Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS – MANILA
Manila Education Center Arroceros Forest Park
Antonio J. Villegas St. Ermita, Manila

Disaster Readiness
and Risk Reduction

Learning from
Weakness

Quarter 1 Week 3 Module 1

Learning Competency:
Explain the meaning of vulnerability.
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HOW TO USE THIS MODULE
Before starting the module, I want you to set aside other tasks that will disturb you while
enjoying the lessons. Read the simple instructions below to successfully enjoy the
objectives of this kit. Have fun!

1. Follow carefully all the contents and instructions indicated in every page of
this module.
2. Write on your notebook the concepts about the lessons. Writing
enhances learning, that is important to develop and keep in mind.
3. Perform all the provided activities in the module.
4. Let your facilitator/guardian assess your answers using the answer key card.
5. Analyze conceptually the posttest and apply what you have learned.
6. Enjoy studying!

PARTS OF THE MODULE

• Expectations - These are what you will be able to know after completing the
lessons in the module
• Pre-test - This will measure your prior knowledge and the
concepts to be mastered throughout the lesson.
• Looking Back to your Lesson - This section will measure what
learnings and skills did you understand from the previous lesson.
• Brief Introduction- This section will give you an overview of the lesson.

• Activities - This is a set of activities you will perform with a partner.

• Remember - This section summarizes the concepts and

applications of the lessons.

• Check your Understanding - It will verify how you learned from the lesson.

• Post-test - This will measure how much you have learned from
the entire module.

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LESSON 5: VULNERABILITY
EXPECTATIONS
At the end of this module, you are to familiarize the role of vulnerability in dealing
with hazards. Specifically, you are expected to:
a. define vulnerability;
b. identify some factors that contribute to vulnerability; and
c. suggest ways on lessening vulnerability.

The previous lesson taught you about perspectives of disaster that you need to
consider in dealing with it. Specifically, perspectives of disaster such as physical,
psychological, socio-cultural, economic, political, and biological are necessarily pre-
determined before a hazard could strike in order to know what to prioritize and lessen
the impact of disaster. Furthermore, there is another factor to consider in mitigating the
impact of disaster. Everybody, including you must understand also the role of
vulnerability. Let us start the lesson by asking you first to answer the pretest below.
God bless!

PRETEST
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer that best describe the idea.
___1. Which type of house is less likely to collapse during earthquake but can easily caught on
fire?
A. 5-storey building C. Wooden house
B. Condominium D. Bungalow
___2. All of the following may contribute to the cause of fire hazard EXCEPT
A. Open electrical wiring C. drought
B. Use of octopus socket D. presence of circuit breaker
___3. Why do you think flooding is common during typhoon?
A. Clogged canals C. improper solid waste management
B. Illegal logging D. all of the above
___4. Which of the following situation best describe that a disaster caused by hazard would
likely to happen?
A. A family is watching TV in their living room.
B. A community living near an active volcano
C. Friends swimming in a beach
D. A mother cooking for dinner.

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___5. Which among the situations is the most prone to acquiring COVID-19?
A. A party goer without mask
B. A family in living room without mask but following quarantine protocols.
C. An elderly cleaning his/her garden without mask
D. A mother and child hugging each other.

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Tell me something!
Directions: Observe the picture below and answer the questions that follow.

https://image.freepik.com/free-vector/natural-disasters-illustration-labeled-danger-weather-collection-set_1995-598.jpg

1. Select one natural hazard in the picture and suggest ways on how people must be
prepared to face the hazard in terms of the different perspectives given below

Chosen Physical Psychological Economic Socio- Political Biological

hazard cultural

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 BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Knowing your weakness is like knowing how to become strong. Being unaware
of your weakness is equivalent to inviting more harm to yourself. Do you know your own
weakness?
Before hazard will strike, it is necessary for us to be prepared in facing the effect of it
and mitigate the degree of disaster as its impact. Examining our respective house is a simple
indication of determining your weakness. Generally, there are two possible hazards that come
into your life like natural and man-made as mentioned earlier.
Specifically, earthquakes, typhoons, fire, epidemic, liquefaction, etc.,
are some of these hazards. Knowing these hazards, are you confident
that you know your weakness to combat their effects? Natural hazards
are inevitable and because of this, it is also our duty to identify our https://miro.medium.com/max/1400/1*PUG2yHwtgs6TOLU3JGimVw.jpeg

weakness to deal with the wrath of nature. Shall we begin to explore possible weakness we
could observe in daily life and determine the possible measures to cope with it? I encourage
you to do the prepared activities that follow.

ACTIVITY 1: Learning from Weaknesses

Directions: Analyze the pictures shown below. Fill up the necessary information in the table
and answer the questions that follow.

Pictures

https://previews.123rf.com/images/donsimon/donsimon1211/donsi https://www.preventionweb.net/v2/assets/img/risk/slides/exp
https://firstchoiceinspectors.com/wp- mon121100029/16464474-high-rise-apartment-blocks-and-moden- https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/photos/780x439 osure.jpg
content/uploads/2019/07/Scorched-outlet.jpg office-buildings-throng-the-streets-of-makati-centre-of-manila-.jpg /2016/jun-1/jp-feature-062716-01.jpg

What is the
danger in the
picture?
What hazard
could probably
strike?
Write a short
suggestion on
how to solve
the danger.

