Session 1 · TRACE: Evaluate
Judge the response
- 10 minCriteria: what makes a good hazard response? Agree on four (fast warnings, reaching everyone, fair help, learning for next time).
- 20 minUse the criteria to evaluate one response from your case study, such as the Canterbury rebuild, Kaikōura's road and rail repair or the Gabrielle warnings. What worked? What would you change?
- 20 minBuild your Get Ready guide: hazard map with safe places and routes, whānau plan and checklist, and your Drop, Cover and Hold briefing script.
Session 2 · TRACE: Evaluate
Teach it, test it, share it
- 10 minPractise your two-minute Drop, Cover and Hold briefing with a partner. Check it is clear enough for a six-year-old.
- 25 minTeach a junior class and run a mini drill, or present your hazard map to a Civil Defence or council visitor and ask them your questions.
- 10 minEvaluate your own guide against the criteria. What feedback did you get? Fix one thing.
- 5 minReflect: what is one thing your household does differently now?
Getting started
Use the guide template with headings for Map, Plan, Kit and Drill.
Stretch
Write a short letter to your regional council about one reduction step your area still needs, using evidence from your hazard map.
Checkpoint
Every student has shared a finished guide with a real audience, and every whānau plan has a meeting place and an out-of-town contact.
Activities for this week
- Teach Drop, Cover and Hold: Can you teach a younger class what to do when the ground shakes?
Useful this week
- Drop, Cover and Hold ↗ The official action to take in an earthquake, and why it works.
- Tsunami ↗ Natural warning signs and 'long or strong, get gone'.
- Make a plan ↗ A step-by-step household emergency plan to use for your whānau plan.
- Building an earthquake-ready future ↗ How engineers and communities reduce earthquake damage, to judge your own ideas.