Holiday Homework – Class IX (2017- 2018)

Project – Disaster Management

“We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be
lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.” - Petra Nemcova

Social Science Project – Disaster management

Other Subjects – Integrated Project (To be done in a separate file)

Keeping the above statement in mind, prepare a project on Disaster Management as per the following guidelines:

1. Highlight the following:

- Definition of ‘Disaster’.
- What is a disaster management cycle?
- What are the types of Disasters?
- What is vulnerability and risk?
- What is a Hazard? How is it classified?
- Differentiate between hazard and disaster.
- Contrast and compare physical, chemical and biological hazard. Use the given table as a reference.

2. Complete the following table with the relevant information:(Any one physical, chemical, biological disaster)

Hazard Elements of the Hazard Vulnerable groups Prevention Examples

Physical

Chemical

Biological

3a. Prevention and Mitigation of Common Disasters in India. Select any two for your project.

- Earthquake
- Cyclones
- Flood
- Drought
- Landslides
- Any man – made disaster

3b. Based on your selection in Point 3a above, enumerate the following in your project:

- Meaning
- Causes
- Do’s and don’ts
- Prevention and mitigation measures
- Your emergency Kit
- Latest means of forecasting Disasters
- Prepare a case study on any one of the Disasters that you have chosen to research.

4. Being a young student of TIS, you are familiar with your school building. According to you, what precautions should
you take in evacuating from your classroom in case of a Disaster.

5. English - Ravi/Reena went to spend their summer vacation with his/her grandparents in Dehradun. His/her brief
sojourn was soon interrupted by a landslide that occurred on the outskirts of Dehra Dun making it isolated from the rest of
civilization. Write a story with Ravi/Reena as your protagonist and how he/she used his/her common sense to deal with
the disaster and helped in the safe rescue of people.

6. Science – Compare the scientific techniques used in natural disaster prediction to the warning given by animals and
birds of the impending disaster in terms of their accuracy citing at least two examples of such occurrence from around the
world.

7. Maths - Japan is situated in a volcanic zone on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Frequent low intensity earth tremors and
occasional volcanic activity are felt throughout the islands. Destructive earthquakes, often resulting in tsunamis, occur
several times a century. Collect the data on magnitude of earthquakes that occurred in this country for past 7 years. Analyse
the data and represent it on a bar graph.

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General Instructions: (For Social Science Project only)

1. The project should be hand written.

2. It should be well presented, researched, and pictorial.
3. Cover page, table of contents, acknowledgements, bibliography, headings and sub – headings are a must.
4. Each section should be done on white/colored A4 size sheets.
5. The project should be presented in a file.
6. The project should not exceed 15 pages.
7. Do not exceed 700 words.
8. You will have to present your project in Class after the holidays.
9. The project carries 10 marks:

a. Content accuracy and originality – 2 mark

b. Presentation and creativity – 2 mark
c. Process of project completion: Initiative, cooperativeness, participation and punctuality – 2 marks
d. Viva or written test for content assimilation - 4 marks

General Instructions: (For other subjects)

1. The project should be hand written.

2. It should be well presented, researched, and pictorial.
3. Cover page, table of contents, acknowledgements, bibliography, headings and sub – headings are a must.
4. Each section should be done on white/colored A4 size sheets.
5. The project should be presented in a file.

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