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Results in the test last week were not satisfactory. Revision was poorly done. There will be more tests on global location next week, and boys failing to score satisfactorily will be returning at lunch times to re-test.
 * Prep for 7 May

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Global Location: Revise the global location booklet for a test. You should expect to be scoring 80%+ on the test. It is a simple learning exercise and it should all be revision.**
 * Prep for 30 April 2010

Thursday Lesson 3 Geography - In Bewshers Map Skills Book (This is a green and red book that your teacher should have collected from the Common Room) Read up to page 14 (Do not do any of the questions until page 15). Answer the questions on page 15 in your book. Please write a clear heading "Seven Sisters OS Map" When you finish, using Google Earth zoom into the area. Search for "Cuckmere Haven" Find the river channel with meanders on Google Earth which can be found at 518990 on the map on page 15. Can you work out what is happening with the meanders and the channel? Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckmere_Haven Read this: http://www.sevensisters.org.uk/rte.asp?id=82 Can you find the six digit reference of where this photograph might have been taken from? KEEP THE MAPPING BOOK FOR TOMORROW AND TOMORROW'S PREP Friday Lesson 5 Geography - In Bewshers Do the Activities on page 21 and page 22 in your books. Be aware that this may form an additional flooding case study for your revision. If you have time at the end search for Shrewsbury on Google Earth. Follow the River Severn along its course.

PREP Complete the above work and if you have time, create a Word document which cuts and pastes sections of the River Severn along it's course showing significant features. It might look something like this:



Prep 260210

Mount Stromboli: Virtual Expedition

Choose ONE of the FOUR climbs up the volcano and make careful field notes of what you see. Make at least one field sketch. Write it up as a real walk up the volcano. Read the descriptions. Only choose one of these routes, we will compare notes back in class. Good luck. Don't take any unnecessary risks.

http://www.swisseduc.ch/stromboli/volcano/virtual/index-en.html

Due on Monday

Prep 290110 Having completed some revision with you in the class today, it would seem that the basics of tectonics has already been covered with you, so the key thing to be done is to make sure that you have a strong understanding of the key aspects of the course and that you have no gaps. We will go through the textbook, but much of it will be revision.

Read the following:
 * Tectonic activity occurs all through the world, but it is of particular significance along plate boundaries. This is because the movement of plates along boundaries involves the release of much built up energy which can be explosive, both in terms of earthquake activity and in terms of volcanic activity. These are principally of interest to geographers as hazards as geography looks to understand the relationship between the earth and human activity.**

Do the following:
 * This term we will be working on case studies of different tectonic events. In the last few weeks we have watched the tragedy of the Haitian earthquake unfold. Using legitimate news websites I would like you to build a two page fact sheet which can be used to show what happened. In your fact sheet you will need to make sure the following area answered.



1. What caused the earthquake? 2. What was the magnitude of the earthquake? 3. Which areas of Haiti did it affect? (Include some kind of map) 4. What made the death toll so high? 5. What time of day did the earthquake strike and what impact did this have on the death toll. 6. What were the problems that made it difficult to provide help and support to those trapped? 7. What did international aid look like (as far as this picture is clear).

There are some examples of similar fact sheets I have written here, on my website: http://www.thinkingeography.com/tg/3_Online_Tectonics.html**

You don't have to get this finished, but you are expected to have made a good start. I should be able to see what you've done in the next lesson. Print what you have done, if you are working on the computer, or bring in what you have written (on paper) if you are working on paper.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/americas/13haiti.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8460771.stm
 * Webpages to visit:

Listen to: (if you have time) http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p005xr27 (28 minutes)**

Revision statement for 5th Years

For revision during the vacation, you need to thoroughly revise all the topics you have completed this year and last year. Take special care with knowing the details of your case studies and having a good knowledge of what you did with your field work. You should also revise your map skills and global locations.

Your mock will be shortly after term resumes.

Have a good break. Dr Lee. 23 December 2009

Geography Prep (PREP SET ON FRIDAYS, DUE ON MONDAYS)

PREP SHOULD BE DONE ON THE NIGHT IT IS SET. IT SHOULD BE HANDED INTO THE PREP BOX IN ROOM 19 ON THE DAY AFTER IT IS SET, UNLESS YOU ARE ADVISED OTHERWISE.

04 December 2009 (Due Tuesday)

Complete the sheet as provided in your book. An extra copy can be downloaded from thinkingeography.com.

27 November 2009

Answer the following questions on paper. (I have your books for reports purposes) Treat these as CE questions

1) Using your knowledge of a farm you have studied explain what human factors are significant in its location. Name the farm and give it's location. [3]

2) Explain the distribution of livestock farming throughout the UK in terms of physical features. [3]

3) What is Quaternary industry? [2]

4) Explain the term 'diversification.' [2]

5) Write down three examples of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary industry in the UK. One example is already given for each. [9]

Primary (Fruit growing)

Secondary (Car manufacture)

Tertiary (Tourism)

6) Listen to one of the programmes on this page:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q

09 October 2009 Prep tonight. []

DO THIS: Settlement characteristics DO THIS: Urbanisation in MEDCs

Work through these and answer the questions in the test at the end. Keep track of your scores.

ALSO: Listen to this file here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/geography/

SETTTLEMENT SHOPPING HIERARCHY

Be ready to answer some questions on this.

02 October 2009 (Set 021009 due 051009) Do the questions in the settlement set. Questions on pages 1-5 except for questions a and b on page 1. (I have added the page numbers on the PDF) (Apologies that the scan is a little crooked). Answer on the sheets. **__Write your name on your sheet set, before you hand it in.__**




 * 25 September 2009** (Set 250909 due 280909)

Using your knowledge of a city you have visited. (If you have not visited many cities you can use London). Write a review of some of the problems this city faces. Write down what you perceive to be the problem. If you can do a little web research, or speak to your parents about the places you have been and the things you have seen. The idea is to draw on your own experience of problems in cities.

Choose a problem that is to do with people, in this instance. (So therefore do not write about litter etc)

Here are the kinds of problems you might consider:

Congestion (traffic) Congestion (pedestrian) Poverty Overcrowding Shanty Towns Crime and danger

Ensure that the problem is a real one, and not just something that happened once when you happened to be there. See if you can find out what is being done about the problem. Try to find out how widespread the problem is.

When I mark this, I will be looking for: A good knowledge of the problem Some real examples with place names Some idea of how long it has been a problem Some idea of what other problems this problem creates or what problems it makes worse How the problem is being dealt with (or not at all) Whether the problem is getting worse or better

It would be good to be able to draw up a table or diagram showing aspects of the problem. This shows a stronger understanding of the issue.


 * 18 September 2009**

We have been doing some work on settlements and have discussed the origins of early settlements, factors relating to why they were established and the reasons for choosing a site. We have discussed the situation of a settlement. In this lesson you are to create your own settlement, give it a name and a location. Look in your atlas for a location and concoct a story of why it was settled and how it grew and changed through the ages. You should draw maps, drawings of streets etc. This exercise is set so that you can get a feel for the growth of a settlement whilst at the same time being creative with what happened. You have the lesson to do this and prep this evening.