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Educational materials include resources for children and adolescents, such as children's books, textbooks, lesson plans, activities, games, and online resources on disaster prevention and school safety.

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Play and learn to stop disasters: This online game teaches adults and children how to build safer villages and cities against disasters. Users learn through playing how the location and the construction materials of houses make a difference when disasters strike and how early warning systems, evacuation plans and education save lives.

You can also explore the topic guide on games for disaster risk reduction.

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In "Shocks and shields," players explore having to migrate as a result of shocks. The game requires designated players, representing a disaster, to tag other players, who must protect themselves or migrate upon being tagged. The game intends for players

Red Cross / Red Crescent Climate Centre
CDC
Educational materials

This publication intends to build the capacity of children in the face of disasters.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Educational materials

This video was created to improve preparedness for tsunamis and was produced in conjunction with World Tsunami Awareness Day activities in Japan. Two versions of the video were produced: a 90 second and 30 second version. These videos are narrated in

Japan - government
Educational materials

The tsunami textbooks are divided into four levels. Pre-Elementary school, 2nd to 4th grade, 5th to 8th grade and High School. These levels correspond to the school levels found in Chile: the first level is similar to pre and kindergarten, the second and

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
International Tsunami Information Center
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO)
Servicio Hidrografico Oceanografico de la Armada de Chile
Educational materials

La finalidad de este material es específica y única: La Prevención de Desastres por tsunami, a través de conocimientos, del desarrollo de capacidades, valores, actitudes y hábitos, orientados a la realización de acciones adecuadas para la preparación ante

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Ministerio de Educación (Peru)
Educational materials

This comic book is an educational resource on tsunamis in the context of Mauritius, accompanied by a quiz and glossary. The growing sophistication of the Mauritian way of life, infrastructure and economy makes them increasingly vulnerable to natural

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Mauritius Meteorological Services (MMS)
Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Center
Educational materials

This package of tsunami educational materials contains a trivia quiz, crossword puzzle, and matching game. The materials aim to build awareness of tsunamis among primary school aged children.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Pacific Tsunami Museum Hawai'i
Educational materials

Geoscience Australia, in partnership with AusAID took part in the three-year natural hazard risk reduction project, Strengthening Natural Hazard Risk Assessment Capacity in Papua New Guinea from 2010-2013. As part of this project, educational materials

Geoscience Australia