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Key
Geography KS3 Links and Activities - New
Interactions
Natural
Environments
Hazards
Tourism
Italy,
an EU country
Japan, a developed country
World Development
ICT Actvities
Natural
environments (Unit 1)
How
does global warming effect us? (pages 28-29)
Click here to see several links to global
warming websites
Hazards (Unit 2)
What
happens when a volcano erupts? (pages 38-39)
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/STROMBOLI.html
What
happens in an earthquake? (pages 40-41)
This section of Interactions provides a case
study of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. The USGS
has recently added a fact sheet about this disaster
to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the event. This
can be found at:
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs151-99/
The fact sheet outlines the events of the quake and includes
maps, photographs and diagrams. It goes on to outline
how the USGS has tried to learn from the quake and improve
preparedness for a future event. The website could be
used by pupils to complete the activities on page 25 of
Interactions. At the very least teachers could
download the maps and photographs into a DTP program in
order to produce their own activity sheet, or print resources
onto an OHP transparency.
Museum
of San Francisco
http://www.sfmuseum.org/
Major Online Exhibits includes a staggering array of resources
about the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes including eyewitness
reports, photographs, maps and charts, news cuttings,
police and fire department reports about the quakes. Links
are provided to other sites including The San Francisco
Chronicle, an online newspaper with a section of resources
about the 1989 earthquake. The collection of photographs
is particularly impressive. Pupils could complete 'The
hazards enquiry' in Interactions (pages 48-49)
by using the information available on this website.
Online
Field Trip to the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake
http://emerald.ucsc.edu/~es10/fieldtripEarthQ/EarthQWelcome.html
This is an excellent resource which describes in detail
the causes and effects of the earthquake, including
excellent photographs and diagrams.
There
are a number of other US websites which have been developed
to offer people advice and support on how to cope with
a major earthquake. Pupils could access information
from these sites in producing their report. On page
94 it is suggested that pupils wordprocess their enquiry:
information from the websites could be copied and pasted
into a file and edited by the pupils.
Earthquake
Information from the USGS
http://quake.usgs.gov/
This site provides a wide range of information about
earthquakes including advice on how to prepare for an
event.
Los
Angeles Times Earthquake Safety Guide
http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/REALEST/ATHOME/QUAKE/
San
Francisco Chronicle Quake Country
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/special/quakes/
An online guide to earthquake resources and information
Plate
tectonics (pages 32-35)
An online book about the theory of plate tectonics, This
Dynamic Earth [USGS] is available at:
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
Although some of the text will be demanding for KS3
pupils, there is an excellent collection of illustrations
available.
The hazards enquiry (pages
48-51)
The Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is a regional
planning agency owned and operated by the cities and counties
of the San Francisco Bay Area, working to help solve problems
in areas such as land use, housing, environmental quality,
and economic development. Its website includes an excellent
section on earthquakes:
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqmaps.html
Links are provided here to pages and sites providing the
user with information about how to prepare for an earthquake
and what is being done in the Bay Area to try to limit
earthquake damage. Maps of vulnerable areas are also provided.
This site is therefore ideal to enable pupils to complete
'The hazards enquiry' in Interactions. It complements
the key questions identified in the enquiry, most notably
in section 2 and the conclusion on page 51.
Tourism (Unit 3)
National
Parks (pages 56-59)
More detailed information about individual National Parks
can be found at the park websites. They include photographs,
maps, facts and figures, and some include information
specifically for teachers and pupils.
National
Park aims and conflicts: the class could be split into
groups, each to produce a report on a different National
Park.
The
Lake District
http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/
The
Peak District
http://www.peakdistrict.org/
This is a particularly good site. The Education Zone includes
a series of fact sheets on a range of topics such as honeypot
sites and conflicts of land use, which link very well
with the activities on pages 58-59 of Interactions.
