1 / 14

To explain the formation of Cheddar Gorge

What questions have you got?. To explain the formation of Cheddar Gorge. What are we studying this?. Who visits the Gorge? Tourism of course…… Major tourist honey-pot 500,000 people visiting the area of Cheddar Gorge every year. 400,000 of them visiting the show caves.

dior
Download Presentation

To explain the formation of Cheddar Gorge

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. What questions have you got? To explain the formation of Cheddar Gorge

  2. What are we studying this? • Who visits the Gorge? Tourism of course…… • Major tourist honey-pot • 500,000 people visiting the area of Cheddar Gorge every year. • 400,000 of them visiting the show caves. • Lots of the visitors are first time visitors, are between 25 and 44 and may visit with their children. • Peak visitor numbers to this honey-pot site occur during Bank Holidays and the summer. These include walkers, birdwatchers, climbers and sightseers.

  3. Where is it? • http://www.multimap.com/maps/?hloc=GB|cheddar%20gorge#t=l&map=51.29051,-2.82041|14|32&loc=GB:51.28502:-2.76016:14|cheddar%20gorge|Cheddar%20Gorge,%20Somerset

  4. How did the Gorge form? Take the card sort and put into order of Time with the earliest first. Use the cards to help you write a short paragraph about why Cheddar Gorge Formed later Keywords: Impermeable ‘water will not passed through it.’

  5. Writing Frame The Cheddar Gorge started life….. Firstly, the sea life such as…… Secondly, lots of pressure compressed This then formed……. During the Ice age the rocks became…… The meltwater flowed…… This created a large……. As the climate warmed……. The rivers now flow……

  6. How did you do!? Compare this with yours! Do you feel you got the answers about right? Is there anything you missed out? How could you improve on yourn explanation?

  7. To explain the formation of Cheddar Gorge Plenary

  8. Today I have learnt that………

More Related