A Case Study Example

The Sichuan Earthquake,

China

Mark Scheme

• You will be awarded grades based on your investigation skills within Geography.

• Merits will also be available for the most detailed and colourful powerpoint slides.

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They ask and

suggest responses to a range of simple questions

They suggest relevant

questions

They ask relevant

questions and suggest sequences of

enquiry

They identify relevant

geographical questions & establish

sequences for their

investigations

With growing independence

they implement effective

sequences of questions and

select their own methods for

investigations

They observe,

collect and record

information indoors and

outdoors

They observe, collect,

measure and record

relevant data, in and out of doors

They collect, accurately

measure and record

relevant data from

different resources

They select, collect,

measure and record

relevant data, from a range

of sources including fieldwork.

They collect, measure and

record accurately more complex

data.

They find some

answers to their

investigation questions

They organise

information to present straight forward

conclusions to their

investigations

They use evidence and

draw plausible

conclusions from their

investigation

They analyse information

to provide logical

explanations and present conclusions which are

consistent with the evidence.

They analyse evidence to

construct and justify valid

explanations and substantiated conclusions.

Investigation skills IN geography

BBC WebsiteSpecial Report

Video – One Year Anniversary

IMAGES of China

earthquake

Details of the Earthquake

• Date

• Location

• Magnitude (The Richter/Mercalli Scales)

The Causes of the Earthquake

• Use your knowledge of Plate Tectonics

The Social Effects

• What were the effects on people?

Physical Effects

• What were the effects on the landscape and buildings (infrastructure)?

Economic Effects

• How much money’s worth of damage was done

• How much will need to be spent?

Human Responses

• Short Term

• Long Term

Solutions to Earthquakes

• What can be done to reduce the impacts of earthquakes?

Other Interesting Info regarding Earthquakes

• The most recent earthquake

• The most powerful earthquakes

• The most devestating earthquake of all time

• Earthquakes in the UK?

• How do earthquakes casue Tsunamis?

• Other

Useful Weblinks

• Seismic Scale

• Earthquake Locator

• Most Recent Earthquake Locations

• Chile Earthquake

• Why do earthquakes happen?

Games to finish!

Click on the links below to try your hand at protecting San Francisco from an earthquake:

• New Bridge Bay

• Build an earthquake proof city

• Earthquake Interactive Activity

• Quake Quiz

• Emergency!