What does this represent? Starter

AF3- describe the location of Nepal Where is Nepal? AF2- Mapping Nepal AF3- describe the location of Nepal Describe a scene.

Nepal Prior knowledge check

This is a very unique flag. COPY: Nepal has the only national flag which is not rectangular, being based upon two separate pennants which belonged to rival branches of the Rana dynasty, which formerly ruled the country. The moon in the upper part represents the royal house. The sun in the lower part symbolises a branch of the Rana family, members of which acted as prime ministers until 1961.

Ext: Where is it in relation to Abu Dhabi? Describe the location of Nepal. Better answers will include country/continent names direction, scale, latitude. Ext: Where is it in relation to Abu Dhabi?

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Map of Nepal.

Ext: Calculate the Nepal’s border (perimeter) in km. MAP TASKS 1. Use 3 colours only to shade the relief of Nepal. 2. HUMAN: Mark on the capital city of Kathmandu 3. PHYSICAL: Mt Everest (8,848m) and the longest river in Nepal the Karnali. Ext: Calculate the Nepal’s border (perimeter) in km. The border is is 3,159km

Which countries surround it? COPY: Nepal is 1 of 44 landlocked countries. Which countries surround it? Add this to your map

This happened in Kathmandu on the 25th April 2015. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heSOBf-sOm8 Then, try answer these as best you can; What is happening in this video clip? Where is it? When was it? Why did it happen? Who was affected? This happened in Kathmandu on the 25th April 2015. More than 9,000 people were killed and 23,000 injured. There is almost 1 million people living in Kathmandu, which would have been affected. It happened because Nepal sits on a collision zone, whereby 2 tectonic plates (Indian and Eurasian) push into each other. How well did you answer these general questions? Add any more of detail to your answers from the text above.

Peer check: Are there nouns, adjectives and verbs? Pause the video clip at any point. Write a small paragraph to describe the scene/image. Remember what you did for Easter Island. Peer check: Are there nouns, adjectives and verbs?

Nepal Prior knowledge check

Name a landlocked country beginning with.. 1 point for naming a country that begins with a letter. 5 points if it is a country that no one else has used A B L M Afghanistan, Andorra, Austria, Azerbaijan Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Moldova PLENARY