North
York Moors
http://www.northyorkmoors-npa.gov.uk/
Dartmoor
http://www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk/
Exmoor
http://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/
Northumberland
http://www.nnpa.org.uk/
Brecon
Beacons
http://www.breconbeacons.org/
Majorca - a holiday paradise? (pages 62-63)
Mallorca Topline
http://www.mallorca-topline.com/
On this, the original Majorca Server, you can find literally
everything about this island. Pupils could use it to
supplement the resources provided in Interactions.
For the Extra activity on page 49, the booklet about
Majorca could be produced using DTP software, pasting
in resources from the website.
Disneyland
Paris - a holiday dream? (pages 64-65)
Disneyland Paris
http://www.disneylandparis.com/
The official site gives a range of information about
visiting Disneyland Paris, including a downloadable
map of how to get there. Pupils could use this site
in conjunction with Activities 2 and 3 on page 51 of
Interactions.
The
Alps - a winter wonderland? (pages 66-67)
Ski France La Clusaz
http://www.skifrance.fr/station.cfm?destination=740014&langue=a
This tourist website includes a range of information
about activities at the resort in both summer and winter.
There is a map to show the location of the resort, together
with an excellent diagram of the ski slopes. Pupils
could use the resources from this site to attempt the
extra activity on page 53 of Interactions. The
page of the travel brochure advertising La Clusaz could
be created by the pupils using a DTP program, with resources
inserted from the website.
Italy,
an EU country (Unit 4)
General
sites with information on Italy:
Italian
Institute of National Statistics
http://www.istat.it/English/index.htm
CIA
World Fact book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Scroll down and click on Italy in the country listings
in the left column.
National
Geographic Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
Write “Italy” in the Find Place section and
a map of Italy will appear.
What
gives Italy its sense of identity? (pages 56-67 and
76-77)
'Italia On-line'
http://schools.channel4.com/italia/
This site is designed to complement the Place and People
television series on Italy and contains sophisticated
interactive resources which are freely available for schools.
'Italia On-line' provides self-contained exercises employing
maps, tables and statistics which will allow the information
on Italy to be compared and contrasted with UK equivalents.
The website will be updated and developed over the three
years that the Place and People series is broadcast
by Channel 4 Schools.
Embassy
of Italy in the United States
http://www.italyemb.org/
Pupils can obtain a range of useful information from
this website to supplement their studies from the unit
in Interactions. The general information section
includes some very good detailed maps of the country.
The economic and statistical section includes a range
of data from the census.
Windows
on Italy
http://www.mi.cnr.it/WOI/
A great wealth of information about Italy can be found
about the geography and regions of the country.
Japan, a developed country
(Unit 5)
Japan
Information Network
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/
This is a really excellent site which offers the user
a wealth of information about the country to tie in with
studies of Japan on pages 92-109 of Interactions.
The statistical section offers data and charts on almost
every aspect of the country. The Kids section includes
a simplified map of Japan. The site even includes a detailed
online atlas of Japan.
Japan
Statistics Bureau
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm
CIA
World Fact book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
National
Geographic Map Machine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/
Embassy
of Japan in the UK
http://www.embjapan.org.uk/
Information
and map of Japan
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/japan/map/j_regi.html
Japan
2001 Festival site
http://www.japan2001.org.uk/
Aspects
of Japan – a series of learning resources provide
a general introduction to Japan
http://www.emu.org.uk/Curriculum/Projects/Japan/
World
Development (Unit 6)
How
can the rich help the poor? (pages 120-121 &
Activity Sheet 6.5)
Aid
cartoons
Cartoons are very useful to the Geography teacher, pupils
enjoy using them and when used well by the teacher can
encourage pupils to think critically about issues. There
are a number of cartoon websites on the internet, that
could be used to further develop this activity sheet.
Daryl
Cagle’s Professional Cartoonist index
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/main.asp
This is a US site, topics are therefore, initially biased
towards this area of the world. If you scroll down the
page, however, you find the index, providing links to
cartoonists from around the world, cartoonists are listed
and also grouped by continent. The site also includes
a very useful teacher guide about how to use cartoons
in the classroom.
