Development in Ghana Unit 1: How different is Ghana? Key stage 3 Comic Relief registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).

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Development in Ghana Unit 1: How different is Ghana? Key stage 3 Comic Relief registered charity (England/Wales); SC (Scotland).

Where is Ghana? Strebe, Wikimedia Creative Commons

Use an atlas to find answers to the following questions: Which continent is Ghana in? Is Ghana north or south of the equator? Which part of Africa is Ghana in? Which countries are Ghana’s neighbours? Where is Ghana?

Where is Ghana? Using latitude and longitude

Where is Ghana? Longitude What is the longitude for London? What is the longitude for Christchurch, New Zealand? What is the longitude for Hawaii? Is Ghana east or west of the UK? Latitude What is the latitude for London? What is the latitude for Quito, the capital of Ecuador in South America? What is the latitude for Madrid? What is the latitude for New York? Is Ghana north or south of the equator? Give the coordinates for the latitude and longitude for Accra, Ghana. Using latitude and longitude

Where is Ghana? Using Google Earth Google Earth

Landscape Climate People Work Health Education Food Religion What is Ghana like? What are the important questions we want to know the answers to? Where can we find the information? Darwinek, Wikimedia Commons

How do we compare landscapes? In what ways are these two places different?

How does the physical environment vary across Ghana? It gets drier the further north you go.

How does the physical environment vary across Ghana? KUMASI in Ashanti Region NAVRONGO in Upper East Region AXIM in Western region

KUMASI in Ashanti Region JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal mm Total Rainfall in mm Average daily in degrees NAVRONGO in Upper East Region JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Total Rainfall in mm Average daily in degrees AXIM in Western region JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec Total Rainfall in mm Average daily in degrees Climate data for Ghana How does the physical environment vary across Ghana?

Draw a bar graph for rainfall. Colour the bars blue. Everyone in the class should use the same scale so that you can easily compare the three different graphs when they are finished. Plot the temperature using a line graph. Join the plotted points together with a red line. Constructing climate graphs

Countryside Towns and cities How does the human environment vary across Ghana?

People move to where there are more resources. Resources include jobs, schools, hospitals, opportunities. This movement is called migration. Why are there more people in some areas than others? What are the opportunities in these areas and why would people move there?

My question isGeographers call thisGhanaUK How big is their land? Area (km2)241,000231,000 How many people are there altogether in the country? Population26 million64 million How many live in the countryside ? Rural5 out of every 101 out of every 10 How many live in towns and cities? Urban5 out of every 109 out of every 10 How different is Ghana from the UK?

Use all the skills and knowledge you have learned so far to find and describe where Raymond lives. The region where he lives is Upper East region. Where does Raymond live? Raymond, aged 13 Watch ‘Raymond’s story’‘Raymond’s story’

Where does Raymond live?

Raymond’s home environment