Year 8 Levelled Assessment

Redevelopment of a quarry project

• In pairs list the ways a quarry effects the environment

• Now in fours try and make a bigger list of effects

The environmental effects of disused

quarries

L.O.

• To understand why quarry redevelopment is important

• To explain how companies go about improving the quarries and their local environments

• KS3 level 4

Learning outcome

• By the end of the lesson I will have:

• Explained why quarries are redeveloped

The problems of quarries and the

solutions

Eyesore Permanent scar on land

Dangerous

The Eden Project

What is the Eden Project?

If you believe there should be a place... ... that celebrates life and puts champagne in the veins... is all about education but doesn't feel like school... to hold conversations that might just go somewhere... where research isn't white coats in secret but shared exploration to help us all... that is a sanctuary for all who think the future too precious to leave to the few - because it belongs to us all. Then welcome That's why we built this place and that's where the money goes. The Eden Project is

Eden Project - information

• It is in a quarry 50m deep

• Enough room for 35 football pitches!

• Home to thousands of beautiful plants

• Three of the worlds climate zones:– Humid tropics (Rainforest)– Warm temperate (Mediterranean)– Temperate (UK)

Bonus money questions

• What was the basic brief of the Eden Project?

• What did the area look like before redevelopment?

• What was the raw material extracted from the quarry?

• What is the name for the different zones?

• 5

The mission

'To promote the understanding and responsible management of the vital relationship between plants, people and resources leading to a sustainable future for all'

The brief•to create a spectacular theatre in which to tell the story of human dependence on plants

•to build a series of giant conservatories to stand high, wide and handsome

•to be high enough for the towering trees of the rainforests

•to be wide enough for the sun baked landscapes of the Mediterranean

•to be handsome; an international symbol, world class architecture, the 8th wonder of the world

... and place all this in a landscape bold enough to cope

• Did they meet the brief?

• Did they improve the area?