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Earthquake Safety

Your child knows what to do if the ground shakes. Drop down, take cover, and hold on. Move away from windows and tell a trusted grown-up.

In curriculum terms

Know basic earthquake safety: drop, cover, and hold on; move away from windows; tell a trusted adult

Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace. How to help at home →

How to tell they’ve got it

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Try this together

If you asked your child what to do if the ground started shaking, could they show you 'drop, cover, and hold on' and say they'd move away from windows?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on
What Is an Earthquakeages 5–7Earthquake safety benefits from knowing what an earthquake is
Earthquake Safetythis skill · ages 5–7
Unlocks
Nothing on the map depends on this yet.

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

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