Environmental Risks
Objective: To discover how economic development has affected the Pearl Delta in southern China.
Resources;
OCR Textbook - pages 196-199.
Task 1 - Read the text on page 196-197 and complete activities 1-5. For the research link - Where are the world's most polluted places? - you might want to look at this site. Choose one of the most polluted places in 2013 and read the fact sheet taking notes on the causes and effects of the pollution and search for an image of the location too.
Task 2 - Put the title above into your books. Then scroll down to the Google Map and describe the location of the Pearl Delta in China on your A3 worksheet. Don't forget to talk about surrounding settlements, rivers and the sea.
Task 3 - Introducing the Pearl Delta - China.
Study the text on page 198-199 carefully and complete all the tasks on page 199 using this worksheet. Blow this up to A3 size.
Resources;
OCR Textbook - pages 196-199.
Task 1 - Read the text on page 196-197 and complete activities 1-5. For the research link - Where are the world's most polluted places? - you might want to look at this site. Choose one of the most polluted places in 2013 and read the fact sheet taking notes on the causes and effects of the pollution and search for an image of the location too.
Task 2 - Put the title above into your books. Then scroll down to the Google Map and describe the location of the Pearl Delta in China on your A3 worksheet. Don't forget to talk about surrounding settlements, rivers and the sea.
Task 3 - Introducing the Pearl Delta - China.
Study the text on page 198-199 carefully and complete all the tasks on page 199 using this worksheet. Blow this up to A3 size.
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Extension: The Social Impacts - The True Cost of the Christmas toys that we buy from China's factories.
Read this Guardian article and create a spider diagram to show the social effects of this increase in demand. Link to TNC's and globalization.
Read this Guardian article and create a spider diagram to show the social effects of this increase in demand. Link to TNC's and globalization.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Starter. Which materials can be recycled? Which are the most valuable? How sustainable is glass recycling?
For this mini unit of work, we will be using the work produced on geographyalltheway.com. Click on the blue tab below to access the work. Complete the worksheet using the resources embedded on the page. |
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Global Climate Change: Causes
Objective: To understand how increased greenhouse gas emissions contribute to the Greenhouse Effect and climate change
Starter: Watch the animation and study the diagram underneath and remember to link it in to your science work.
Starter: Watch the animation and study the diagram underneath and remember to link it in to your science work.
Task 1 - Turn to page 200 - 201 on the OCR B textbook and copy the two diagrams (fig 4.71) into your workbooks. When complete, read the rest of the text on the two pages and complete activities 2, 4 & 5. For activity 5, you may change the focus from the UK to France or Germany.
Task 2 - Carbon Footprint calculator.
i. Click here to access an online carbon footprint calculator. Complete each of the responses and then take a screen shot of the outcome.
ii. Compare this to someone else in the classroom and find out why you are different.
iii. Make a list of the top 3 factors that affect your carbon footprint.
iv. How can you reduce your footprint?
v. What do we do at IST to reduce our footprint?
Global Climate Change - The Solutions
Task 3 - Turn to page 204 & 205 in the OCR B textbook and complete activities 1,2 & 5.
Task 2 - Carbon Footprint calculator.
i. Click here to access an online carbon footprint calculator. Complete each of the responses and then take a screen shot of the outcome.
ii. Compare this to someone else in the classroom and find out why you are different.
iii. Make a list of the top 3 factors that affect your carbon footprint.
iv. How can you reduce your footprint?
v. What do we do at IST to reduce our footprint?
Global Climate Change - The Solutions
Task 3 - Turn to page 204 & 205 in the OCR B textbook and complete activities 1,2 & 5.
