Planning your theme park

Using your experiences and knowledge of theme parks developed so far as well as your draft plan, you are going to design your own theme park. As we have discussed in class, it must be imaginery and not an exisitng theme park. You can locate it anywhere you choose in the world but rememebr the import location factors that need to be in place for a theme park to be successful.

You can work alone or in a team of TWO people to produce a detailed plan of your theme park clearly labelling all the different aspects of the park. Your poster can be 3D but needs to be clearly labelled. Remember to include the following:

• The entertainment facilities in the park (rides, etc) – group your themes;
• physical features such as hill or ponds or lakes;s
• hotels;
• transport – to and from the park (label links to airports/rail stations/roads).  Think about including Bus parks, car parks;
• transport around the park (railway/paths/roads);
• restaurants;
• offices;
• fencing/security.

Try and make your park plan as realistic as possible and remember......NO GAPS! Make sure that every space is filled.

We will be working on this until the end of term when we will display your plans at final assembly and in the foyer.

Good luck and get planning.

Introduction:

Focus Questions

• What are the characteristics of  volcanoes?

• Where do they occur?

• How do they work?
  • Why do people live near volcanic areas?

  Volcano Task Sheet (for Lesson 1 and 2)

  1. In your own words, explain what a volcano is and how they can be classified using the words ACTIVE / DORMANT / EXTINCT as part of your explanation.
  2. Take a full page of plain A4 paper and draw a diagram of a cross section of a Volcano using appropriate colours.  Label and explain the following features:
  1. Magma
  2. Vent
  3. Lava
  4. Crater
  5. Volcanic Bombs
  6. Magma Chamber
  7. Cone
  8. Secondary Cone
  9. Ash Layers
  3. Under your diagram, explain what happens when a volcano erupts.  Make sure you refer to all of the labels on the diagram.
  4. Cut out the picture of Nguaruhoe (below) and stick it onto your note sheet. Neatly label the craters, the steam coming from the vent, the vent, the volcanic cone, ash and lava.

  Above: Ngauruhoe Volcano, New Zealand.

   
  
   

The Great Year 7 Mount St Helens Poster Assignment

You are going to produce an A3 poster that explains the different things that happen to a volcano before it erupts. This poster will be used to educate people living near volcanoes so that they can recognise the signs that a volcano is going to erupt and get to safety.

Use your knowledge of Mount St Helens to help you. You will need to include visuals and the following key terms:

1. Magma
2. Vent
3. Lava
4. Crater
5. Volcanic Bombs
6. Magma Chamber
7. Cone
8. Secondary Cone
9. Ash Layers
10. Pyroclastic Cloud
11. Lahar
12. Gas
13. Earthquake swarms
14. Lateral blast
15. Vertical blast

Remember the timeline of Mount St Helens and use it as part of your poster. You can use the pictures provided if you wish but you may like to draw your own diagrams too.

Remember, posters need to be eye catching and clearly show what message they are trying to tell you so be imaginative, colourful and BIG!

You have one lesson and one homework to complete this task.

Good luck.