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Emergency Preparedness


Description
Grade Level: 9-12
Course Length: One Year
Credit Available: English 1.0 and Science Lab 1.0 and .25 First Aid and CPR

Living in the Pacific Northwest we are prone to all sorts of catastrophic events. Being prepared is mandatory! Students will learn how to survive earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, car accidents, train, or plane accidents, and much more. This course is packed with training and labs each week. This is a dual credit class, offering English and Science Lab credit each semester. Students will make their own disaster survival book and become first aid and CPR certified by the end of the school year.

Photo Image used with permission. M. LaConte of California photographed a fire truck racing to an emergency in low resolution.
Content
  • Week 1
  • Introduction
  • Course Contract Emergency Prep
  • Course Contract
  • Weekly Paper submission
  • Community Resources
  • Weekly hours week 1
  • Week 2
  • Disaster map
  • Upload your Disaster map
  • Weekly Hours week 2
  • Week 3
  • List of Supplies
  • List of Supplies
  • Update your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours Week 3
  • Week 4
  • House Fires
  • After a Fire
  • Salvaging after Water Damage
  • How to Use a Fire Extinguisher
  • Smoke Detector Location Requirements
  • 3 Ways To Survive A House Fire
  • Fire Escape Plan
  • House Fire Survey
  • Update your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours week 4
  • Week 5
  • Earthquake Preparadness
  • How to Survive an Earthquake
  • Ring of Fire
  • Richter Scale
  • Surviving an Earthquake
  • Video of Earthquake
  • Update your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours week 5
  • Week 6
  • Tsunami's
  • How to Survive a Tsunami, According to Science
  • DIY Tsunami Experiment
  • Do-it-yourself experiments-Tsunami
  • Video of Earthquake Drill
  • How to Survive a Tsunami
  • State history of Tsunami's?
  • Film your Tsunami experiment
  • Upload your word document
  • Weekly Hours Week 6
  • Week 7
  • Hurricanes
  • How to Survive a Hurricane
  • Hurricane Preparation | IMR
  • Hurricane experiment
  • Hurricane Checklist
  • Hurricane Experiment
  • Upload your weekly document (clone) (clone)
  • Weekly Hours week 7
  • Week 8
  • Dam Safety
  • Dam Safety: Stay Away, Stay Alive
  • How to Survive a Dam Break
  • Grand Coolee Dam
  • Grand Coulee Dam: A Man-Made Marvel (Full Movie)
  • Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam
  • Make a model Dam!
  • Dams in Washington state
  • Upload your word document (clone)
  • Weekly Hours week 8
  • Week 9
  • Catch Up Week
  • Upload your word document (clone)
  • Weekly Hours Week 9
  • Week 10
  • Floods
  • Valuables after a Flood
  • How to Survive a Flood
  • Flood records for your area
  • Quote Flood Insurance
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 10
  • Week 11
  • Winter Weather
  • How to Survive A Blizzard - EPIC HOW TO
  • Winter Storm list
  • My 6 Day Blizzard Survival Kit - Winter Camping in Snow Storm - Rocky Mountains
  • Winter Storm Camping in a Shelter made of Snow
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 11
  • Week 12
  • Avalanche
  • How to Survive an Avalanche
  • Skier buried in avalanche films his rescue on his Go Pro - Daily Mail
  • Survival List
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 12
  • Week13
  • Power Outages
  • How to turn water into ice in seconds
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  • BEST WAYS to STAY WARM in a WINTER POWER OUTAGE
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 13
  • Week 14
  • Attacks in Public Places
  • How to Survive an Active Shooter
  • Surviving Active Shooter Attacks and Other Violent Events
  • What do you need to be prepared for an Active Shooter?
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 14
  • Week 15
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  • Biological Attack
  • Anthrax: Nature’s Perfect Bioweapon
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 15
  • Week 16
  • Nuclear Fallout
  • Nuclear Meltdown
