Final Contents:

Final Contents:
-Colours to define each natural disaster.
-Images to make it more creative.
-Simple yet, gets the points across.
-Image of the mountain on the bottom from: click to see the mountain image.
-Bubbles, Fire, Wind, Waves etc, to make the pages more visual.

Second draft of tsunami page:

This is the tsunami page with a little bit work left to do.

I added a wordsearch to the box on the left-hand page at the bottom, which was empty before. This is so the children can have a little bit of fun whilst still doing work at the same time. Its a good way for the children to take a break from information overload to a quick mind puzzle, yet still be doing the learning at the same time as it is key words used within the puzzle.

I added images from google images: A computerised buoy & an image of devastation.

The box on the bottom right-hand side of the page is going to be for 'quick-fire questions'. These as just a few little tester questions for the children. The questions will be based on the information the have read previously about the natural disaster.

Pictures & References:

(http://ultimateworlddisaster.blogspot.com/2009/06/tsunamithe-wave-of-death-and.html)
An image of the Boxing Day tsunami (http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200501/s1285196.htm)
Krabi Province was badly hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004. A year later, signs of the damage are now hard to find in many places, but in the worst hit areas (especially Ko Phi Phi and Khao Lak) reconstruction is still ongoing. (http://mooyo-inthai.blogspot.com/2008/05/krabi.html)

Maximum recession of tsunami waters at Kata Noi Beach, Thailand, before the third, and strongest, tsunami wave hit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami)

Tsunami Information/Websites:

Visit the case study information by clicking here!

The indian ocean tsunami, find out more, click here!

A tsunami, what is it? Just click here!

Final Cover:

This is my final front cover of my extended project magazine. I decided to use a real-life image / situation for the background to make it more realistic. I never filled the page with writing and hooks to keep it simple. I used all different colours on this page to make it bright and attractive. I also, added in some clip art to go alongside the hooks, i thought this was a good idea as children like to look at images as well as writing.

Along the bottom of the cover is a definition of a natural disaster, this is to help the children understand what the magazine is about when they pick it up. I added a barcode, date and price to the magazine, to make my extended project look realistic. I didn't take the photograph of the background, i got the image online, the image was taken from:

Background image was from here!

First Draft Of Contents:

• I created this colourful contents to fit in with the background colours of the pages. E.g Pages 3&4 are pages on Tsunami, that is why the box is the same colour blue as the background of the tsunami page. 5&6 is yellow as its the volcano pages' background.. etc.

• I kept the contents simple as the magazine is based at years 9-11, and i am only creating information on five natural disasters which doesn't need lots of pages. However, if the magazine was to have more information in, the boxes for the pages/page numbers would get smaller, so more could fit on.

• I like the mountainous image at the bottom of the contents, it shows natural beauty, juxtaposing the magazines title 'natural disasters'. It also blends in with the colour scheme i've used on the page, pastel colours.

• I think this page is very unique and colourful, meaning the children will like it. I think this because its not textbook black and white... its much more adventurous!

• The image to the bottom of the contents page was taken from: CLICK HERE

First draft of Tsunami page:

This is my Tsunami Page. I've made it suitable to the age range i'm aiming at by using bright colours and making it very modern by adding layers such as the bubbles, and keeping the colour scheme simple.

I've started the page off with 'Tsunami = Soon Arm Ee' because i've realised that some children can't manage to pronounce the word so this will help.

It's a two page spread on Tsunamis, one side the facts and details of a tsunami and the other side is for the case study which will be the Boxing Day Tsunami 2004.

I've used blues as these colours are related to water. Also, the page number for the page will only be on the left hand page.

I created a fact box featured on the right hand side of the page, i am going to have these featured on each natural disaster. Its just a little bit information that normally you wouldn't find out in a normal text book.