Rainfall 3 processes relief conventional frontal

To help with revision, here are the video hyperlinks we used in the lesson
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•Reminder of the water cycle (Met Office)

•Relief rainfall BBC (Geographer Online)

•Convectional rainfall Geographer Online (+ BBC; a student video;)

•Frontal rainfall Met Office (Geographer Online)

•(A teacher’s summary of all 3;)

Rainfall from DB3igs

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Map docs

You can find many more detailed guides online, below are the materials we have used in lessons:

Os key reference from DB3igs

A short additional test you can use:

Symbols and grid references test from DB3igs

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Waterfalls

Some resources on waterfalls

Waterfalls worksheet2 db from DB3igs

Waterfall assessment from DB3igs

Waterfalls 2nd ppt from DB3igs

Waterfalls db lesson from DB3igs

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Luxembourg City site and situation

The task:

Luxembourg city report from DB3igs

Common issues!

Lux city report improvements from DB3igs

KEY ISSUES?

• Many were simply too brief to provide an adequate description or explanation
• Maps and images were often not referred to in text - and even when they were, there were usually obvious additional points (evidence!) to make
• Map details, such as height and distance to establish steepness (with a pic of contour lines from the site!), would be very useful
• Many of you barely explained how a defensive site actually functions! 
• Some didn't identify it primarily as a defensive site!
• Trade links (and detail of what was traded, with whom!) is a key factor in the situation (see Ronan's mostly excellent analysis), along with the water, woods, other building/trade-able resources, suitability for farming, and those defensive features
• Use of geographical terms was inconsistent - for example, the MEANDER feature is an important one!
• PLAGIARISM - its not so much that some of you were trying to cheat (that won't matter as you get to GCSE, A-Level and beyond, which is why its a very important lesson), but its not clear enough where you got information from, and writing too often clearly was not in your own style or words. Here's an example - do you think a Y7 student is likely to write this? 'Luxembourg city is a forested highland region which is incised by the deep valleys of a river network organised around the river Sûre.'

SAMPLE QUOTES
I would only use the shortest of these in an essay, but always state where you get information from, eg: the city was on a 'major miltary route' which linked what would become Germany and France (Wiki). Indenting quotes as I have below also helps to set them out very clearly.

The history of Luxembourg properly began with the construction of Luxembourg Castle in the High Middle Ages.... Around this fort, a town gradually developed, which became the centre of a small but important state of great strategic value to France, Germany and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's fortress, located on a rocky outcrop known as the Bock, was steadily enlarged and strengthened over the years by successive owners. Some of these included the Bourbons, Habsburgs and Hohenzollerns, who made it one of the strongest fortresses on the European continent, the Fortress of Luxembourg. (from Wiki)

The ancient Saxon name of its capital city, Lucilinburhuc (“Little Fortress”), symbolized its strategic position as “the Gibraltar of the north,” astride a major military route linking Germanic and Frankish territories. (from Britannica)

The nation's links with Germanic culture strengthened during the five centuries of independence, especially in the fourteenth century, when Luxembourg's dukes also ruled the German-centered Holy Roman Empire and the national territory extended as far east as the present-day Czech Republic. (from everyculture.com)

WHAT EXCELLENT LOOKS LIKE
This is what an outstanding report looks like (by Georgia and Siddarth), with another (by Ronan) which is very good on explaining the situation, focussing on the trade links:
LAURINE's

Water cycle, urbanisation and global warming

There’s another story to tell about climate change. And it starts with water https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/03/climate-change-water-fossil-fuel?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger

EROSION weathering

You can find good detail on this online; here are 2 resources, one very simple, basic and short, and another which is longer and more complex:

ONEGEOLOGY.ORG - SIMPLER



31-slide Powerpoint - more detail

Weathering, Erosion and Deposition.(3rd/4th grade teach) from Moira Whitehouse

SHORT VIDEO (5:02) - simple

RIVER PROCESSES crossword

Before starting a new assignment on flooding, a chance to consolidate your grasp of key terms.

Your task is to complete this crossword - you will have a paper copy of the clues, and should also write answers on this. On the crossword site, click return when you've typed a full answer - if its correct it will go green!

You have the option of getting some help with the clues - in the Y7 Geog folder 3. Rivers and flooding. You can copy the whole folder, so you can access this as a revision aid at any time.

EXTENSION: If/when you complete the crossword, make your own mini-quiz using PowerPoint, with between 3-5 questions, at least 1 of which should feature a diagram or photo/s, on any aspect of the water cycle, rivers, flooding. Use the animation tool so that the answer appears only by clicking after the question.

Once complete, leave on your screen and go have a try on someone else's mini-quiz.

Double-click the shortcut to access the crossword. You can copy this folder