Activities and Quizzes about Disaster Preparedness & Prevention

Natural Disasters  

Play the game “Stop Disasters” created by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR). The Strategy brings many organisations, universities, institutions together for a common objective: reducing the number of dead and injured by disasters triggered by natural hazards.

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

Earthquakes

Interactive web quiz on earthquakes. It is only 10 questions and it is a good way to learn about basic earthquake preparedness. Go to:

http://quakequizsf.org/

Tornadoes

Take the Discovery channel’s ‘Would you know what to do in a Tornado?’ quiz: dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tornado/quiz/quiz.html

Boat Accidents

Take the Discovery Channel’s Man Overboard Quiz.

http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/interactive/interactive.html

Volcanoes

Take the ‘Would you Survive Pompeii?’ Quiz to learn about volcanoes and what to do in case of an eruption.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/quiz/quiz.html

Tsunami

Test your knowledge of surviving a tsunami with the ‘Tsunami Travellers Quiz’ from the Tsunami Health View website.