  • How to Survive a Nuke
  • Hiroshima
  • Hiroshima
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 16
  • Week 17
  • Chernobyl
  • Radiation
  • Nuclear radiation: How to protect yourself from fallout
  • How Can We Treat Radiation Poisoning?
  • Essay
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 17
  • Week 18
  • Week 18 - Report
  • Week 18 report
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 18
  • Week 19
  • Volcanoes!
  • How to Survive a Pyroclastic Flow
  • Baking soda + vinegar volcano
  • How to Survive Walking on Lava
  • Volcanoes around the World
  • Safety Tips
  • Interview a Survivor
  • Film your volcano
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 19
  • week 20
  • Hiking Safety
  • Hike Safety: What to Do if You Get Lost | Hiking
  • 20 Wilderness Survival Tips!
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  • How to Use a Compass || REI
  • Hiking List
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 20
  • Week 21
  • How to Survive a Bear Attack
  • How to Survive a Cougar Attack
  • How to survive
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 21
  • Week 22
  • Wild Fires
  • How to Survive a Wildfire
  • Brochure
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 22
  • Week 23
  • Landslides
  • How to Survive a Landslide
  • OSLO LANDSLIDE
  • Do-it-yourself experiments-Landslide
  • Landslides
  • Film your landslide experiment
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 23
  • Week 24
  • Thunderstorms and Lightening
  • Thunderstorms 101 | National Geographic
  • How to Survive a Lightning Strike
  • The Science of Lightning | National Geographic
  • Camping In A Severe Thunderstorm!
  • Create Lightning in a Jar
  • Lightening and thunderstorm list
  • Lightening in a Jar Experiment
  • Upload your weekly document
  • Weekly Hours Week 24
  • Week 25
  • How to 10 Tips That Could Save Your Life - Airplane Crash Survival
  • How to Survive an Airplane Crash
  • Essay
  • Weekly Hours Week 25
  • Week 26
  • Tornadoes
  • How to Survive a Mega Tornado
  • Tornado Tube - Vortex in a Bottle
  • tornado-information-sheet.pdf
  • Watch Twister
  • Tornadoes in your State
  • Supply List Update
  • Make a tornado in a Bottle
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  • Weekly Hours Week 26
  • Week 27
  • Catch up week
  • Upload your weekly document (clone) (clone)
  • Weekly Hours Week 27
  • Week 28
  • Car in Water Survival
  • How to Get Out of a Sinking Car!.. HOW TO ESCAPE and SURVIVE
  • HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN YOUR STUCK IN A SINKING VEHICLE
  • Car Escape Tool Window Breaker + Seatbelt Cutter, Works Underwater
  • Submerged Vehicle Escape
  • Upload your weekly document (clone) (clone)
  • Weekly Hours Week 28
  • Week 29
  • Extreme Heat
  • Water turns from liquid to solid *INSTANT FREEZE* Supercooled water trick
  • list of supplies
  • Weekly Hours Week 29
  • Week 30
  • Droughts
  • Water Survival Guide
  • Teen's invention makes water out of thin air
  • how to make your own water
  • Emergency Water Source
  • How To Get INFINITE Water Anywhere, Anytime
  • Upload your weekly document (clone) (clone)
  • Weekly Hours Week 30
  • Week 31
  • Animals in an Emergency
  • Plan
  • Upload your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours Week 31
  • Week 32
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  • How to Survive a Train Crash
  • WA train derailment
  • Washington Train Derailment
  • Upload your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours Week 32
  • Section 33
  • Workplace Safety
  • Teen Workers
  • Upload your Word Documents
  • Weekly Hours Week 33
  • Section 34
  • What To Do After a Car Accident | Former NYPD Officer's Safety Tips
  • Assignment 1
  • Assignment 2
  • Upload your Word Document
  • Weekly Hours Week 34
  • Section 35
  • Final Assignment
  • CPR First Aid
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  • Weekly Hours Week 35
  • Section 36
  • This Week - Review of Class
  • Final Assignment Due
  • Essay Review
  • Weekly Hours Week 36
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed