Snow in Europe

L/O To know about the effects of snow across Europe this week.

Over the past week or so snow has caused no end of disruption across Europe.  To help us understand a bit more about it some classes will be learning more of the effects.

The tasks are outlined on the document below.  For a map of Europe click here.

Make sure your work has a clear title and is well presented.  You could also add some images.

Last of all don't forget to try some of the challenge tasks!!!

Snow Day

Another January, another snow day, this one called before the snow even started.  If you want to learn a bit more about snow have a look at this post that I shared last year.

I you have any great pictures of the snow then get sharing or have a go at one or more of the tasks!!

There will be housepoints for the best pieces of work and they will be displayed either in the classroom or here on the blog

1.  Watch this video and create a poster explaining how snow forms

2. Watch this video about the design of Snowflakes.  Create a fact sheet about snow flakes.

3.  Yesterday I too these pictures of the snow near my apartment.  Sadly it's not a lightsaber, just a lucky shot as the snow fell past the phone.  Look at the damage done to the trees near my building.

Take your camera (or your phone) and get out in your neighbourhood.  How many different snow pictures can you take?  Can we get enough pictures to make a visual map of the snow in Bucharest, email me your shots or if you use Instagram use #ibsbgeographysnow and follow me @ibsbgeography.  

4.  Search on news sites to see just how many different ways snow can affect every day life.  We have already been affected with school closing.  If you run a business then during days like this you will probably lose money, what about sports fixtures, people who are travelling.  Create a mind map to show all the possible effects of heavy snow.

5.  Go out in the snow and enjoy it while you can!! 

North of England Floods

Boxing day is usually a day of recovering from or continuing with the excesses of Christmas Day.  For many parts of the UK the month of December has been one long nightmare.  First Desmond and now Eva have dropped their rainfall onto large parts of the UK with the North of England causing widespread flooding.

The two maps below show live flood warnings for December 26th at around 10pm.  These are taken from the Environment Agency and you can see below just how many warnings were in place.

Obviously there is a huge amount of news coverage, making it difficult to sum up everything. .  The BBC introduction gives you some idea of the devastation.  Below you will find some news sites below to get a real understanding of what is happening

BBC Live reports Sunday December 27th
Guardian Live reports Sunday December 27th
Pinterest Board about the floods

Star Wars Weather

You can't have failed to notice Star Wars, the Force has well and truly awakened.  Even the streets of Bucharest are adorned with the faces of Storm Troopers.  Can you find all the Storm Trooper locations?  This one was lurking near Unirii.

Even the weather presenters are getting in on the act.  Check out this effort from the UK.

If you wanted to continue exploring more of Star Wars you could think about the different environments encountered in the films, what are they like?  How are they formed?  How would you survive there?  There is even a Star Wars app which right now is telling me the weather in Retford is like Kamino, so what is the weather like for me?