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Adventure landscapes

This module appeals to students' sense of wonder and adventure, virtually dropping them into dramatic places above and below ground and allowing them to explore the physical processes that formed them and continue to shape them

  • Key Stage Three,
  • Module,
  • Landscape systems,
  • Environmental interactions and management
  • Overview
  • Caves, Crags and Cannibals?
  • Cheddar Climbing and Conflict
  • Underworld
  • Save our caves
  • Into Titan
  • Over the sea to Skye
  • A walk around the Quiraing
  • Assessment

The module includes some ICT based work, lots of creativity as well as map skills.

The module begins in Cheddar Gorge with students looking at and describing the physical characteristics that make it the place it is and go on to explain the physcial processes that formed it. They then look at the dynamic interrelationship between this physical and the human world and begin to appreciate that different people use the landscape for different, sometimes conflicting activities, and these interactions impact on the physical environment and need to be managed.

Moving underground the students are introduced to the weird and wonderful world of caves, how they are fragile environments and can be damaged by human activity. They then visit Titan the largest vertical cave in the UK and plan a caving trip and thus appreciate that the not only landscape can inspire awe and wonder but also is also a risky place that requires planning preparation and expertise sometimes to navigate safely.

Emerging from Titan the next stop is the Isle of Skye in Scotland, a contrasting mountain environment for a piece of creative work to describe its physical geography and lastly plan a walk around the bizarre lanscape of the ‘Quiraing' formed from an enormous land slip.

Caves Crags and Cannibals

Cheddar climbing and conflict

Underworld

Save our caves

Into Titan

Over the sea to Skye

A walk around the Quiraing

Adventure landscapes - Assessment

 

Downloads

  • Adventure Landscapes Module Overview (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Module Overview (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Module Plan (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Factsheet- Adventure Landscapes in the UK: Geography Explained (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Factsheet- Adventure Landscapes in the UK: Geography Explained (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Guide (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 1 5 Ws Worksheet (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 1 5 Ws Worksheet (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 2 Conflict Matrix (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 2 Conflict Matrix (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Detailed Glossary of Caving Terms (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Detailed Glossary of Caving Terms (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Summary Glossary of Caving Terms (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Summary Glossary of Caving Terms (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Draw What You Hear (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 3 Draw What You Hear (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 6 Skye Motivator (.jpg)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 7 Adventure Routecard (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 7 Adventure Routecard (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Teacher Guidance (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Teacher Guidance (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Levelling Grid (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Levelling Grid (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Assessment Activity (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Assessment Activity (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Using Resources (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Using Resources (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Planning for Poster (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 4 Planning for Poster (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Assessment Activity (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Assessment Activity (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Using Resources (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Using Resources (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Planning for Poster (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 5 Planning for Poster (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Assessment Activity (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Assessment Activity (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Using Sources (.pdf)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Using Sources (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Planning for Poster (.doc)
  • Adventure Landscapes Lesson 8 Level 6 Planning for Poster (.pdf)
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