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What do these groups of people have in common? Norwegian Prime Minister forced to run the country via his iPhone from New York Student in Portsmouth unable to visit her mum in Spain A florist in America worried that no flower deliveries from Kenya are arriving Sick people in Ethiopia having to wait 4 days for medicines being flown from France A young couple in London unable to get to their own wedding in Barbados Gary Lineker driving 1200 miles to get to Match of The Day

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What do these groups of people have in common?

• Norwegian Prime Minister forced to run the country via his iPhone from New York

• Student in Portsmouth unable to visit her mum in Spain

• A florist in America worried that no flower deliveries from Kenya are arriving

• Sick people in Ethiopia having to wait 4 days for medicines being flown from France

• A young couple in London unable to get to their own wedding in Barbados

• Gary Lineker driving 1200 miles to get to Match of The Day

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As correct 18th April 2010.

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Where is Eyjafjallajokull?

Volcano location

Iceland

UK

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I’m in the UK, why do I care about some little volcano in

Iceland?

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So, what happened then?

• Iceland eruption

• BBC news clip on Iceland

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Iceland is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge on tectonic plates.

These plates are moving apart – they are called constructive plates.

As the plates pull apart magma can rise to the surface + form volcanoes.

The latest eruption occurred under a glacier.

The water cooled the lava quickly – led to massive gas, steam and glass

particle clouds rising to 30000ft

Tony Cassidy

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What are the impacts of the

Iceland eruption?

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Airspace closed across much of Europe since

Thursday lunchtime. At least 17’000 flights a day

were cancelled.

Stock market shares in Air Travel and Tourism

agencies have dropped 4%.

The disruption is costing airlines more than $200 million a day.

Grounded air cargo flights have stopped delivery of

items such as microchips, food, flowers, medicines

and mail.

Increased use of Eurostar,

train servicesships and

ferries

Less demand for air fuel = 1.87million barrels of oil not

needed = loss of money for oil industry = could

lead to increase in petrol costs in UK

Loss of some products (like fruit)

to supermarket shelves

Increased spending by people who are stranded in the UK – for hotels, food,

etc.

Health impacts – can cause respiratory

problems as ash settles

In Iceland – flash floods, damaged fields and homes,

but increased tourism

Could possibly trigger major eruption at Katla volcano

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Why has this volcano had such a massive impact?

Why might Iceland’s location have helped the eruption cause such

disruption?

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• Volcanic ash can cause major damage to aircraft - even bring them out of the sky if engines fail. The particles in the cloud that are erupted are mostly microscopic bits of glass and ash that can easily melt onto jet engine parts, block air intake lines, damage windshields and scour aircraft bodies.

• The eruption itself is actually quite small, but the cloud is so high (30’000ft) that it is at the same level as commercial aircraft and entered into international airspace.

• Iceland’s location has increased the impacts – Iceland sits right in the middle of many air routes, and the eruption cloud has been blown south by winds and become trapped over Europe – the busiest airspace in the world is suddenly impossible to use.

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The particles erode the fans of the

engines.

The aircraft is likely to be hit by lava.

Ash blocks the ventilation system, causing the engines

to overheat and shut down.

Ash can add significant weight to

the aircraft and change its balance.

Glass in the plume melts and coats the internal parts of the

engine.

The particles can sandblast the

windscreen making it difficult to land.

Gases from the volcano could cause

the pilots to pass out.

Ash can cause damage to instruments that measure

pressure and airspeed.

Pilots are unable to navigate due to the poor visibility.

Tony Cassidy

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Damage to Finnish Air Force aircraft who flew into the ash cloud on 15th April – just before the ban on flying.

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Interconnectedness

What does ‘interdependence’ and ‘interconnected’ mean?

Why is the eruption an example of interconnection?

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Use of social networking … Twitter feeds using hashtags for search engines so people who are stranded in different countries can find other people who might be travelling their way and share the journey

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Personal experiences?

How did people get home?

From Rome to home on luck and instinct

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Where are the airplanes today?

Aircraft radar

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Saturday 17th April 2010

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Sunday 18th April 2010Ash cloud

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• Interactive ash cloud map

• Ash cloud mapping

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Points of viewPoints of view• Think of as many different groups of interested

people as you can

• Now, choose 2/3 of these groups and write speech bubbles of their points of view – put yourself in their shoes

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Positive view…

“I hope the eruption continues for a while because it is very good for business,” said Ingi Thor Jakobsson, the manager of the Hotel Ranga located near Eyjafjallajokull

“We have the eruption just next door and the view is just amazing. There just aren’t a lot

of four-star restaurants around that can offer dinner plus a view of a live volcanic

eruption”

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Negative view…

“I was due to be getting married in Barbados on Saturday. We were meant to fly out from

Gatwick on Thursday night but it was cancelled. Now we don’t know when we can get married.

We don’t even know if our insurance will pay out. We’re sleeping on a friend’s floor in London

instead of sitting by a pool on our wedding day. My dream has gone up in smoke because of

some volcano somewhere I haven’t even heard of.” (Sarah E, disappointed traveller from UK)

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Oil producerOil producer

No flights

Less demand for oil for fuel

1.8million barrels of oil unused

Seller loses money.

Oil prices rise

GCSE student on holiday in Dubai

GCSE student on holiday in Dubai

Produce a similar chain for one of these individuals (or think of

your own).

Customers in UK pay more

A self-employed businessman in Germany

A self-employed businessman in Germany

A hotel owner in IcelandA hotel owner in Iceland

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Choose an activity

• Do ….. the Iceland eruption

• As….. A facebook profile page (on paper)

A dramatic role play

A comic strip series

A 30 second rap song

A flipbook

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What if Eyjafjallojokull had a Facebook profile?

What would be included?

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Mount Stromboli

Cousin Katla

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And the future?

• The Eyjafjallajokull volcano could actually continue to erupt on and off for several months – last time it erupted it went on for a year!

• And it could even trigger a bigger eruption of a larger volcano nearby called Katla. Historically, Katla follows on and erupts after Eyjafjallojokull erupts. An eruption there could trigger much more disruption than what's happening now.

• But whether this affects Europe and the UK so much as it is today depends on the winds