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2. 4. All these images aim to show a particular location that we will investigate today.
What do you know about this location based on what you can see in the images? (You could discuss this with your parent/carer or sibling)
Versoix, Switzerland
January 26th 2005
Using Google, find the location of Switzerland...
Can you spot Lake Geneva? Which one of these best describes the location of Switzerland?
A - Switzerland is a country B - Switzerland is a small country C - Switzerland is a small European country located to the North of Italy and South of Germany D - switzerland is a country in europe
What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures?
What are we learning Context What I am looking for? today? How changes in the Versoix’s extreme winter Know where Switzerland is atmosphere can cause weather located problems for people? Identify the main causes of the ice sculpture by working in pairs
A short piece of writing which outlines at least two main causes of the ice sculptures
On the morning of January 26th 2005 Everything by the water was covered all of the quayside (the area next to in ice which was up to 10cm thick. the lake) was covered in what looked like an amazing ice sculpture.
Versoix in Switzerland is located on During the night temperatures the banks of Lake Geneva – one of the dropped to -10oC, well below freezing largest lakes in Europe. point for water.
During the night strong winds were When the wind blows across the lake blowing across the lake at up to 60 it creates waves. The stronger the miles an hour. wind the larger the waves.
When waves hit the quayside, they It took nearly a week before the ice throw up and scatter large amounts of melted and released the bench’s, trees water in the form of spray. and cars that were positioned along the quayside.
What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures?
Think! After seeing the video and looking at the information, what would make a good answer to this question?
Make a list of what words or ideas a good answer to this question should contain? (You could discuss this with your parent/carer or sibling) What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures? What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures? Strong wind Cold temperatures Sculpture Spray Waves Ice Location What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures? Versoix is a small town in ...... by a large lake called Lake Geneva. On the 26th January 2005 the town was covered in an ice like sculptures which were up to ...... cm thick. This happened because that night the ...... was very low, nearly -10 oC. Also, there were strong ...... blowing up to 60 miles per hour which caused large waves over the lake. When the waves hit the shore they threw up large amounts of ...... which froze instantly creating the strange sculptures of ice. Questions to get deeper...
(1) Why did nobody see the ice sculpture being created? (2) Why doesn’t this event happen by the sea in Europe? What happened to cause the Versoix ice sculptures?
What are we learning Context What I am looking for? today? How changes in the Versoix’s extreme winter Know where Switzerland is atmosphere can cause weather located problems for people? Identify the main causes of the ice sculpture by working in pairs
A short piece of writing which outlines at least two main causes of the ice sculptures Pick no more than three... Today I learned...
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