Map Skills Assessment

All year 7 pupils have to complete an assessment whereby they draw an A3 map of their route to school.

The map needs to include key features such as:

Compass Rose
Map Synbols and Key
Grid Lines
Scale
It could show land height
The route to school needs to be clearly marked on

All of the A3 paper provided needs to be covered. The work needs to be neatly presented as this is an important assessment.

Alongside the map pupils need to write a detailed description of their route to school.

If you have any questions, please come and see your Geography Teacher.

Good luck.

Hurricane Assignment

All year 8 pupils have to undertake the task of producing an annotated sketch map of Cyclone Nargis May 2008.

The format for this piece of work is as follows:

You must have a sketch map showing the route of the cyclone in the centre of your A3 paper. (This MUST be hand drawn) - you can access lots of maps online for you to base your sketch on.



You then muct inlcude the following information around your sketch map (HAND WRITTEN):

a) how the cyclone formed
b) a written description of the track of the cyclone
c) facts about the cyclone intensity

d) information on the effects of the cyclone (you could categorise this further into social, economic and environmental)

e) information on how the areas affected coped with the cyclone - what did the people do?

f) information on what the countries have done to try and reduce the damage of future cyclone events

In any gaps on the paper you can print of images from the internet and stick them on.

This piece of work is an important assessment and so it is vital that it is completed to the highest standard.

If you need any further help please come and see your Geography Teacher

Good Luck.

Rainforest Assessment

Year 9 pupils are currently completing their rainforest assessment where they have to produce a booklet on the rainforest.

Suggested content includes:
• Where are the rainforests?
• What are rainforests and its inhabitants like?
• What is the climate like in the rainforest?
• Why are rainforests shrinking?
• What are the consequences of deforestation?
• How can the rate of deforestation be reduced?/How can rainforests be used sustainably?

The front cover must be in poster format.
It needs to be presented in either A4 or A5 format with at between 3 - 5 sides of text (Font size: no bigger than size 14).

Use websites such as:
Save the Rainforest

The rainforest Foundation
Rainforest Web
The Rainforest Alliance
World Wildlife Fund
Blue Planet Biomes
Enchanted Learning

The Lynmouth Floods of 1952

For pupils in both Year 8 and Year 10, the following websites will help you with your articles on the Lynmouth Floods of 1952.

Related Online Articles:

BBC on this day

Was rain making the cause of the floods?

Exmoor National Park Authority: The 1952 Flood Disaster in Context

Everything Exmoor: The Lynmouth Floods

From Geography Pages: The Lynmouth Floods

Information on Flash Flooding

Weather Online: Was the Lynmouth Floods of 1952 Man Made?