Decision+Making+Activities

=The Blackwood School Trip Disaster: Re-creating a flood management situation.= On the last day of school (July 21st 2007) a group of pupils left for their annual school trip to West Midlands Safari Park. As they set off on their journey, they would know little of what lay ahead as the day turned out to be one of the wettest in British History!!

This activity invlolves pupils working in small groups (teams) to recover the LOST minibus as it trys to find its way home through the floods of July 2007. The pupils take on various roles and make critical decisions as they try in vane to make the best decisions for the teachers and pupils on the school trip.


 * The Flooding of Tewkesburry, July 2007**

Teaching resources:


//The above idea is based on "The Monsterrat Volcano" decision making activity - also taught in Year 8.//

=Other DME's=

Year 7
Tornado's - Twister Chasing! Wales - Planning the fastest route from North to South Wales.

Year 8
Porthcawl redevlopment - creating a multi million pound lesuire complex. Italy or France?

Year 9
Alternative Energy: Siting a new windfarm. Global Warming or Global Cooling: The great climate debate.

GCSE:
Farming: Diversification of a Hill Sheep Farm Conservation vs Development:Developing the Rainforest The Burj: Super Structure or Environmental Disaster? Home Town or Clone Town: Does Blackwood have its own identity? Eco Tourism (website link) in the Tropical Rainforest The Sahel - The effects of climate change.

ALSO: within the 2 GCSE papers, question 4 is a DME which pupils must answer. See the exam past paper section for examples.