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Fantastic Places
This term...
• The Totem Pole• Earth as Art• Sliding Rocks• Fantastic Places Assessment
Starter...In your books
5 W’s & 1 H
The Totem Pole
It’s in Tasmania!
A Sea stack
The Totem Pole
Outcomes:1)To be able to explain how a
sea stack is formed2)To consider why the Totem Pole is considered a fantastic
place
How was it formed?
• Look through the images
• Try to put them in order on your A3 paper
• Decide which statement goes with each picture
Extension:Write down all the things that will affect how long it will take for a sea stack to form
cliff crack cave
arch pillar stack
stump
Outcomes:1)To begin to explain how a sea stack is formed2)To consider why the Totem Pole is considered a fantastic place
Choose 5 key words that help explain how it was formed
Paul Pritchard...He is one of many rock
climbers who enjoy challenges such as the Totem Pole.
However: In 1998 a sudden fall from the totem pole left him seriously injured. He was paralysed down one side and lost his speech for several months.
But...people continue to climb the ‘tote...................Why?
What makes it fantastic?• Why do people climb it?• Use your senses• Is it exciting because it’s
dangerous?• Why is it worth the risk?
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In less than 40 words write an answer
Rap?News Headline?Equatio
n?
Poem?
Diary entry?
What is a stack?
Choose 3 words to sum up the lesson
Where is the Totem Pole located?
What in time will be left of the totem pole?
What erodes the base of cliffs?
What could you do differently next lesson?
What must a fantastic place have?
Can you think of another ‘fantastic place?’
• I remember the day now. Waking up in the tent and walking the eight kilometres out to the Totem pole. I remember the rope traverse onto the ‘Pole’ itself and rappelling down it. There, I can hear the roaring of the waves like distant bombs exploding. I can still smell the seaweed, like iron tastes. We were alone.
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• No sooner had I got to the foot of the ‘Tote’ than I was up to my waist in the sea. Soaking wet. I shouted to Celia to come on down, but to stop at the ledge, and to tie the rope off there. I remember putting my rope ascenders on and making two moves on it before swinging wildly to the left… Then nothing. I don’t remember anything else about the next fifteen minutes
• I am now upside down and shrugging my rucksack off into the sea. Celia is shouting at me; “You’ve got to help me here if we’re going to get out of this.” I’m being held upright in slings, the grunting and laborious haul up which I’m told took three hours. I am making noises that sound nothing like me. I lost half my blood as I lay, shaking, for ten hours on that ledge, as Celia climbed out and ran the five miles for help.
Outcomes:1)To begin to explain how a sea stack is formed2)To consider why the Totem Pole is considered a fantastic place
Choose 5 key words that help explain how it was formed
Erosion:
-------Joints/Faults
Stack:
Stump:
Thunks
Is the past more important thanthe future?
Can you touch the sky?
Starter...5 W’s & 1 H
The 5 Senses..\..\..\Geography Resources\online-stopwatch.exe
Nobody has ever witnessed, or filmed the rocks moving
What’s he thinking?
Racetrack Playa
Outcomes1)To know what where it is2)To understand the reasons for the sliding rocks
Sliding rock
Location... Death Valley, California,
USA
KS3_Fantastic_slidingrocks.mpg
Mystery: Why do the rocks move?
1. Look through the mystery cards
2. Sort them into 2 piles:
• Useful Not useful
3. You are to come up with an answer to the mystery either as an:
Information Poster or a News Report
Racetrack Playa
Outcomes1)To know what where it is2)To understand the reasons for the sliding rocks
Questions
What did I learn today?
What did I do well this lesson?
What could I improve on next lesson?
What do you think these are?
The earth...
As Artwork
Earth as ArtworkOutcomes:
(1)To explore the world’s landscapes using satellite images.
(2)To be able to describe and explain key features of one of the world’s
dramatic landscapes.
Some artwork produced by students...
National Geographic Art
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/11/photogalleries/101119-satellite-pictures-earth-as-art-australia-glaciers-mountains-clouds/
1) Have a quick look at some examples of artworkhttp://earthasart.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
2) Look around Google Earth for a suitable image. 3) Save your image to your documents4) Upload your image at
http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php
• Click ‘Register or sign in’ (top right)• Username: [email protected]
Password: belgrave• Browse for your image• Add a catchy title: Write your name and
description in the motivational text• Click create 5)Now save your artwork in your documents6)Print off your artwork!
Can satellite images be interpreted artistically?
Artists have long been inspired by the World around them, from Constable’s paintings of the English Countryside, Turner’s famous paintings showing the roughness of nature, with bleak landscapes and violent storms to Lowry’s depictions of Industrial Britain. But with the advent of satellites and the imagery they capture from Space the Earth can be now be observed, artistically or otherwise, from a wider range of scales.
Starter...
Fantastic Places Assessment
Learning Outcomes:1)To
2)To