Build your own India

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Build your own India!

• Lesson aims
• In this lesson we will see the main physical
  features of India
• You will be producing a 3 D model of India
• Your model needs to be as exact as possible and
  it can show specific areas of India eg. Deccan
  Plateau

2
What 10 keys things did you you find out on your
Indian passport?
Capital city?
Main religions
3
Fasten your seat belt we are now going to take
off for India

• Please check.
• Your luggage is stored away in the overhead cabin
• You have a good window seat to see the layout of
  the country!

4
Follow the route planner on the overhead screen

• Our flight will last approximately 9 hours.
• You will fly out across Europe and then across
  the Arabian Sea

5
What can you see out of the window?

• The shape and layout of the land.
• The rivers, the mountains, the coastline
• What is your first impression?

6
Build your own India

• Lets look closely at the land where is it
  highest? Lowest?
• Look at our model of the land on make a model of
  India worksheet, shade the different heights
  using the key
• Use the atlas what are the Northerly, Western
  and Eastern highlands known as?

Then...
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Building India
Remember Layer 1 Indian Ocean BLUE Layer 2
Coastline and main land Orange Layer 3 200m
Peach Layer 4 500m Green Layer 5 1000m
Yellow Layer 6 4000m Red

• Use the second worksheet , and the card to start
  to model Indias land.
• Divide your card into 6
• The blue is the sea (this is the Indian Ocean)
• Now cut out the whole of India on Orange this
  is 0-200m
• Then cut out 200m and above
• Then cut out 500m and above
• Then cut out 1000m and above care there are
  some small areas here.
• Finally cut out 4000m and above.

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Add the detail and finishing touches!!
Try and remember these physical features for next
lesson you might be able to guess where most
people would like to, or not like to live!!

• Now the model has its layers add on the key
  physical features
• River Ganges
• Western and Eastern Ghats
• Deccan Plateau
• Himalayas
• Arabian Sea
• Indian Ocean

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Thank you for flying Stanchester Airways..
Warning- All unnamed baggage will be disposed
of by airport staff as a security measure (and it
will not get marked!!)

• Before you leave can you please make sure you
  have securely fastened your model (ie stuck it
  down onto a sheet of A3 paper). Place your name
  on it for quick recovery at baggage collection!

You must remain seated until the pilot says
you can leave the plane...