Bangladesh floods

I recently discovered a great programme - Quandary - for making interactive stories. I've done one for the Bangladesh floods of 1998. Try it out by clicking the following link...

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?

When you do your Introduction, check out this cartoon to give you ideas...

Working on your GCSE Methodology section? A checklist!

A tutorial (with my awful voice) on how to do scattergraphs using Microsoft excel...

How to do proportional pie charts - watch this carefully if you are doing Saltburn and Yarm or Keswick!

25% please

Your coursework is worth 25% of your final Geography mark. The importance of this cannot be overstated. I did a few calculations, and this means that if the coursework is 25%...

Coasts, Rivers and Plate Tectonics are each worth less than 10% each

Settlement, Managing Tourism and Resources, Industry and Map skills are each worth around 10% each.

You do around 20 hours on each of the topics on Industry, settlement, etc (classwork and homework)

So translated, full marks on your coursework are the equivalent to two and a half topics on Paper 2...this would equate to around 50 hours of work.

This seems a lot of time, but you have several hours in class and overall it is certainly worth it. Today's Paper 2 exam sprung up a few surprises and some of the questions were genuinely difficult. Thankfully, most of our students have gone into this exam safe in the knowledge that they have a healthy coursework percentage already.

Some food for thought!

Saltburn and Yarm...

Well, tomorrow we start the Year 10 Saltburn and Yarm fieldwork. In summary. don't forget the following:

Consent form - without it you cannot go!

Trainers - yes, for once we are actually allowing you to wear them. Make the most of the opportunity!

Disposable camera - no point in taking your 'flashy' digital one for it to get broken, but it is a good idea to get some pictures

A clipboard or something generally to rest on

A freezer bag to cover your work in case its wet.

Pens and pencils to complete the surveys

Mr. Cowan