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/teacher/
Cartoonweb
http://www.cartoonweb.com/
This site provides collections of cartoons from around
the world with a number of categories relevant to geography
including Ecotoon, and World View. At the time of writing,
a new Earth Summit section had been added.
ICT Activites
- New Interactions
Hazards
Activity Sheet 2.4 - A leaflet
about Mount Etna
Activity Sheet 2.5 - Are
all volcanoes identical?
Activity Sheet 2.7 - San Francisco
earthquake report 1989
Activity Sheet 2.11 - The hazards
enquiry
Tourism
Activity Sheet 3.8 - The
Alps - a winter wonderland?
Japan,
a developed country
Activity Sheet 5.4 - Satellite
image websites
Activity Sheet 5.7 - Whaling
- a global environmental issue
Activity Sheet 5.8 - Japan fears
a Fuji with no snow
Activity Sheet 5.9 - How interdependent
is Japan?
World
Development
Activity Sheet 6.2 - Overpopulation
in India
Activity Sheet 6.6 - Should we
give aid?
ICT Activities - Hazards (Unit 2)
Activity
Sheet 2.4 - A leaflet about Mt.Etna
Imagine
you are a geologist and have been approached by the Tourist
Board of Sicily to produce an information leaflet about
Mount Etna.
Finding
out information using the internet:-
Mt.Etna
website
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA.html
This site provides an impressive amount of information
about the volcano, including maps, diagrams and digital
images.
You
could include a stop press section in the leaflet about
the most recent eruption of Etna. Search the archive of
the BBC news website to obtain information about the 2001
eruption, or any other eruptions that have happened since
then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Activity Sheet 2.5 - Are all volcanoes
identical?
Your
class has been divided into groups. Each group will investigate
the nature of different volcanic eruptions and complete
a fact file.
You
will find some of the following websites useful:
Volcano
websites
Mt.Etna
website
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~boris/ETNA.html
Mauna
Loa
http://wwwhvo.wr.usgs.gov/maunaloa/
Montserrat
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/west.indies/soufriere/govt/
Heimaey
http://www.eyjar.is/eyjar/eruption.html
Ruapehu
http://url.co.nz/ruapehu.html
Mount
St Helens
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/MSH/framework.html
Pinatubo
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Philippines/Pinatubo/framework.html
Activity Sheet 2.7 - San Francisco
earthquake report 1989
Imagine
you are a geologist working for the USGS – the United
States Geological Survey. You have just been given a new
assignment to write a report summarising the findings
from the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
Sources
of information:
San
Francisco Museum
http://www.sfmuseum.org/
This site has an excellent collection of online resources
about the 1989 earthquake.
USGS
fact sheet about the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, called
the Loma Prieta earthquake
http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/fact-sheet/fs151-99/
Activity sheet 2.11 - The
hazards enquiry
Use
of the internet to prepare people for an earthquake.
In the USA the internet is used as a means to help people
prepare for an earthquake. There are a number of websites
that provide an information service.
Two
important sites for the people of San Francisco are:-
ABAG:
The Association of Bay Area Governments
Earthquake Preparedness information
http://www.abag.ca.gov/bayarea/eqmaps/eqmaps.html
San
Francisco Chronicle’s online guide to earthquake
preparedness
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/special/quakes/index.html
ICT Activities - Tourism
(Unit 3)
Activity
Sheet 3.8 - The Alps – a winter wonderland?
La
Vanoise National Park
http://www.vanoise.com/
Select the English version of the site to discover the
aims and work of the park.
cyberALPS
http://www.cyberalps.com/fnews_frames
BBC
News
Report about environmental damage done to the Alps. The
article includes links to other relevant websites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1515276.stm
ICT Activities - Japan, a developed country
(Unit 5)
Activity
Sheet 5.4 - Satellite image websites
Eduspace
http://www.eduspace.esa.int/eduspace/main.asp?ulang=en
This excellent site provides an introduction to Remote
Sensing, as well as providing a collection of images for
Europe. The site also explains how the technology can
be used to monitor disasters.
