Polar Lands Internet Activity

Virtual Fieldwork

Task: Look at the following sites and write in your books a summary of what you have learnt of each.


Lets go on adventure
http://astro.uchicago.edu/cara/vtour/
Webcams at Mawson, Casey, Davis, Macquarie Island
http://www.aad.gov.au/asset/webcams/default.asp
Follow the progress of the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=5490
Explore the Antarctic through the eyes of those who travel there with the Australian Antarctic Division:
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?content=dynamic&title=Antarctic%20Diaries&casid=38&docid=1&type=3&children=39
Life at a station
http://www.aad.gov.au/default.asp?casid=32

Activity 2:
a. Imagine you were lost in a polar region and suffered frost bite. What are the causes and effects of frost bite? How can humans reduce the adverse effects of the cold environment? http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/frostbite.html

Activity 4:Describe the strategies for the sustainability of reindeers http://www.reindeer-husbandry.uit.no/


Activity 5: Design a poster describing the interaction of Sami communities in Finland’s environment and how groups and government actions are contributing to the current management http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/saameng.html.

Rainforests Term 4

Topic: Rainforests

Subtopic: how hybrid cars can have a positive effect on the ‘enhanced greenhouse effect’ and influence the ‘carbon-oxygen cycle.’

Go to: http://www.hybridsynergydrive.com

Write in YOUR BOOKS the topic and subtopic.

Look at the website.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, answer the following:

1. What are the four benefits of this hybrid car that could positively effect a rainforest?
2. Look at the section titled ‘philosophy.’ There are 4 points to click on. Explain in your own words by clicking on all 4 circles what the Toyota philosophy is.
3. Click on ‘low emissions’ and ‘how it works.’ Explain how Toyota make the cars to have ‘low emissions’ and environmentally safe.
4. How do think this car could effect the 'carbon oxygen cycle' and the 'enhanced greenhouse effect.'
   

24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage

24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage

YEAR 7 HISTORY GOOD ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE

YEAR 7 HISTORY

Glacier Webquests

Glacier Webquests

http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/bentley/glaciers.htm
http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/ms/glacier/
1. Complete the following worksheets within the class.
2. Write the answers neatly into your books.

GREAT SITE for volcanoes!

Welcome

volcanic mountains

year 7 geo week 4 term 4


Explain what a ‘dormant’ volcano is.

Write 5 types of areas where volcanoes are found.

What is the difference between a highly viscous or highly fluid lava? Which is more damaging? Why?

Describe what happened at Mt Etna, mentioning how long it was active, its location in Italy, the surrounding topography,

Imagine that you and a friend have been given a free 3 day holiday in the Mt Etna area.
Describe the activities that you would plan over the 3 days.

Draw in your books a volcano cross section mentioning : vent, magma, fine ash, cinder.

Find out about another town or city that has been devastated by a volcano. Write a brief report about this eruption and its effects.

Giant Pandas: Curriculum Guides for Grades 5-8 - National Zoo| FONZ

Giant Pandas: Curriculum Guides for Grades 5-8 - National Zoo| FONZ

good for ideas scrapbooking; songs; debates;