Noel Jenkins @ Court Fields

Click here for the global map of showing the Happy Planet Index

Here is a map of World Happiness Why do the two maps differ so much?

Click here for the Happiness Survey This is the homework for this week.

Here are some tools that will help you complete the task - for Wednesday!

Your free OS map from Year 7

MultiMap You move around by clicking the arows on the edge of the map. You can also add an aerial photo overlay. This is useful for showing transport links. You need to make a screenshot of the map to use it in your work (At+Print Screen) and then crop it to size.

Google Maps Using the aerial photos will allow you to zoom right in on you chosen site so that you can describe the advantages and disadvantages in a bit more detail.

Environment Agency Is your site at risk from floods? Find out here. You need to put in a postcode and then navigate around.

What I’m looking for
A report that chooses the best site to build 300 new homes in Wellington. Your report must include a map (this can be the one you produced in the lesson)

At level 4 you will describe a few reasons why you chose your site and mention how the new homes could affect the area.

At level 5 your report must show that you used O.S map evidence (in particular you should have referred to 4/6 figure grid references) in order to explain why your site is a good choice. For example you might start a paragraph of with: “The roundabout in grid square SW2345 makes access to the M5 very easy” You will start to explain how the new homes will affect the area.

At level 6 you will have used other evidence including aerial photos and Environment Agency maps to back up your ideas. You show how people will have different points of view about the new homes.

At level 7 you might have found other evidence using your own initiative. This could include your own photos, discussions with other people or information from the web. You could draw a detailed sketch map of your site that clearly labels the advanatages and disadvantages of the site. You will explain which factors were more important than others when you made your decision. You understand that no one site can be perfect and that the impact of the new homes will be felt differently by different people.

You can ask questions or email finished work to me here

At the start of the lesson I used Worldometers

The statistics about life expectancy came from Nationmaster

 For my Year 9s…

I used the worldometers site at the start of the lesson:

This is the OnePerson One Pixel website if you want to have another look.

The resources for today’s lesson:

Dress a caver

Inglesport

Titan images

Titan map

Guide to cave 

BBC film 

If you’ve tried to use Google Earth to find your house in Wellington and been disappointed, have another look now!

Yay!

Other exciting news is that thanks to a generous donation by 3d connexion, we have a class set of Space Navigators to fly around in Google Earth. Come along to D3 and have a go!

We’ll be using them in lessons, but don’t forget the Artwork Earth competition as well.

This competition is open to everyone from Year 7 to 9. All you have to do is find a special place on the Earth, capture a picture and add a suitable caption. The idea is to visualize the Earth as a pice of art. Here’s an example:

There will be prizes for the best ones. I’m looking for originality, creativity, inspiration and a good choice of words to accompany the image. I’ll publish the best ones as well. To get going, do the following:

How to:

1. Start Google Earth, or use this site: NASA Our Earth as Art
2. Browse around until you find a spectacular place.
3. Make a screenshot. (Cntrl + Print Screen)
4. Crop the image if necessary.
5. Upload the image to the Flickr Motivator tool.
6. Add a suitable title and (optional) caption.
7. Download the finished image to your computer.
8. Email it to me at: NJenkins@educ.somerset.gov.uk
   

Some helpful resources:
Download Artwork Earth Google Earth placemarks (you need Google Earth)

See these places on a Google Map

The original teaching idea comes from this web site.
Can you do better than this?

I’m not sure I could. However there will be a prize for the best entry.

Closing date for entries to be emailed to me: 5th July

During a lesson on the impacts of AIDS I showed a presentation that combined a soundtrack of people talking about living with HIV/AIDS as well as pictures of their homes. You can find the presentation here.