A case study of Sandwell KQ: How can people manage the problems of industrial pollution to make a more sustainable environment?
Starter: Where is Sandwell? http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&source=hp& =groundwork%20sandwell&safe=active&um=1&ie= TF-8&sa=N&tab=vl Click on the link above to take you to a map of the area of Sandwell. Scroll in and out to give pupils an overall view of location. Task: Locate Sandwell on the map. Identify the main towns and area. Write a brief description detailing the location of Sandwell. Do you know what the area is known as? The Black Country in the heart of the West Midlands
Greets Green Partnership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HrWdeMoebQ Sandwell Council Regeneration http://www.localgovernmentchannel.com/conferenc _tv/p/lga_tv/c/lga_future_places_conference_2009 v/sandwell_s_business_environmental_support_ne work/
Managing impacts more sustainably Evolving Planet – Pages 190-191. On your own read through the information about the case study of Sandwell. Task1: Activity 4 – Questions 1 – 4. Answer in full sentences with detail into your books.
Managing impacts more sustainably Task 2: Draw 2 columns in your book, one headed “Environmental problems in Sandwell” and one headed “Solutions”. Make a list of all the environmental problems in the first column, then explain how each has been resolved in the second.
Research - Homework To learn more about Sandwell visit: www.sandwell.gov.uk Create an A3 poster telling the public about the changes in Sandwell.
Finally.... Which of the improvements in Sandwell do you think will have brought most benefits to local school-age students? Class discussion and ideas jotted down in spider diagram.