.

10. 10.

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Specific Week: 1-2 (LAS 1)
Target Competencies: Differentiate the risk factor underlying disasters (DRR11/12-Ia-b2)

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Activity 3: The Risks of Two
DIRECTIONS: Answer the crossword puzzle by identifying the different examples of disasters based on the
given hints. Then answer the questions that follow.
7 Across:
9
1. A gradual increase in the temperature of the sea
2
6. A risk to the environment arising from biological
6
work
8. An overflowing of a large amount of water
3

4 9.The result of clearing a large area of trees

5
Down:
1
2. A rapid and aggressive shifting of the land

3. A tropical cyclone
8
4. The unlawful use of violence and intimidation

5. The sliding down of a mass of earth or rock

6. A long wave of high seas triggered by an

earthquake

1. From the crossword puzzle, group the disasters into two. What is your basis for grouping these disasters
into two?

2. Do humans contribute to the greatest disaster the world ever experiences? Why or why not? Explain your
answer.

Activity 4: The Past Disasters

DIRECTIONS: Give two (2) disasters you have experienced before then give its nature, effects to you and
your family, and how you coped with it. An example is done for you. Write your answers in the space provided.

Experience Nature of Disaster Effects of Disaster Coping Mechanism

Example: Typhoon Natural Disaster Flooding in the streets Created a to-do list
Yolanda after the flood went
down.

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Specific Week: 1-2 (LAS 1)
Target Competencies: Differentiate the risk factor underlying disasters (DRR11/12-Ia-b2), Describe the
effects of disasters on one’s life (DRR11/12-Ia-b-3)

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Activity 5: Complete me!

DIRECTIONS: Complete the table then answer the questions that follow.

Column A (Places) Column B Column C

(Disasters that happened in these Places) (Risk Drivers)

1. CAVITE Storm Surge Climate Change

2. NORTH
Earthquake
COTOBATO
Increased Population Density /
3. BAGUIO
Growth
4. BICOL Volcanic Eruption

5. LAS PIÑAS Flooding

6. MANILA Fire

7. BOHOL Lack of Awareness

8. PASIG Chemical Leak

9. LEYTE Climate Change

10. MORO GULF Tsunami

Guide Questions:
1. If you are living in one of the places above, how will you prepare for the disasters that happened?

2. If you are living in one of the places with limited resources, how will you mitigate the disaster?

3. What suggestions can you give to the LGU and other stakeholders to help them prepare for the risks
that may emerge from disasters?

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Specific Week: 1-2 (LAS 1)
Target Competencies: Analyze disaster from the different perspective (DRR11/12-Ia-b-6)

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