THE TURKEY EARTHQUAKE 1999 - Today’s Lesson
In today’s lesson you have to use 3 WEBSITES and answer questions from the WORKSHEET. Answer on the back of your Worksheet.
Here are the WEBSITES:-
1.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17/newsid_2534000/2534245.stm
2.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9908/17/turkey.quake.07/
3.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/turk-a19.shtml
The Turkish Earthquake 1999
Two devastating earthquakes hit Turkey within the space of less than three months during 1999. The first - with its epicentre at Izmit in Turkey’s heavily populated northwest - struck at 0302 hours local time on 17 August. It left some 17,000 people dead and thousands more homeless. The second struck just 100km away on 12 November, killing hundreds more.
A massive earthquake hit the city of Izmit in 1999. ·
Your task is to find out what happened
· You must put in as many facts and numbers as you can find
· You will need to have a map to show where Turkey and Izmit are
· You need to find some pictures of the damage caused by the earthquake
· You could try to get some eye-witness accounts eg. What the survivors said
These websites are good starting places:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_%C4%B0zmit_earthquake
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/422773.stm
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/vgd/resources/ffiles/turkeyearthquake.doc
Or you can search on Google:- http://www.google.co.uk/
PRESENT YOUR WORK AS A SPECIAL REPORT, PRINTED OUT AND MADE INTO A BOOKLET.
Describe how humans use an upland glaciated landscape.
In other words, how do people use the Lake District landscape?
Use the slideshow below, and the words/facts that you wrote in the lesson.
Words to use in your answer:-
High rainfall 1500mm/year, often falling as snow in winter.
Summer temperatures are only 14C
Little amount of sunshine…. short growing season.
Thin, stony, infertile soils
Only sheep farming is possible.
Forestry (diversification)
Travel is difficult (lakeland lanes)
Tourism is very important
Hill walking on Pyramidal Peaks (Helvellyn)
Rock Climbing on steep backwalls (Brown Cove)
Watersports on Ribbon Lakes (Lake Windermere)
Campsites/holiday cottages on flat valley floors(U-shaped Valley(
Honeypot sites
Research some climate information about the UK.
To do this…. find things such as….
1. the average summer temperature
2. the average annual rainfall
3. the average sunshine hours in summer. etc,
If you could get some climate information for Doncaster…. sir will print your name on this blog site.
This Website may help you….
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/