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Lesson 9 Activity sheet, Advantages and Disadvantages of living near Volcanoes

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Lesson 9 Activity sheet, Advantages and Disadvantages of living near Volcanoes

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Lesson 9 Reducing the effects of Volcanoes

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Lesson 9 Reducing the effects of Volcanoes

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Lesson 9 Reducing the effects of Earthquakes

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Lesson 9 Reducing the effects of Earthquakes

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Lesson 3 Reducing the Damage of Wildfires

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Lesson 3 Reducing the Damage of Wildfires

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Really good web link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm

Good link which can help you make mindmaps/connection diagrams for revision: (not a hyperlink)

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title=

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This is the mock exam that you will have in the next two weeks. Please use the revision guide, the lesson plans and your exercise book to help you revise for it.

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Please pick three of these videos, watch them and prepare to talk about them and what they are about to the class in the lesson. E.G. What you learnt from the video, did you think it a good resource, why etc.

You could also find other videos that you think would be good and email me the link if you prefer. Please do not all watch the top 3 videos!!!!

Please note that other links are on the links tab which is on the left of the page

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-year-the-earth-went-wild

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeiSVYw1g_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwyoN3loJKw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZPdMUhg3u0&feature=related  (the girl speaking does fall over her words but it is mostly correct)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7Z1cvXszac&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zNyVPsj8zc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IQZ2mdNzP4&feature=related (This is really worth watching)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Q4smKoRdY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8HoY7wTJ70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjjwPQRVbWk&feature=related (talks about tornadoes and how they are formed but for the tropical storms it is pretty similar)

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/video/hurricanegallery.html (explained, prediction, development and death in relation to hurricanes, pretty good video)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm (how tropical storms are formed)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533950.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533964.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533972.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7533909.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmMkX2FQX_0 (Economic effects of tropical storms)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJekfvnrFxs

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm

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Go to the following websites and using this create a mindmap on presentation or a tropical storm.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/prepare/ready.php

http://www.ready.gov/hurricanes

http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/

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•Research a recent tropical storm – create a powerpoint on it (at least 6 slides) and be prepared to talk about it.••Put an additional two slides in at the end explaining how heavy rainfall can lead to mudslides and landslides. A good presentation:uses appropriate images and refers to them;has no more than 4 sentences per slide;has notes so that the presenter is not reading from the slides; (is able to expand on the points on the slides)is thought provoking and educating.

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Go to this website (this is not a hyperlink - copy and paste)http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/outreach/games/canelab.htm

Play the game until you get to 50 points - write 6 sentences describing the conditions from the 4 factors - screen print your webpage with the 50 points and place it below your 6 sentences on a word document.

Watcha video or two on Hurricane Katrina (or use the link below). Make a list with 5 primary effects and 5 secondary effects. Identify for each effect if it is Social, Economic or Physical (Environmental).

http://www.history.com/topics/hurricane-katrina/videos#hurricane-katrina

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Create an emergency kit for a tropical storm,you can use images but you MUST explain the value of the items you are putting in the kit.

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Some scientists believe that global warming is causing tropical storms to become more frequent and intense. Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons for your decision. (min of 300 words)

Use the websites below to help you answer this question - email your answer to acraddock@hastingsbury.beds.sch.uk. I will WWW and EBI it you then need to do your improvements in GREEN (even if you have to improve in the middle of your work please do it in green)

http://www.skepticalscience.com/hurricanes-global-warming.htm

http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes

http://www.c2es.org/science-impacts/extreme-weather/hurricanes

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/global-warming-is-causing-more-hurricanes-8212584.html

http://www.cato.org/blog/tropical-cyclones-global-warming-making-them-worse

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RisingCost/rising_cost5.php

http://www.nrdc.org/globalwarming/fcons/fcons1.asp

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/exploringclimatechange/impacts/hurricanescyclonetyphones.asp

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/urgentissues/global-warming-climate-change/threats-impacts/stronger-storms.xml

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/tropicalcyclone/facts#climatechange

http://www.epa.gov/climatestudents/impacts/signs/weather.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6321351.stm

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NEWSPAPER REPORT

Description

Pick a tropical storms we have just looked at to study and write a newspaper report on it.

Report must include:

1) When the tropical storm happened.

2) The location of the tropical storm.

3) The category of the tropical storm.

4) What was both the human and physical damage? (fatalities/cost/impact to landscape).

5) What was the relief effort like for the people who were affected?

Try to include maps/photos. Use publisher to help you create the template.

Minimum of 500 words (your own words

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Revision tools for Hostile World/Natural Hazards

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Revision tools for Hostile World/Natural Hazards