Oklahoma Weather: Are You Ready
Teaching Outline
Prepared by:
Gina Peek, Ph.D., Assistant Professor & OCES Housing and Consumer Specialist
Barbara Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor & OCES Food Specialist
Lesson focus:
This lesson will help participants learn about the connections between Oklahoma’s weather, natural disasters, and disaster preparedness. This program encourages learning through reading, listening, discussion, and hands-on activities.
Program objectives:
After completing this program, participants should understand:
· Resources including the Oklahoma Mesonet can measure weather events and provide information important to personal and public safety
· There is a connection between preparedness and survival in emergencies
· There are simple low and no-cost actions that individuals and families can take to be prepared
· OCHE members have several resources to help get ready for emergencies; there are three OHCE 15-minute leader lessons dedicated to disaster preparedness
o Build a kit on a budget
o Ready, set, go!
o Safe rooms and shelters
Program materials:
· Teaching outline
· PowerPoint designed to take about 15 minutes
Suggested activities:
CHOICE #1
· You can present the 15-minute leader lesson “Oklahoma Weather Are you Ready” to your group and briefly review and remind club members of the other existing 15-minute leader lessons:
o Build a kit on a budget
o Ready set go
o Safe rooms and shelters
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CHOICE #2
· You can choose one the following OHCE 15-minute leader lessons to present:
o Build a kit on a budget
o Ready set go
o Safe rooms and shelters
Preparation:
Please prepare for your program by doing the following activities:
· Review the lesson carefully
· Print and read any handouts before the program:
1. Build a kit on a budget
Handouts: (1) pledge, (2) certificate
2. Ready set go
Handouts: (1) FEMA Family communication plan for parents; (2) Family emergency plan
3. Safe rooms and shelters
Required reading: Taking shelter from the storm: Building a safe room for your home or small business
Lesson evaluation:
· We will evaluate the success of disaster preparedness efforts by the number of disaster kits developed
· Please help track behavior change using the forms:
o PLEDGE: Take the Get Prepared for Emergency Challenge
o CERTIFICATE: Build a Kit on a Budget
References:
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2008). Taking shelter from the storm: Building a safe room for your home or small business. Retrieved July, 2015, from http://www.fema.gov/safe-room-resources/fema-p-320-taking-shelter-storm-building-safe-room-your-home-or-small-business
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2013). Family communication plan for parents. Retrieved July, 2015, from http://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/34330
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2014). Individuals with disabilities or access and functional needs. Retrieved July, 2015, from http://www.ready.gov/individuals-access-functional-needs
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.-a). Disaster declarations by state/tribal government. Retrieved July, 2015, from https://http://www.fema.gov/disasters/grid/state-tribal-government
• Federal Emergency Management Agency. (n.d.-b). Family emergency plan. Retrieved July, 2015, from http://www.ready.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Family_Emegency_Plan.pdf
• Mesonet. (n.d.). Mesonet. Retrieved July, 2015, from http://mesonet.org/
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