Discovering 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?

NOT FAR AWAY…

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 out 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 Causeway

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