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Activities Overview
Activities Overview
Programme Benefits
Suitable for combined year groups with visits and activities relevant to both KS3 and KS4
Educational resources directly linked to “new look” Geography programmes of study, attainment levels 4-8.
Activity sheets are provided for pre-visit preparation and follow up, as well as for each visit option.
Visit options are excellent for the study of physical, human and environmental geography, as well as offering cross curricular opportunities.
Key stage 3 relevance: (The study of geography should include)
a variety of scales, from personal, local, regional, national, international and continental, to global
a range of investigations, focusing on places, themes or issues
the location of places and environments
key aspects of the UK, including its changing human and physical geography, current issues and its place in the world today
different parts of the world in their wider settings and contexts, including the EU and regions or countries in different states of development
physical geography, physical processes and natural landscapes
human geography, built and managed environments and human processes
interactions between people and their environments, including causes and consequences of these interactions, and how to plan for and manage their future impact.
Key stage 4 relevance:
1. Coastal management
2. Geographical information systems
3. Geography in the news
4. Travel and tourism destinations
5. Planning where we live
6. Urban transport for sustainability
7. Geography through fieldwork
8. Living with floods
9. Introducing Cultural Geography
Therefore the selection of a tour to The West Coast is very propitious as it is a destination directly relevant to most of the above 9 themes.
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The Accompanying booklet
The Accompanying Booklet
You are advised to download and use the pupil booklet which accompanies this
resource.
It is recommended that you download the booklet, and allow pupils to write
notes/ ideas in this booklet before you go on your visit.
Just prior to your visit, you should print off each booklet for your group, and allow
them to continue writing and sketching on the hardcopy during your visit.
Once back in the classroom your pupils should type up their notes from their visit,
and add any digital images/video clips to their booklets and keep as an electronic
copy as evidence.
Alternatively, print off individual hardcopies at the start of the project, and allow
pupils to use these as their evidence throughout their learning experience.
The booklet is in 2 forms:
“West coast booklet.pub” this is a single paged booklet allowing your pupils to work on
this file pre visit, making notes and writing about interesting points they might wish to see
on their journey.
“West Coast booklet for print.pub” this is a booklet which is simply ready to print back to
back and it will print off as a booklet ready for your visit.
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Comparing Ecosystems
Comparing Ecosystems
Information regarding locations
The Muir Woods.
Muir Woods National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service on the Pacific coast of south-western Marin County,
California, 12 miles (19 km) north of San Francisco and part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
http://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park (pronounced /joʊ
ʊ s
mtiː/ yo-SEM-it-ee) is a national park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne,
Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,266 acres (308,073
ha) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million
people each year, many of whom only spend time in the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley.
http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert located in the south-western United States. It is the lowest, driest, and hottest location in North
America. Badwater, a basin located within Death Valley, is the specific location of the lowest elevation in North America at
282 ft below sea level. This point is only 76 miles east of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous United States
with an elevation of 14,505 feet. Death Valley holds the record for the highest reliably reported temperature in the Western
hemisphere, 134°F (56.7°C) at Furnace Creek in 1913.
http://www.nps.gov/deva/index.htm
The Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely
contained within the Grand Canyon National Park, one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore
Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt
and enjoy the scenery.
http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm
Information
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Comparing Ecosystems
Comparing Ecosystems
Task 1: Quadrant Assessment
For this activity you can utilise Google Earth/panaramio pre visit to
allow the pupils chance to have a look at what they might see.
You will need 1m tape measures for this activity!
Other info
It may be suitable to print separate rough sheets for the learners to use when out side of the
coach, and keep their booklet for use only in the coach.
These results can be collated with other students back in the classroom.
Pupil Activities
http://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm
Choose three 1m x 1m Frame Quadrants within your
location.
Describe it’s location: under heavy canopy, on the
fringe, by a path, etc…
Mark on the map its rough location
Choose a location within the Park.
This tasks asks you to look at the amount of biodiversity within the Muir woods. This can then be compared with other locations on your tour, or
locations back at home.
Task 1: Ecosystem in Muir Woods.
The Muir Woods
The West Coast USA
The West Coast USA
The Muir Woods
Working on 1 of your 1m x 1m Frame Quadrants assess the following and fill in the tables provided.
Fill in percentage covers of individual species groups
Fill in the Trample Score
Fill in the Number of Species – NOT Number of Groups!
Trample Scores;
1 = No impact. Vegetation not damaged.
2 = Some impact. Some stems damaged, some plants bent.
3 = Moderate impact. At least 25% of stems are damaged or bent.
4 = Heavy impact. At least 25% of stems damaged or bent, with some bare ground.
5 = Bare Ground. The area is at least 75% bare ground, a footpath for example.
Repeat this for three 1m x 1m quadrants in your area.
Quadrants
Trees
Woody Plants
Ferns
Grasses
Herbs
Bare Ground
Trample
Score
No of Species
1
2
3
http://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
Choose three 1m x 1m Frame Quadrants within your location.
Describe it’s location: valley bottom, on the fringe of a wooded area, by a path, etc…
Mark on the map its rough location
Choose a location within the Park.
This tasks asks you to look at the amount of biodiversity within the Park. This can then be compared with other locations on your tour, or locations back at home.
Task 1: Ecosystem in Yosemite National Park.
Yosemite National Park
The West Coast USA
The West Coast USA
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park (pronounced /
joʊˈsɛmɨtiː/ yo-SEM-it-ee) is a national
park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties
in east central California, United States.
The park covers an area of 761,266
acres (308,073 ha) and reaches across
the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million people each
year, many of whom only spend time in
the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley.
Designated a World Heritage Site in
1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. Although not the first designated national park, Yosemite was a focal point in the development of the national park idea,
largely owing to the work of people like John Muir and Galen Clark.
Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The park has an elevation range from 2,000 to 13,114 feet (610 to 4,000 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral/oak
woodland, lower montane, upper montane, subalpine, and alpine. Of California's 7,000 plant species, about 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada
and more than 20% within Yosemite. There is suitable habitat or documentation for more than 160 rare plants in the park, with rare local
geologic formations and unique soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants occupy.
wiki
http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm
When at the Park see if you can identify where the tourists have come from, then Mark them with an “x” on the map.
Task 5: Sphere of Influence.
Yosemite National Park
The West Coast USA
The West Coast USA
Yosemite National Park
Task 4: Tourism impact and management
Aim: To assess the current impact of visitors on the environment of the Park. Use your observations to complete the following table:
Visitor impact
Strategy for impact reduction
Walking or, climbing on walls and sitting on
stones
Removal of material as
souvenirs
Litter and visual pollution
Noise pollution
Demands for food, drink and toilet facilities
Large groups moving about the site
High demand for parking
http://www.nps.gov/yose/index.htm