NASA’s
Visible Earth site provides a collection of images grouped
in a range of categories
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
USGS
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center
(EDC) Sioux Falls, South Dakota
http://edc.usgs.gov/
Landsat
org, includes a gallery of images from around the world.
http://www.landsat.org/
Earthshots
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
USGS site that provides case studies built around collections
of satellite images showing environmental change.
Activity sheet 5.7 - Whaling-
a global environmental issue
Japanese
Whaling Association
http://www.jp-whaling-assn.com/index_eng.htm
The
Institute of Cretacean Research
http://www.icrwhale.org/eng-index.htm
This Japanese site highlights the history of whaling.
The Institute conducts whale research.
WWF
http://www.panda.org/species/
Campaign
Whale
http://www.campaign-whale.org/
A non profit making organisation dedicated to protecting
whales, dolphins and their habitats.
Greenpeace
whaling campaign site
http://whales.greenpeace.org/whaling/
International
Whaling Commission website
http://www.iwcoffice.org/Default.htm
http://www.marine.gov.uk/iwc.htm
A
paper outlining the whaling conflict between Japan and
the USA
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/9189/whaligcon.html
Yahoo
news provides a whaling category which co-ordinates all
the latest news stories from around the world about whaling
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=science&cat=whales_and_whaling
Activity sheet 5.8 - Japan
fears a Fuji with no snow
Fuji
webcam
http://www.sunplus.com/fuji/livee.htm
Extension
activity
Produce
a report outlining the causes and effects of global warming,
for a government environmental minister who is about to
attend a world conference to discuss how to reduce its
impact.
You can use pages 28 and 29; pages 104 and 105 of the
Interactions pupil’s book to help produce your report,
together with the following websites.
Global
warming websites:
UK
government Global warming education site
http://www2.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/schools/12-16/index.htm
WWF
Climate Change campaign
http://www.panda.org/climate/
Greenpeace
Climate Change campaign
http://www.greenpeace.org/campaigns/intro?campaign_id=3937
US
Environment Protection Agency Global Warming website
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/
Global
warming heat map
http://www.climatehotmap.org/
US
Environment Protection Agency Global Warming kids website
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/
Global
warming information page
http://www.globalwarming.org/
Yahoo
news provides a global warming category which co-ordinates
all the latest news stories from around the world about
the topic.
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=global_warming
Guardian
Unlimited special report on Global warming
http://www.guardian.co.uk/globalwarming/0,7368,395145,00.html
Activity sheet 5.9 - How Interdependent
is Japan?
Japan
Statistics Bureau
http://www.stat.go.jp/english/index.htm
CIA
World Fact book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
ICT Activities - World Development (Unit
6)
Activity
Sheet 6.2 - Overpopulation in India
You
can find out more about the population issues facing India
at the United Nations Population Fund website for India
http://www.unfpa.org.in/
Development
websites:
The
World Bank Development program, includes learning modules
about Population Growth Rate; Life Expectancy at Birth;
GNP per capita; Access to safe water.
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/depweb.htm
Human
Development Report website.
http://hdr.undp.org/
This site provides global and regional reports about the
state of development. The site also provides an impressive
array of development indicators updated every year.
World
Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/mission/up1.htm
Understanding poverty, this excellent site provides a
background to raise awareness of world issues.
World
Bank data
http://www.worldbank.org/data/
Activity Sheet 6.6 - Should
we give aid?
The class will be divided into a number of different groups.
Each group of pupils will investigate one of the websites
for different aid agencies.
Things
to find out:
• What are the aims of the aid organisation?
• What aid campaigns are they involved in?
• What places are being supported?
• How does the organisation provide aid?
• How are people encouraged to support the aid campaigns?
ActionAid
http://www.actionaid.org/
Christian
Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/
CAFOD
http://www.cafod.org.uk/
Intermediate
Technology
http://www.itdg.org/
Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/
Population
Concern
http://www.populationconcern.org.uk/
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