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2011 Van (Turkey) earthquake quiz
This 10 question quiz accompanies the earthquake presentation. Some prior knowledge of tectonics would help the pupils. more..
2011 Van (Turkey) earthquake
This presentation focuses on the 7.2 magnitude quake which struck Van, Turkey on the 23rd October. more..
Hurricane Irene catchphrase and anagram starter
This starter will get pupils thinking about hurricanes and the study area prior to looking at the Hurricane Irene presentation. more..
Hurricane Irene picture reveal
In this resource, pupils need to choose squares on the screen. They need to try and guess what the image is behind the squares. It is a good starter, prior to looking at Hurricane Irene. more..
Hurricane Irene presentation
This presentation looks at the recent hurricane in the Caribbean and North America, in addition to tropical revolving storms in general. more..
2011 Horn of Africa famine presentation
This presentation looks at the cause and issues surrounding the summer famine in the Horn of Africa. more..
US tornadoes updated presentation
We have updated the 2011 US tornadoes presentation to include footage of the Joplin tornado. There is also an alternative link to the BBC website if YouTube is blocked in your school and the video doesn't run. more..
Spain earthquake
This presentation looks at the recent Lorca earthquake. It would work well if used in comparison to the Haiti, New Zealand or Japan earthquakes. more..
US tornadoes April 2011 presentation
This presentation focuses on the tornadoes in the USA in April 2011. This record month for tornadoes has cost over 340 lives already. more..
Royal Wedding Worksheet
To complete this worksheet pupils need to watch the Royal Wedding route video (click here to access) and/ or the Google Earth tour. Pupils then annotate the line with physical and human features for the route, before moving onto the questions/ extension..more..