Schlema – Toxic Town to Health Spa

Project Outlines

Name	Simon Ascroft
School	Paget High School
Contact number	01283 239000
Title of work	Schlema – Toxic Town to Health Spa An examination of the conflicts and opportunities that are created when raw materials are extracted from an area.
Level or year group	GCSE – Y 11
Brief description of content	Historical background of the site (including the political aspect of the Soviet run mine) running up to reunification in 1990. 1990 – What problems does the area face? Decision making exercise – Using a number of examples select the best solution for the area. 2000 – What is the area like now? (Annotated map) Ongoing social implications of the changes over the last 10 years.
One or two pictures you might include – to sum up your idea – we might supply them	Photos of the Hammerberg waste rock pile from the WISMUT – An Ecological challenge are excellent. I also have a number of photos taken around Schlema to show the new facilities such as the Spa pool complex, environmental development etc. www.wismut.de includes some good images also.