Earthquake Safety

ScienceVolcanoes & EarthquakesAges 5–7

Know basic earthquake safety: drop, cover, and hold on; move away from windows; tell a trusted adult

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Rehearse an adult-approved earthquake response without hazardous movement or forced drills.

Activity

Can attend to a short explanation and respond orally, by pointing, drawing or writing; check relevant prerequisite understanding rather than assuming age proves readiness.

Policy

Check readiness rather than assuming age or source graph order establishes attainment.

Materials

Prepared passage, cards materials are available in each step.

Preparation

Open the teaching material first. Keep the adult key and check sheet separate until their named stage. No printing, purchase or external media is required for the supplied adapted text tasks.

Safety

No surprise shaking/alarm, unstable furniture, forced floor transfer or reenacting an earthquake. Skip physical rehearsal if distressing or inaccessible; use an adapted local safety plan.

Optional Observation

Only record a real observation after the activity is actually carried out safely; otherwise mark not carried out.

Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.

What this lesson covers and its limits

These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

partial: Know basic earthquake safety: drop, cover, and hold on; move away from windows; tell a trusted adult
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
blocked: Demonstrate the drop, cover, and hold on procedure
Exact source demand not established: Move away from windows must not be interpreted as running across a shaking room. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.
partial: Explain why to move away from windows and shelves during shaking
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
partial: Name a trusted adult to tell if they feel an earthquake
Bounded task opportunity only; this task samples the clause using recall evidence, not full coverage or learner attainment.
blocked: If you asked {{name}} what to do if the ground started shaking, could they show you 'drop, cover, and hold on' and say they'd move away from windows?
Exact source demand not established: Move away from windows must not be interpreted as running across a shaking room. Real observation/media-dependent evidence remains conditional where required.

Move away from windows must not be interpreted as running across a shaking room.

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Rehearse an adult-approved earthquake response without hazardous movement or forced drills.

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Demonstrate the drop, cover, and hold on procedure
Explain why to move away from windows and shelves during shaking
Name a trusted adult to tell if they feel an earthquake

“If you asked your child what to do if the ground started shaking, could they show you 'drop, cover, and hold on' and say they'd move away from windows?”

Curriculum record

Type: Procedural
Subject: Science
Domain: Volcanoes & Earthquakes
Age range: Ages 5–7