8a2 – Save or Protect: you decide

8a2 you will be taking part in a debate about the future of the rainforest next lesson. Remember that you wll only have 2 minutes to make your argument. I’ll be looking for a biased viewpoint and your ability to answer questions!

Top Tips:

• Research your facts well
• Have facts, information, visuals and props to back up your argument
• Be creative – an interesting speech is often received well
• Be passionate
• Practice your speech!
• Research you opponents pint of view. That way you will be prepared to answer their questions

There is a huge amount of information about this issue on the Internet but be careful about what you use. Here are some stating points:

Greenpeace

Friends of the Earth

All sides of the debate

BBC rainforest links

Sustainable development (GCSE link)

GCSE BBC Bitesize rainforests

Bruce Parry Amazon

Year 8 – Destroy or Save, you decide!

Year 8 – you need to decide whether you are going to argue to protect or exploit the rainforest. Remember that the purpose of this exercise is to be very BIASED. You probably won’t be giving your own point of view.

Remember to extend your ideas – use lots of connectives. You will get a better level if you develop 1 or 2 points in depth then just give a list of short reasons.

Leave a comment on this post if you need any specific help!

Stonehenge comic help

Here is the mark scheme and help sheet for the Stonehenge Comic task:

And here is is very bad Level 3 example (thanks 7a1!!)

Stonehenge

Hello Year 7! This is the PPT you are using in the lesson.

Year 7 Sustainable Buildings

The homework or Year 7 is to investigate sustainable buildings. You will need to be able to list the features of a sustainable building, for example lts of natural light so minimal electricity is used, or, solar panels on the roof.

Remember that sustainable is just a big geography work for ‘environmentally friendly’. Sustainable buildings can also be called ‘Green Buildings’.

This photo is taken at a sustainable building estate in London:

Here are some starting points for research:

Energy saving trust

The Environment Trust

Sustainable Build

Some videos about sustainable buildings

This video is aimed at adult auidiences but you should get some further ideas:

Picture credit

Year 8 Palm Oil Project

I have just come across a very useful site that allows you to create your own comics. This may be a presenttaion options that your may want to consider.

Visit www.comicbrush.com for further details

Year 8 Palm Oil Booklet

Booklet guidance.

Top Tips:

• Remember to evaluate and identify the bias in your sources of information.
• Include different point of view, including your own. Tell all sides of the story.
• Use a wide variety of resources – maps, photos, satellite images, facts. These should be thought provoking.
• Think of the audience of your booklet – Key Stage 3 pupils.

Feed Test

Ignore this one just testing the feed

Design your own rainforest animal Year 8

You can find the PowerPoint used in class here. You may need to refer to it when finishing your animal for homework. Remember that you have to convince your teacher that your animal could really survive in the rainforest!

Your animal must be able to live in one of the rainforest layers. Here’s Ray Mears climbing into the canopy: (you won;t be able to see this video at school)

Iceland Film Task

Year 7 you have been asked to imagine that you are a film location scout. A location scout looks for locations for tv and film. An example of what a film scout would do is this:

A film scout is one example of where geographical skills and knowledge can be used in a real job. A location scout is an example of a geography job.

The PowerPoint shown in the lesson is here. You can follow the links to some of the images – remember that youtube and flickr will not work at school!

The task sheet is here. You will find helpful links and ideas to get you started.