Part 1: Organise the impacts

Success criteria: I can describe how floods and bushfires change places, identify effects on people and environments, and give an Australian example.

Word bank: flood · bushfire · impact · environment · evacuation · damage · recovery · management

Write one impact in each space. Think about people, the environment and places.

Flood impacts

Bushfire impacts

Part 2: Locate Australian examples

Label one Australian flood example and one Australian bushfire example. Beside each label, write a brief impact note.

A flood/bushfire can change a place by __________________________________________ because __________________________________________.

Part 3: Think further

Short-term impact: ____________________________________________________

Long-term impact: _____________________________________________________

Support: Use the word bank, draw and label your ideas, or complete these starters: “A flood can change a place by…” and “A bushfire affects people when…”.

Extension: Compare a flood and a bushfire. Write one similarity and one difference, and explain which impact may be more significant.