Natural phenomena

1. Is it dangerous? Why(not)?

2. Does the man (Warren Faidley) like it? What is his reaction to this natural disaster?

3. Do you know how to protect yourself and your loved ones when it comes to natural disasters of such a kind?

The lesson objectives:

To revise different kinds of natural disasters

To learn how to survive in some of them

• Thunderstorm
• Flood
• Drought
• Avalanche
• Blizzard
• Forest fire
• Volcanic eruption

a severe snow storm with strong winds

BLIZZARD

a storm with thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain

THUNDERSTORM

a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry

FLOOD

a fire burning in an area of land with many trees, that is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quickly

FOREST FIRE

• Thunderstorm
• Flood
• Drought
• Avalanche
• Blizzard
• Forest fire
• Volcanic eruption

Blizzard

Number of natural disasters in Chelyabinsk region

• The bar chart shows/illustrates/depicts/describes…
• According to the data in the table…
• The difference between … and … is…
• This may result in…

*Name of the disaster*

definition

Danger

What to do

Groups

3

2

1

4

3

1

2

3

2

1

3

1

2

Time for practice!

wrap a piece of cloth around your mouth and nose

Forest fire

Time for practice!

stay on high ground

Flood

Time for practice!

the “lightning crouch” 

Thunderstorm

Time for practice!

Keeping blood flowing by moving around

Blizzard

The lesson objectives:

To revise different kinds of natural disasters

To learn how to survive in some of them