The Mountain Environment

Describe varying weather conditions in the world and understand how these influence the way in which the area is developed; use a wide range of resources to find out information.

Teaching Resources

Promethean Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (National Whiteboard Network)

Powerpoint Resource - (Greenwich ICT)

Research ICT Link 6D
In groups, children research a mountain environment e.g., Himalayas, Austrian Alps, Lake District. Use a variety of sources including the Internet and CD-ROMs to find out where it is, what the place is like and what people do in the area.

Photos and maps of the Lake District (Rhona Dick, Mape)

Travel Brochure ICT Link 6A
Children create a brochure or a multimedia presentation combining maps, graphs, diagrams, images and information from the internet.

The Mountain Environment - Channel 4 This 4learning site offers information for the children, worksheets for the teacher to download, an image bank for each of the units, weblinks connected to the unit visited and onscreen activities to be done at home, by the children, to support the learning in school.

Woodlands Junior School Easy to read information on mountains. The site is ideal for children to use for their research as it contains no adverts and is set out in a way that children find easy to extract information. www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/mountains.htm

	What are Mountains?		Use of Mountains
	How are Mountains formed?		Climate and Mountains
	Types of mountains		Nature and Mountains
	Tallest Mountains		People, Mountains and Tourism
	Mountains around the World		Volcanoes
	Mountain Ranges		Quick Facts about Mountains

Learn about Erosion - Interactive game (kineticcity.com)

General Websites

www.globaleye.org.uk	Mountain Encyclopedia	Mountain Nature

Everest

Video - climbers caught in a storm during their Everest ascent (exploreyouplanet.com)

Video - at the summit

Scholastic Website	Unlocking the Archives	Interactive Tour

Nova online

The Himalayas

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