Coastal features tv programmes

A site well worth looking at whilst we are studying coasts is the BBC Scotland web site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/coastline/enhanced/

it accompanies the 2 television programmes which use footage of North East Scotland. They are being repeated on Wednesday morning next week 17th October but you will need to set the video / DVD on Tuesday as they are on very early in the morning at 0520 - 0549 and 0540 - 0600.

The photographs above of the North East coast are taken from geograph and were taken by Peter Ward ( North Haven cliffs)and Paul Birrel (Bullers of Buchan).

Revision tips for NABs

As always the main one is to keep calm !

Remember the hints from Standard Grade and your 6 deep breaths

Read the question/s very carefully

Watch your time - 50 marks in 45 minutes

Do not run out of time - the GMT questions can gain you many marks in a fairly short space of time.

The GMT question is owrth 10 marks

It is a physical NAB on Hydrosphere, Lithosphere and Biosphere.

It is marked on a pass/ fail basis - you need to get 25 /50 to pass.

The photograph is of the Athabasca glacier in Canada.

Keep calm and good luck tomorrow !

River revision

As part of your revision for the practice NAB on Wednesday you may like to look at this river site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/rivers/

Also don't forget revision material is available on the BBC Higher bitesize site too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/geography/index.shtml

Limestone

I have finally got round to trying out some ICT recommended many month ago by Geography colleagues and I am delighted with the results from "dumpr". I will post both the photograph and field sketch so that you can judge for yourselves.

Where is the photograph taken ? Could you add labels to it ? Remember a GMT question may ask you to do so.

Round the world cycle

Following on from the display outside RoomG at the start of term further news about Mark Beaumont on his attempt to beat the World Record for cycling the 18,000 miles around the world. More details can be found on the "geoblogging with Mark" blog written by a Geography colleague.

http://www.geobloggingwithmark.blogspot.com/

The geographical information available on this blog is outstanding and most informative.

Mark's diary and opther details can also be found at http://www.artemisworldcycle.com/

Mark is raising money for various charities by undertaking this journey

CAN is a mountaineers’ charity to help mountain people to help themselves raise their standard of living and strengthen indigenous, community-based culture.

CHICKS provides free respite breaks for disadvantaged children aged between 8 and 15 from all parts of the UK, regardless of race or religion, relying solely on donations from individuals, companies and charitable trusts to provide for the increasing number of children who would benefit from a CHICKS holiday.

Edinburgh Cyrenians Trust is an independent local charity, established in 1968 to create and operate services, facilities and opportunities for disadvantaged people offering effective and lasting routes out of homelessness and promoting social inclusion.

Building on over 200 years experience, Rainer now runs around 60 services and projects nationally, working with thousands of under-supported young people each year focusing on the following areas that affect young people:- Supported accommodation- Learning & employability- Tackling crime

Tusk Trust promotes the protection of wildlife and habitats, sustainable rural community development, environmental education programmes, responsible tourism, and constructive wildlife research throughout Africa.

Limestone

Now we have started our Lithosphere work some photographs to remind you of the features and places we are speaking of when studying limestone. The link to the excellent BBC Scotland site on Upland limestone is below and is highly recommended. There are interactive elements, features to study, mapwork as well as field sketches - it will aid your understanding of this new section of work and is well worth devoting some time to.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/limestone/index.shtml