Belfast. Natural features
Transcript of Belfast. Natural features
Lagan Valley Regional Park1. Look at your map. Can you find where is the Lagan
Valley Regional Park? Colour the place with a
crayon. Is the park in the South, North, East or
West of the city?
2. Visit the Lagan Valley Regional Park webpage:
3. Click on Topics and pick up these two:
a. Trees.
a. Belvoir.
4. Download the related power points.
http://www.laganvalleylearning.co.uk/site/Home.aspx
Lagan Valley Regional Park
TREES
Ask the following questions:
a. Which tree is known as the ‘King of trees’?
b. Which is the most special oak that lives in
Belvoir Forest?
c. Which tree is known as the ‘King of waters’?
d. Where does it live?
e. Now, let’s describe these two trees.
Lagan Valley Regional Park
BELVOIR
Ask the following questions:
a. Who did Belvoir Park Forest belong to in the
past?
b. What is the meaning of Belvoir in French?
c. Where was the first glasshouse in Belfast built?
When?
d. Which is the only remaining building?
River Lagan1. Look at your map. Can you locate river
Lagan? Colour it with a blue crayon.
2. Visit this webpage:
https://global.britannica.com/place/River-Lagan
3. Answer the following questions:
a. Where does the river begin?
b. Where does the river flow into?
4. Visit this webpage:
http://www.laganvalleylearning.co.uk/archive/River_lagan/teachers
/The%20River%20Lagan.pdf
5. Which means of transport can travel on the river?
(Look at the first paragraph).
Cave Hill Country Park
http://belfasthills.org/visiting/cave-hill/
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/leisure/parks-
openspaces/Park-6622.aspx
1. Look at your map. Can you find where is the Cave Hill
Country Park? Colour the place with a crayon. Is the
park in the South, North, East or West of the city?
2. Visit these webpages:
3. Ask the following questions:
a. What famous book has been inspired by the park?
b. Which important monument in Belfast is next to this park?
c. Which places can we visit in the park?
Lough Neagh1. Visit this webpage:
2. Answer these questions:
a. Why is the Lough Neagh so important in
United Kingdom?
b. How did the Lough Neagh appear according
to mythology?
http://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/Lough_Neagh
Lough Neagh1. Visit this webpage:
2. Answer these questions:
a. Can we sail on the Lough Neagh? How?
b. What are the main islands in the Lough
Neagh?
https://www.discovernorthernireland.com/Welcome
-to-Lough-Neagh-and-its-Waterways-A1464
3. Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtMUNbgh2M
Giant’s Causeway
1. Visit this webpage:
http://primaryfacts.com/2517/giants-causeway-facts/
2. Answer the following questions:
a. What is the Giant’s Causeway?
b. What does it consist of?
c. Where is it located? (Look at the map)
Giant’s Causeway1. Visit this webpage:
http://kinooze.com/giants-causeway/
2. Answer the following questions:
a. According to Mythology, how did it come into
being?
b. According to Science, how did it come into being?
3. Watch out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBARpgnYKvU