Avalanche: Risk (Reading, grade 12)
Instructional activity in a Avalanche context. Goal: Global climate change and disaster risk. Action-focused, without fear.
What will you learn in this game?
Global climate change and disaster risk. Examines in depth the impact of climate change on disaster risks.
How to use it in class?
Reserve 10–15 minutes at the end of the lesson so students can play individually or in pairs, then discuss the results together. Focus: reinforcing the learning outcome "Global climate change and disaster risk" with real-life examples.
Reading Text
Question 1 / 3On a winter holiday Ali saw a notice on the hotel door: "High avalanche risk." The guide said the upper slopes were closed today. Ali asked: "What is an avalanche?" His father said: "Snow on a mountain can slide down suddenly. That is called an avalanche. If there is a warning, we don't go to the mountain." A friend said "let's go a bit higher." Ali shook his head. "If there is a warning, we stay home or somewhere safe. We don't go to the mountain to play in the snow." Ali wrote this in his mind: Avalanche warning = don't go to the mountain.