Mountville Consultant Project

As our culminating activity for the Themes of Geographic Inquiry unit, we will be creating an Emergency Plan for the town of Mountville, which is threatened by a rumbling volcano .  Students will receive a map of the area, and then they will put together a 3 part plan to help the town deal with a potential volcanic eruption. This will involve:


Part 1:   Coloured and coded map
              PRIME Analysis of Mountville
              Report on the volcano
Part 2:   Evacuation plan
Part 3:   Plan for the return of the citizens of the area


A detailed outline of the expectations, a copy of the map, and a sample student copy of a PRIME analysis of Benmiller are all available here, as well as the notes from our unit: https://husky67.pbworks.com/w/page/Themes-of-Geographic-Inquiry.  So make sure you use the samples and questions as a guide to what you are to put in your project!  Attached to the end of the project guidelines you will find some resources to use as a starting point.


Reminders:

• You are consultants! So your report should look neat and professional, and you need to use geographic terms and formal language, not the way you would talk to your friends.
• You can use point form where it would be appropriate.
• This is the outline provided for everyone.  We will be discussing each of these sections in class as we go along and doing some brainstorming as to possible things you could write, so make sure you pay attention in class and write down ideas you think you could use, as this will make the whole process easier.  If you don’t, this will seem like a very big task!  We will also be discussing a series of recommended timelines to get things done in smaller steps (like the Gr 6 students did with the leaf project).  This will also make the project more manageable.  If you don’t meet these deadlines, you will have an awful lot of work to do at the last minute.

As of October 26th, the recommended schedule of due dates is:
PRIME Analysis and map - Oct 29
Volcano section - Nov 1
Evacuation section - Nov 3
Return section and hand in of project - Nov 4

We will be discussing possible ways to present your findings in class.  The easiest way would be to write it out, then print it and put it into a duotang or something similar (duotangs can be provided).  If you have another way to present it that would be appropriate, we can discuss that option.

Good luck, this should look great when we're done!