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Kobe earthquake, Jan 1995
Year 9
What will I learn?
Autumn Term -
What is a volcano?
Why do earthquakes happen?
What are plate tectonics?
A case study of the earthquake in Kobe, Japan.
Spring Term -
What is weather and climate?
Why are climates different in the world?
What is a biome?
Focus on deserts of the world.
What is Brazil like?
What are shanty towns or favelas?
Focus on the Brazilian rainforest.
Why do people migrate?
Summer Term -
Coasts
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Useful web links
Geography Jim
Jim will help you through your Geography from Years
7 to 11!
Window on
the World
An interactive map of the world for
you to explore
Living on
volcanoes - web quest
A web quest focussing on
Mt Pinatubo and Mt Fuji.
Kobe
earthquake - web quest
The Japanese disaster in 1995
Geography
Jim - Kobe
Jim's guide to the Kobe earthquake for school
students
Earthquake
science
Learn why earthquakes happen at explorezone.com
Weather and Climate
Complete web quest to weather
and climates of Europe
Biomes of the
World
A brilliant website which covers all the biomes of
the world
Deserts of the
World
An amazing site which teaches everything there is
to know about deserts
Deserts -
web enquiry
A web enquiry with links to resources on deserts
and desertification
Death Valley, USA
The hottest place in the world
Atacama Desert, Chile
The driest place in the world
Images
of Brazil
An amazing selection of photographs
of Brazilian life.
Rainforests of the world
Great website all about rainforests
Rainforest
destruction - web quest
Learn how the rainforest is being destroyed
Shorelines of the World
All about sandy coastlines
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