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Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre

This resource is a Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) web page that provides warnings to the Australian community of tsunami threats to Australia's coastline and offshore territories. These warnings are issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) operated by Geoscience Australia and the Bureau. The resource shows ...

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reSolve: Mathematical modelling: Playing with fire

In this sequence of five lessons, students use mathematical modelling to determine when two small towns should evacuate in response to an approaching bushfire. Drawing on data from real and simulated fires in dry eucalypt forests, they investigate how weather conditions and topography influence the forward rate of spread. ...

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Evacuation robot

This set of learning activities challenges students to design an evacuation route and program a robot to safely guide students from their classroom to a muster point in the event of an emergency. The module includes a comprehensive teacher guide, curriculum links, materials lists, design process guides and printable student ...