Thursday, 28 June 2007
Flooding...
You are all working well on your coursework at the moment. As an aside, you may want to take a look at this movie I've put together on the Boscastle floods of 2004. Click on the link below to be taken to the relevant place. It would be just as relevant to look at the ones in Rotherham and Doncaster once the long term effects can be assessed.
More coursework help and activities are on their way, which I've been working on, so do keep checking for updates :)
Download: Posted by prioryman at TeacherTube.com.
Saturday, 23 June 2007
Some pictures from The Lakes trip 07...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9062648@N08/sets/72157600422099979/show/
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Ross does Rivers...
Fresh from the success of his expedition into Yarm and Saltburn, our character 'Ross' now does Rivers...use this to help you with your Location study, expectations and hypotheses, as well of course as the files and powerpoints available on the VLE!
Monday, 18 June 2007
Saturday, 16 June 2007
Doing annotated photographs for your Data presentation section....
A useful way of not only getting across your understanding, but also picking up marks on the data presentation section, is to do annotated photographs. You would insert your picture into MS Word, then add arrows with detailed labels.
Try clicking the above picture. It will take you Flickr. Here you can hover over the picture of Site 3 for suggestions of things you could comment on!
I'll do one for the Settlement coursework some of you are doing in the coming days!
Friday, 15 June 2007
Bangladesh floods
http://uk1.hotpotatoes.net/ex/21613/RRDWBXSP.php
Let me know what you think of the above via the comments option below. Do you think a similar sort of thing for what should be included in the different GCSE coursework sections would be useful?
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Monday, 11 June 2007
25% please
Sunday, 10 June 2007
Saltburn and Yarm...
Friday, 8 June 2007
A big success!
I think everyone (both Y10 and staff) will agree that was a fantastic few days of fieldwork in the Lake District! The weather was great, fieldcentre staff were helpful and accommodating, and the work was interesting and obviously very important for the follow up work we do for coursework. You now have a choice of which piece of coursework you will folow-up - the effect of tourism on the shopping patterns of Keswick or a study of the Glenderaterra Beck and how channel variables change downstream. That decision needs to be made fairly quickly and work will go on in the next few weeks on each of the sections, which were highlighted in a previous post.
I would like to post some pictures on here and on the VLE - if you have any you want to go on here, I will choose a selection from those sent to my e-mail address at mfc@egglescliffe.org.uk
Thanks to those of you who have already sent me some. A sub-selection can be seen above...
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
Tourism in LEDCs done and dusted...
Hoping for a good few days of weather in the Lakes, and with a bit of luck for it to go on into next week when we are in Saltburn and Yarm. Mind you, you only need to say the words 'Geography fieldtrip' and it is a sure guarantee of rain. There we are - those two words could be a solution to the world's drought problems!
This topic of Tourism is frequently examined on Paper 2 of the real exam.
If you click below you'll notice on p23 there is a question where you could easily talk about Kenya. But look carefully at the wording of the question. Environment - in the past, students focused on why the country would attract people, rather than on what is attractive about the environment to people from places in Western Europe (i.e. - UK)
http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/qp-ms/AQA-3031H2-W-QP-JUN04.PDF
Finally, whilst general surfing myself I stumbled across this really impressive video on the advantages and disadvantages of tourism to Kenya, by students in Year 10 at another school in Bury. Very impressive, as I'm sure you'll agree, so a big thank you to them...
Monday, 4 June 2007
Kenya...
This is obviously the tourist board take on things, but can you list 5 possible problems that could arise from some of the activities on the video?
Equally, we watched the Masai in the lesson talking about how their culture and traditions have changed. Look at this quick video clip below. Is this the true face of the Masai? Or is it just a tourist trick geared towards bringing in much needed income? You decide...
Zimbabwe CAMPFIRE lesson
Sunday, 3 June 2007
What's the fieldcentre like?
What do you need for the Lakes?
Things to take for Blencathra 07 (not exhaustive, but covers the main things!)
Clothes for all weathers - lots of thin layers is better than a few thick ones for keeping the heat in. Don't be fooled into thinking it will be hot in the Lakes - it has happened once in the times I have been...!
Suncream - Hang on! Doesn't this contradict the above? Well, partly, but its also exposed where we will be and you can quickly catch the sun. You may fancy the prospect of being the next David Dickinson but trust me, sunburn can be nasty!
Footwear - blisters are the next best (or worst) thing to sunburn. You will need walking boots and/or wellies. If you haven't got your own, bring money (about £5) to hire them from the centre.
A clipboard - invaluable in Keswick on the first day for resting on and storing your information. If you haven't got one or its just too late to get them (you really should have been more organised, shouldn't you! ) then a hard backed folder will do just fine.
A freezerbag - not for food but for covering your work in Keswick if it is raining. You can then still see what you are doing without ruining your work!
Money - You don't have to bring a wad of cash to flash, but do bear in mind that on the first day you need to buy your lunch in Keswick, and there is a tuck shop at the centre that is open on a night, so do bring some money.
Waterproofs - An absolute necessity - you will have a miserable time if you get soaked. Not only that, but it can be dangerous!
Stationery - important you have colours, ruler, calculator, pens and pencils, etc for the follow up work in the lab.
Camera - you might not want to bring your best digital one, as these have a habit of being dropped in rivers! A disposable is good though for taking some quick shots to include in your coursework.
Your favourite teddy to keep you company (joke).
Obviously there will be other things you'll need but hopefully the things above will help to jog your memory!
See you there!
Mr. Cowan