Saturday, 28 February 2009
About Me
If you want to know a little bit more about 'Me' then take a little look at the Aberystwyth University Geography Newsletter. I've contributed a little something and I hope you all enjoy.
Friday, 20 February 2009
Year 10 Mock Examination
Wednesday February 25th 2009 - Mid Morning
Topics include:
Weathering and Limestone Scenery
River processes and landforms (must know one of the followng diagrams - Waterfall or Meander/Oxbow Lake)
Glacial processes and landforms (must know one of the followng diagrams - Corrie/Pyramidal Peak or Ribbon Lake)
Weather Calculations
Rainfall Types
Air Pressure System Characteristics
Hazards associated with Air Pressure Systems - Causes, Consequences and Management
Energy Types and their associated problems and benefits
Factors affecting the location of one of the following: HEP Stations/Windfarms
Good luck to all pupils. Remember your individual targets. Everyone should be aiming for at least 50%.
Topics include:
Weathering and Limestone Scenery
River processes and landforms (must know one of the followng diagrams - Waterfall or Meander/Oxbow Lake)
Glacial processes and landforms (must know one of the followng diagrams - Corrie/Pyramidal Peak or Ribbon Lake)
Weather Calculations
Rainfall Types
Air Pressure System Characteristics
Hazards associated with Air Pressure Systems - Causes, Consequences and Management
Energy Types and their associated problems and benefits
Factors affecting the location of one of the following: HEP Stations/Windfarms
Good luck to all pupils. Remember your individual targets. Everyone should be aiming for at least 50%.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
GCSE Geography Options
Eden Channel - New
EDEN, A fantastic new channel on Sky TV. It launched on January 26th 2009 and is showing many brilliant documentaries that will help you develop a wider geographical and ecological understanding.
Documentaries include:
• Adventures in architecture
• Dying for Everest
• Expedition Borneo
• Planet Earth
• Sahara with Michael Palin• Blizzard: Race to the Pole
• Edge of Existence
• Galapagos
• Ray Mears Bushcraft
• Tribal Wives
• Dinosaurs
• Everest Season
• Himalaya
• Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
• Tribe with Bruce Parry
There is also a wealth of knowledge available here on all things geography - be it places, landforms. tectonic and climatic events, ecosystems and geology.
Take a look for yourself.
Documentaries include:
• Adventures in architecture
• Dying for Everest
• Expedition Borneo
• Planet Earth
• Sahara with Michael Palin• Blizzard: Race to the Pole
• Edge of Existence
• Galapagos
• Ray Mears Bushcraft
• Tribal Wives
• Dinosaurs
• Everest Season
• Himalaya
• Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
• Tribe with Bruce Parry
There is also a wealth of knowledge available here on all things geography - be it places, landforms. tectonic and climatic events, ecosystems and geology.
Take a look for yourself.
Kung Fu Plate Boundaries
A very alternative way of looking at the tectonic plate boundaries.
With thanks to Odblogs and Adam Brewer (and Jo Blackmore for bringing it to my attention)
With thanks to Odblogs and Adam Brewer (and Jo Blackmore for bringing it to my attention)
Nature's Great Events - BBC 6 Part Series
David Attenborough is delivering yet another new series about the most dramatic wildlife spectacles on our planet.
The first of which is called 'The Great Melt' and it is about the summer melt of Arctic ice, opening up nearly three million square miles of ocean and land, providing opportunities for millions of animals, including beluga whales, families of Arctic foxes, vast colonies of seabirds, and the fabled Arctic unicorn and the narwhal. However, for polar bears, it is the toughest time of year. Why? How will they survive?
The series airs every Wednesday evening for 6 weeks on BBC1 at 9:00pm, beginning Wednesday February 11th 2009. It is also repeated on a Sunday, beginning Sunday 15th February 2009, on BBC1 at 6:00pm.
For an overview of the entire series click here.
Titles in the series include:
1. The Great Melt
2. The Great Salmon Run - The return of the Pacific salmon every year to the rivers from which they were born is one of the greatest natural events on the planet. More than 500 million salmon travel up to 20,000 miles to return to the exact patch of gravel in the river from which they were born, to spawn and die.
3. The Great Migration - Each year more than one million wildebeest and a quarter of a million zebra and gazelle migrate on Tanzania's Serengeti Plains – one of the most spectacular events in the natural world.
4. The Great Tide - As winter arrives along South Africa's east coast the inshore waters cool, drawing hundreds of millions of sardines northwards.
5. The Great Flood - At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari Desert herds of elephants trek towards a life-saving event.
6. The Great Feast - In the north-east Pacific, along the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia, the arrival of the summer sun triggers an explosion of plant life greater in scale than even the Amazon rainforest
Watch and see the interactions between plants and animals within their ecosystems and see how the ecosystems are being forced to change/adapt for various reasons.
See a write up on the series from the Telegraph newspaper here.
The first of which is called 'The Great Melt' and it is about the summer melt of Arctic ice, opening up nearly three million square miles of ocean and land, providing opportunities for millions of animals, including beluga whales, families of Arctic foxes, vast colonies of seabirds, and the fabled Arctic unicorn and the narwhal. However, for polar bears, it is the toughest time of year. Why? How will they survive?
The series airs every Wednesday evening for 6 weeks on BBC1 at 9:00pm, beginning Wednesday February 11th 2009. It is also repeated on a Sunday, beginning Sunday 15th February 2009, on BBC1 at 6:00pm.
For an overview of the entire series click here.
Titles in the series include:
1. The Great Melt
2. The Great Salmon Run - The return of the Pacific salmon every year to the rivers from which they were born is one of the greatest natural events on the planet. More than 500 million salmon travel up to 20,000 miles to return to the exact patch of gravel in the river from which they were born, to spawn and die.
3. The Great Migration - Each year more than one million wildebeest and a quarter of a million zebra and gazelle migrate on Tanzania's Serengeti Plains – one of the most spectacular events in the natural world.
4. The Great Tide - As winter arrives along South Africa's east coast the inshore waters cool, drawing hundreds of millions of sardines northwards.
5. The Great Flood - At the peak of the dry season in the Kalahari Desert herds of elephants trek towards a life-saving event.
6. The Great Feast - In the north-east Pacific, along the coastal waters of Alaska and British Columbia, the arrival of the summer sun triggers an explosion of plant life greater in scale than even the Amazon rainforest
Watch and see the interactions between plants and animals within their ecosystems and see how the ecosystems are being forced to change/adapt for various reasons.
See a write up on the series from the Telegraph newspaper here.
Rainforest Assessment
Year 9 pupils are currently completing their rainforest assessment where they have to produce a booklet on the rainforest.
Suggested content includes:
• Where are the rainforests?
• What are rainforests and its inhabitants like?
• What is the climate like in the rainforest?
• Why are rainforests shrinking?
• What are the consequences of deforestation?
• How can the rate of deforestation be reduced?/How can rainforests be used sustainably?
The front cover must be in poster format.
It needs to be presented in either A4 or A5 format with at between 3 - 5 sides of text (Font size: no bigger than size 14).
Use websites such as:
Save the Rainforest
The rainforest Foundation
Rainforest Web
The Rainforest Alliance
World Wildlife Fund
Blue Planet Biomes
Enchanted Learning
Monday, 9 February 2009
COURSEWORK DEADLINES
Can I please remind ALL Year 11 and Year 13 Geography pupils that their coursework must be completed and handed in to Mr Llewellyn or Myself by end of school on Friday February 13th 2009.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Sunday, 1 February 2009
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