Subject: Geography Yr. 8
Dates:
Set
TITLE : Go on Safari!
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This project should take 4 weeks to complete (two homework cycles):
You should all aim to achieve between 2 and 4 stars in each section. Extension task counts as additional vivos.
Key Question
What is the Savanna
like?
Specific things you will need to do …
Task(s)
Prepare a fact file about what the African
Savanna looks like, the animals and plants
that live there and the climate.
Getting started:
www.ducksters.com\science\ecosystems\
savanna_biome.php
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How does the
Savanna affect
people’s lives?
Investigate the tribal people who live in the
African Savanna.
Getting started:
www.maasai-association.org/maasai.html
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What do you need
for a good safari
holiday
Extension:
People in the
Savanna
environment
Produce a holiday brochure of a Safari
holiday in either Kenya or Tanzania in Africa
Getting started:
http://www.magicalkenya.com/
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On a map, show where you would find the Savanna in Africa? (*)
Find some pictures (at least 5) of what the Savanna looks like (½*) and
describe the main features of this landscape (½*)
Find a climate graph of Nairobi (*) or find the temperature and rainfall data
for Nairobi and draw your own climate graph (**)
Find some pictures of plants and animals and label them to show how they
are adapted to the Savanna. (**)
Invent and draw an animal ideally suited to life in the Savanna. Your
diagram must be annotated with at least 5 adaptations. (***)
Identify and write the names of three different tribes and say which
countries they are found in. (*)
Choose a tribe and produce a plan to show what a typical village might
look like. Annotate your map to show the main features (**).
Write a menu for the food eaten by your tribe on a typical day (*).
Research typical clothes worn by men and women in your tribe. You can
draw or make a model (**)
Imagine you are a child in your chosen tribe. Write a diary or draw a story
board to show a day in your life. (**)
Draw or find pictures of at least 5 animals. (*)
Design a hotel for your guests to stay in. Draw or make a model of your
design and annotate it to explain how it meets the needs of visitors.(**).
For (***) also describe how you would reduce the impact of your hotel on
the environment.
Describe and locate up to 3 places of interest your guests could visit (**).
You are going on a week-long safari. Describe what you would pack for
your trip. Remember to think about the climate and the environment (**).
Research a rite of passage for a tribe. Compare this with a rite of passage for people in the UK. (***)
‘Elephants trample crops! Residents of Lollondo village in the Masai Mara game reserve up in arms!’ Write a newspaper article
(no more than 500 words) to describe the event. Outline why different groups of people might have conflicting views about this
issue. (***)