Geography Water Planning Unit Biology Africa Care For The Environment

A great unit looking at our dependence on water.

Lots of ideas and planning. Great for a project or a focus week.

Interesting powerpoints.

Focus on Africa and the droughts over there.

sample ideas.planning

Session 1

10/10/05

· to obtain information from maps and an atlas

· about world weather patterns

· about physical and human features

· I can find the wettest places in the world

· I can mark the main deserts of the world on a map

· I can use the laptop to draw temperature and rainfall graphs for different countries

M: Identify the wettest places in the world

S: Locate the main deserts on map

C: Draw temperature and rainfall graphs for different countries

Multimap for looking at maps/photos

Excel for rainfall graphs

Homework project for 2 weeks – Comparing use of water (LCP pg 167)

Session 2

12/10/05

· to make maps and plans

· to use secondary sources

· to investigate water supply at local and world scales

· I can think of 3 different ways to allow water to move around school