Upload the questionnaire below. Use it to find out about the workingconditionsof an adult in the UK (ask your Mum, Dad or another family member over 18). Fill their answers in on the sheet. We will use this information to compare and contrast with working conditions in the fashion industry.
Click on the link below to upload the assessment instruction/guide sheet. I have also put a link to the NC level guide for this assessment – use these to help you aim for a good level.
Make sure that you have completed the case study sheet on the 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens by next wednesday. The sheet is available to download below for those of you who have lost it…
Useful links: good old Wikipedia; an interesting virtual tour of the current crater.
I have also embedded a decent Youtube clip below (sounds like somebody’s school project… take note you lot.)
Odaiba Island in Tokyo Bay is an example of reclaiming land. Land reclamation is a Japanese solution to their overcrowded cities, as we saw in the video. For your HW you need to take on the role of a Japanese city planner. Download the information sheet below and use this link, Odaiba, as resources to produce a poster encouraging people to move out of the mainland city onto a reclaimed island like Odaiba. Your poster needs to outline the advantages and attractions of living there, and the disadvantages and problems of living in the old city. This HW should be handed in: 4th Feb – 9a6, 5th Feb – 9a5, 6th Feb – 9b1.
Your homework this week was to ensure that you had labelled diagrams of each of the 4 main tectonic plate margins – Constructive, Destructive (subduction and collision) and Conservative. You also needed to explain for each the associated landforms and hazards. The work can be completed on the downloadable sheet below:
In order for you to build up your basic geographical knowledge, I would like you to follow the link below to download the Japan Factfile. You need to use the internet or library (RIC) to fill it in with the most up to date info that you can find. Be careful to use trustworthy sources of information online. The deadline is the 14th, 15th, 16th Jan (depending which day you have the lesson). Who can leave a comment with the most interesting fact about Japan?
