KS3 Geography homework: Term 5

Your extended homework task is to prepare a news presentation on Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull Volcano to answer the following questions:

How can a volcano in Iceland disrupt international travel across a large proportion of the world?

Which individuals and organisations are the winners and losers of the ban on air travel?



You can work individually or in pairs

You must include the following content:
• Location of the volcano
• Causes of the eruption
• The reasons for the volcanic ash cloud
• The impact of wind and weather patterns on the flow of the ash cloud
• The areas of flight travel affected
• Winners and losers – with reasons
• It would be great to get some real case studies of people affected

Resources
• BBC news website
• Information from the geography lesson on the volcano

Your presentation should be at least 3 minutes long and must include you standing up and presenting along with a script or PowerPoint to support you.

How your work will be marked:
You will judged on the following Personal Learning and Thinking Skill – Independent Enquiry.

Work will also be self assessed and peer assessed. A successful news report will demonstrate the following skills:
-Identify questions to answer and problems to resolve
-Plan and Carry out research
-Explore issues, events or problems from different perspectives
-Analyse and evaluate information, judging it's relevance and value

Year 8 Option Time...

Bringing this one back to the top for a bit. Below is some information about where Geography can actually take you in the future and a little bit about what it involves at GCSE. To find out more, come along to Options Evening at the Arundel Site on the 25th of February, 5:30-8pm. You can also speak to Miss Smith, Mr Thomas or Mrs Key for more information :)

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Attention Year 8! Your work for today in the LRC...

The Aim of this lesson is to understand more about National Parks and to examine one National Park in more detail.


You need to use this National Park Website to complete your tasks. Click here.

Using the different Park Authority websites, choose a National Park and using the computer you can draw a leaflet, poster, factfile about it. You could find out the following:

1) Name your National Park
2) Where is it located in the UK? You could include a map!
3) When did it first become a National Park?
4) What is its size?
5) How many people visit the park?
6) Find out about accomodation, transport issues within the park, camping, different activities that can be done there.
7) How do they deal with tourists?
8) Any other information and include some pictures!

Sorry i can not be in the lesson today but i look forward to seeing your fantastic work!

Miss Smith :)