Tuesday 8 February 2011

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano

The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull caused a range of impacts to people.

Click the link to find various sources of information about the eruption

BBC map and information of impacts


Further case study information

Tuesday 1 February 2011

MEDC vs LEDC Earthquake Project

Using the information below create a mini report using powerpoint/word or publisher answering the following question.

Question:
Explain how the impacts of earthquakes are different between an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country) and an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country)

Mark Scheme:

4 marks for giving information about the countries (population, GDP, death rate, birth rate) and the earthquakes locations and size

8 marks for explaining how the impacts were different between the two earthquakes including information about how the earthquakes affected the economy, people and the environment

5 marks for explaining what can be done to reduce the impact of earthquakes

3 marks for presentation including images of the impacts and ways of reducing the impacts

Total: 20 marks

Weblinks

San Francisco earthquake facts

San Francisco earthquake facts part 2

Haiti Earthquake Facts

Haiti earthquake facts part 2

Country information from the CIA Factbook

Once completed email the projects to MCooper@brakenhale.bracknell-forest.sch.uk

Coral Reef Games

Click the links to play various games about coral reef ecosystems

Various coral reef games about adaptations and different species

Coral reef exploration

Coral Reef Project

Using the weblinks below to find information to answer the following questions:

1) What threats are there to coral reefs?

2) What threats are there at different scales to coral reefs? (local and global scale)

3) Get some pictures to show the threats to coral reefs and the state some coral reefs are in.

Weblinks:

Coral Reef information

Coral Reef facts

Coral Reef threats

Coral Reef threat information

Coral Reef threat information part 2

Coral Reef threat information part 3