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Horizons Pupil Book 3
Horizons Teaching and Learning Resources 3

Horizons Pupil Book 3

Unit Spread Title Page Number Website
1 What happens in an earthquake? 8-9 U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program Website
USGS: Recent earthquakes
USGS: Sumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake
British Geological Survey
Do all earthquakes have the same impact? 10-11 USGS: Earthquake information for Japan
USGS: Earthquake information for Iran
NOAA News
What can virtual volcanoes tell us? 16-17 Volcano World
Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies
Volcanoes in the European and Western Asian Region
How can aid reduce the damage? 20-21 Various Aid Agencies, e.g.
Médécins Sans Frontières
Oxfam
Save the Children
WaterAid
Cafod
CARE

Activites of the European Union Humanitarian Aid
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
2 How do we measure development? 28-29 UN Human Development Report
How do you use ICT for a development enquiry? 30-31 World Bank GIS website
80:20 – What can be done? 34-35 Millennium Development Goals
‘Make Poverty History’ campaign
80:20 – What can I do? 36-37 Mkwakwani School Project
Supporting schools in LEDCs
Fair trade? 38-39 Fairtrade
3 Are Mexico and the USA physically different? 48-49 US Geological Survey
Are the populations alike? 50-51 US Census Bureau
Mexican Government
Are there differences within each country? 54-55 Arizona @ Your Service
Visiting Illinois
4 Savanna grasslands – natural, or not? 76-77 Serengeti National Park
Can the savanna ecosystem be conserved? 78-79 Serengeti National Park
Amazing Tanzania
Safaris Online
Safari Travel Guide
Serengeti
Serengeti update
Animals, people, or sustainable ecosystems? 80-81 Hunting in the Serengeti
What is global warming? 86-87 Changing world climates
5 How can we cut carbon emissions? 90-91 Best Foot Forward: saving energy/carbon emissions
Sustrans: safer transport
How does our food affect the environment? 92-93 Information on sources of better food
London Farmers’ Markets
National Association of Farmers’ Markets
‘Make yours a local lunch’
Rubbish – what’s the solution? 98-99

RecycleNow Partners
RecycleNow.com
Women’s Environmental Network
London Remade
West London waste Authority
Waste Online
Young People’s Trust for the Environment
Recycler's World
Turning Tyres into Textbooks
Global Tyres Recycling Equipment

Think – Act: Where are we now? 102-103 Deconstructing IT equipment (for recycling)
6 Rainforests – a celebration of life 104-105 Google search engine
What is Brazil like? 108-109 DDB Stock Photography: Photos of Brazil
Images of Brazil
What is life like for tribal people? 112-113 Socioambiental.org
Survival International
Is the rainforest being destroyed? 116-117 Rainforest Action Network
Development or Destruction: Where are we now? 122-123 Google search engine
Brazilian Embassy
Socioambiental.org
Passport to the World 125 Careers in Geography

Horizons Teaching and Learning Resources 3

Unit Activity Sheet Number Activity Sheet Title Website
1 1.14 Virtual volcanoes advanced organiser US Geological Survey website
The Heimaey eruption, 1973
Global Volcanism Program
Weekly report archive
Volcanoes and Iceland and the Arctic Ocean
Bill Innanen’s Montserrat Index Page
The Montserrat Volcano Observatory (1)
Video clips of the 12 May 1996 Pyroclastic Activity
The Montserrat Volcano Observatory (2)
Volcano Hell
Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies
A tour of some Iceland geology
Volcano Live
2 2.8 No greed, no need Political Cartoons (1)
Political Cartoons (2)
2.10 World poverty campaign Make Poverty History website
2.11 Millennium Development Goals and targets 1 UN Millennium Development Goals
2.13 What can I do? UN Millennium Development Goals
Photographs on the Millennium Development Goals
Millennium Development Goals
2.16 Mystery: Why did Comic Relief create the Dubble bar? 1 Comic Relief website
Dubble bar website
3 3.4 Comparing countries advanced organiser United States Census 2000
Mexico:

Information on Mexico

Mexico Child Links

Statistics on Mexico

Earthtrends: The Environmental Information Portal

A Country Study: Mexico

USA:

US Census Bureau

US population from 1900

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

4 4.13 Ask the expert 1 About elephants
Born Free website
5 5.6 Antarctic internet research 1 British Antarctic Survey
Environmental protection
BBC News: Antarctic ice shelf breaks apart
BBC News: Low probability of ice collapse
BBC News: Antarctic base commander
BBC News: Antarctica’s climate clues
BBC News: Warmth puts penguins under pressure
BBC News: Heatwave ‘stresses’ penguins
BBC News: Rapid Antarctic warming puzzle
Climate change
The Antarctic ice sheet and rising sea levels
Nova Online: Water World
Antarctic ice shelf collapses
5.12 Energy-saving campaign Recycle Now Partners website
5.13 Exploring the Energy Saving Trust website Climate change explained
Energy Saving Trust: TV ads
Energy Saving Trust: How energy efficient is your home?
Energy Saving Trust: Adopt a low carbon lifestyle
Energy Saving Trust: Cheap and simple steps
Energy Saving Trust: Energy saving plan
Energy Saving Trust: Generating your own energy
Energy Saving Trust: Pupil’s base
Energy Saving Trust: Energy certificate for schools
6 6.11 Amazon tribal peoples campaign poster Socioambiental website
Survival International website
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