 |  | |  | | This website has been developed to correspond with the Geography Intermediate Environmental Hazards component of the curriculum. It aims to encourage independent learning and provides the students with a dynamic and participative learning experience. The website can be used as a stand-alone resource and also to support the teaching of the unit Environmental Hazards. | |  | | The site does not aim to teach everything the student needs to know about Environmental Hazards but instead focuses on two specific case studies. By investigating the case studies in depth the student will become aware of the cause, impact, prediction and action involved in contrasting Environmental Hazards. It will also equip students with skills on how to answer exam style questions. The site has been designed with the intention of allowing teachers to develop their own methods of delivery, using the site the way they feel most appropriate to their class and level. | |  | While the site does not aim to cover all of the outcomes for the unit it aims to meet the following learning objectives:
Students are able to identify and describe the features of geographical environments.
Students are able to make links between the physical environment and the human environment.
Srudents are able to describe and explain the interactions in geographical environments.
Students are able to extract, process and analyse geographical information. | |  | The site has been divided into two broad learning areas, each featuring a case study.
Within each case study the user is free to explore each of the sub headings in any order they wish but we suggest they work through the site in the order outlined on the Students Page.
The Site Map can also be used for navigation. It gives a complete listing of all the pages in the site.
The Students page advises users how to work through the site independently and gives direct links to Revision and Summary Pages. It also contains a list of useful websites that can be used for further research. | |  | Listed below are some websites that can be used as further research into the case studies and which give general information about 'Floods' and Volcanoes'.
Floods
www.sepa.org.uk/flooding/
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/
www.metoffice.com/
www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/
Volcanoes
www.bgs.ac.uk/education/montserrat/Monshome.html
www.mvo.ms
www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/west.indies/soufriere/govt/
pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volc/
www.usgs.gov/hazards/volcanoes/
www.cdera.org/doccentre/hazards.php
www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes
www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/ | |  | | The Environmental Hazards site complements two television programmes on Intermediate Geography; you can view transmission times here. The site is part of a range of Intermediate websites which can be found here. | | Notes
The geography curriculum changed in 2004. Volcanoes remain part of the new syllabus however floods are no longer covered at Intermediate 2.
From January 2003 Ordnance Survey has re-branded some symbols. This means that on the 1:50 000 map A-class roads have been changed from red to green. On this site all the A-class roads remain red but please be aware in exams they may appear green. | |
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