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REMEMBER
• Vulnerability- it describes the condition of a society or community, asset or system that
make then prone to the impact of a hazard. 1

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Directions: List down at least 5 other possible vulnerable situations found in your home, community,
or in the society together with the hazard that could strike.
Vulnerability Hazard

Care and Concern for others:

As a resident of your community, how would you show concern in order to lessen vulnerability
of a certain area?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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POSTTEST
Directions: Take 3 pictures of vulnerable situation that could be found in your home or in your barangay
by filling up the given table format below. Paste your picture on the appropriate column. Explain
vulnerability in your own words

Describe your What hazard could Give your suggestion

Pictures
picture probably strike? to solve the danger.

Explain the concept of vulnerability:

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

Reference:
1. Government of Trinidad & Tobago. Vulnerability and Risk | Office of Disaster Preparedness
and Management - ODPM. Off Disaster Prep. 2016.
http://www.odpm.gov.tt/node/32%0Ahttp://www.odpm.gov.tt/node/162.

Acknowledgements

Writer: JOEFREY R. CHAN – MTII

Editor / Reviewer: REBECCA M. ROXAS, EPS-Science
Management Team: MALCOLM S. GARMA, Regional Director
GENIA V. SANTOS, CLMD Chief
DENNIS M. MENDOZA, Regional EPS in Charge
of LRMS and Regional ADM Coordinator
MARIA MAGDALENA M. LIM, CESO V, Schools
Division Superintendent
AIDA H. RONDILLA, CID Chief
LUCKY S. CARPIO, Division EPS in Charge of
LRMS and Division ADM Coordinator

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ANSWER SHEETS
Name: Score:

Grade and Strand: Teacher: Date:

Parent’s/Guardian’s Signature over printed name

PRETEST
1. ___
2. ___
3. ___
4. ___
5. ___

TELL ME SOMETHING

Chosen hazard Physical Psychological Economic Socio- Political Biological

cultural

ACTIVITY 1 – LEARNING FROM WEAKNESSES

Pictures

https://previews.123rf.com/images/donsimon/donsimon1211/donsi https://www.preventionweb.net/v2/assets/img/risk/slides/exp
https://firstchoiceinspectors.com/wp- mon121100029/16464474-high-rise-apartment-blocks-and-moden- https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/photos/780x439 osure.jpg
content/uploads/2019/07/Scorched-outlet.jpg office-buildings-throng-the-streets-of-makati-centre-of-manila-.jpg /2016/jun-1/jp-feature-062716-01.jpg

What is the
danger in the
picture?
What hazard
could probably
strike?
Write a short
suggestion on
how to solve
the danger.

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Directions: List down at least 5 other possible vulnerable situations found in your home, community,
or in the society together with the hazard that could strike.
Vulnerability Hazard

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Care and Concern for others:
As a resident of your community, how would you show concern in order to lessen vulnerability
of a certain area?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

POSTTEST
Directions: Take 3 pictures of vulnerable situation that could be found in your home or in your barangay
by filling up the given table format below. Paste your picture on the appropriate column. Explain
vulnerability in your own words

Describe your What hazard could Give your suggestion

Pictures
picture probably strike? to solve the danger.

Explain the concept of vulnerability:

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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ANSWER KEYS
PRETEST
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. B
5. A

TELL ME SOMETHING
Answer may vary
Chosen Physical Psychological Economic Socio- Political Biological
hazard cultural
Earth- quake Buildings People must be People must People must Politicians Sustainable
must be made oriented what to have savings be must be planning for
of quality do during to combat cooperative skilled and natural
standards earthquakes disaster and helpful to proactive in resources
one another planning

ACTIVITY 1: Learning from Weaknesses

Pictures

https://previews.123rf.com/images/donsimon/donsimon1211/donsi https://www.preventionweb.net/v2/assets/img/risk/slides/exp
https://firstchoiceinspectors.com/wp- mon121100029/16464474-high-rise-apartment-blocks-and-moden- https://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/photos/780x439 osure.jpg
content/uploads/2019/07/Scorched-outlet.jpg office-buildings-throng-the-streets-of-makati-centre-of-manila-.jpg /2016/jun-1/jp-feature-062716-01.jpg

What is the Open wire/outlet High building could Residential houses are Commercial buildings
danger in the collapse near a volcano are near coastal area.
picture?
What hazard fire earthquake Volcanic eruption Tsunami
could probably
strike?
Write a short Have electrician to fix Have the building The government The government should
suggestion on it examined by should have strict have strict
how to solve engineers if it could implementation of not implementation of not
the danger. withstand earthquake residing at danger having commercial
zones infrastructures at
danger zones

CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

ANSWERS MAY VARY

Vulnerability Hazard
The use of octopus socket fire
Denuded mountains flood
Condemned or old buildings or houses earthquake
Glass window may break Earthquake or typhoon
Big commercial boards typhoon

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POSTTEST
ANSWERS MAY VARY
Describe your What hazard could Give your suggestion
Pictures
picture probably strike? to solve the danger.

Explain the concept of vulnerability:

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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