Industry

This section is straightfoward PROVIDED you learn your case studies properly !! We use the Sambre Meuse so be sure you know the reasons for industry locating there in the first place, subsequently declining and then new industry being attracted there.

This is a news report about Charleroi - I can't get it to play in school but worth trying at home

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_8300000/newsid_8307800/8307843.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&nol_storyid=8307843&bbcws=1

O.S. mapwork is a straightforward type of industry question - be sure to remember all the usual mapwork hints, accurate grid references, proper use of the key. There has not been one for a few years ensure you are confident about these types of questions.

Remind me to show you the Sambre Meuse Smart book of photos.

Landslides and flooding in El Salvador

In the last few days there has been very severe flooding and associated mass movements in El Salvador linked to the movement of hurricane Ida. For more details follow the link below.

http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8349333.stm

A series of photos can be found at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8349698.stm

Coasts and limestone - previous posts

Do not forget to look at previous posts on these topics - use the contents list at the bottom right of the main page. there are lots of photos of Durdle Door and Old Harry and his wife ! Follow the links to the excellent BBC web sites - they are well worth looking at as Geography teachers have been involved in writing the material.

Mud slides

There have been terrible mud slides in Messina in Sicily in the last few days the link below takes you to the BBC web site. We study this as part of our mass movement work at teh end fo teh lithosphere section of work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8286538.stm

The second and third links are to articles which refer to the role of man in deforestation and developing buildings on the slopes
http://www.theage.com.au/world/20-dead-in-sicilian-mudslide-20091003-ggu0.html

http://www.euronews.net/2009/10/03/anger-grows-at-messina-mudslide-disaster/

Glaciation

Well as we are just about to start the lithosphere section of the work some photos for you to see from our summer geography teacher's visit to Iceland. ( Wonderful place if you get the chance to go !).

Some glaciation revision - think about how glaciers form. Go over in your head the inputs, processes and outputs of a glacial system.Can you repeat our famous 12 points re the formation of a corrie ? Kung fu glaciation might help - get active ! Can you draw diagrams to explain the formation of 3 erosive and 3 depositional features ?

On the third picture look for the people to give you an idea of scale - some glaciers are HUGE !

Fieldwork

Well done on your enthusiasm and good fieldwork skills. I hope you enjoyed the weekend, although it was hard work. A few photos for you to see - the rest I will show you in class later.

Lake District

Mrs Ch took these glaciation photos whilst in the Lake District this holiday - can you recognise the features and explain how they are formed ? Blea water and Windermere.

Can you remember kung fu glaciation ? - it may help

Gulfoss waterfall

A magnificent sight - so impressive, especially in the rain !

Welcome to Higher Geography

Hello everyone,

Welcome to a new school year and the excitement of Higher Geography - it is a great course and although hard work we are sure you will enjoy it and learn a lot. Fieldwork next weekend is good fun. Hope you like the picture I took in Iceland this summer - there are 400 others to see !

Keep calm

I won't be able to post tomorrow evening so this is to enourage you to keep calm, read everything really carefully and include examples throughout. Have faith in your abilities - I do !

See you on Wednesday morning.

Mrs C xx

Busy weekend ?

Thought you might like a coastal photo from IIS fieldwork this week.

Hope you all have your revision planned for the next few days - at least the grey weather helps ! Make sure you have everything you need for the exam all sorted out the night before - spare pens and SHARP pencil at the ready !

READ the questions very carefully. Watch your time.

Paper 1 - 1 hour 30 mins just over 15 mins for Question 1 - 4 and just under 15 mins for 5 OR 6, 7 OR 8 .

Paper 2 - 1 hour 15 mins Question 1 & 6 ONLY c 35 mins per question.

EC noticed on the front of the 2008 paper it said to write out the numbers of the questions you have answered on the grid on the back of the answer book. I had not noticed it so well done E .

Keep calm - I will see you all on Wednesday morning !

Study Leave

Well that is you all on study leave now. Good luck for English tomorrow. Remember all the usual hints - keep calm , six deep breaths etc ! Keep watching the news and reading newspapers there are often items relevant to Development and Health.

Make good use of those coloured post it notes - lots of different topics with the different colours.

Keep working hard and call in by or email if you get stuck.

Biosphere fieldwork

I am going to try and upload some of the video taken during our fieldwork - differing quadrats on the dune system.

Revision

A great first revision lesson today - well done everyone. I hope that gives you a little bit more confidence on limestone landscapes. Just remembering 6 key words per feature should be a good help. Don't forget to include names of places and processes e.g. chemical weathering / solution etc. Good to have some of you handing in work to be marked too - I will mark practice questions for you if you would like me to.

Don't forget the excellent BBC Scotland limestone site

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/limestone/index.shtml

To refresh your memory also check out the learning zone video clips too - there are LOTS of them

http://www.bbc.co.uk/apps/ifl/scotland/learning/learningzone/queryengine?ContentType=text%2Fhtml%3B+charset%3Dutf-8&level=none&page=1&pagesize=12&results=search&config=results&attrib_1=SCHOOL_LEVEL_NAME&oper_1=eq&val_1_1=&attrib_2=SUBJECT_NAME&oper_2=eq&val_2_1=&attrib_3=TOPIC&oper_3=eq&val_3_1=&attrib_4=SearchText&oper_4=eq&val_4_1=limestone

- all worth looking over again for revision - clips from some of the programmes I have shown you - make good use of them !!

Atmosphere revision on Thursday - look over your notes and think of any points you want me to clarify.

Second homes in rural areas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7964000/7964499.stm

An interesting article on the Today programme this morning on Radio 4 about local people being unable to afford housing in their local areas. The case study is of the village of Exford on Exmoor. Interesting comments from local people - worth listening to.

Well done 2

Excellent work everyone. Delighted that you all passed the Human NAB. There were some good answers. Keep it up now - we will finish population before the Easter hols and then just have the Biosphere - sand dunes to do. Tomorrow and on Friday we will be looking at the SCROL web site Scottish census data online - a fantastic resource for you to use - just click on the logo.

Human NAB

Can you remember where this is ?

Be prepared for Monday's Human NAB.

Two of the four human units i.e. industry, urban , rural and population will be tested plus a GMT 50 marks in total in 45 mins. Know your specific case studies and named examples ! Well done on your migration work - glad to see you were working well when I came down to see you. Population past questions to try next week to make sure you are fully prepared for the exam. I will show you a good malaria article from yesterday' s Times too.

Lovely weather for IV S fieldwork today - if only every fieldwork day was like it !

Well done !

Some good answers in your Environmental Interactions NAB today. Well done - everyone passed which is great news. We will go over them tomorrow. Do remember to always use your examples, write in full sentences and choose the features you describe carefully - choose the ones you can write most about. Your diagrams are getting better too - well drawn and some good labels - keep this up now !

Human NAB same time, same place next week ! Two down one to go.

A Lake District photo tonight.

Population clocks

I will post the links here for the worldometer population clock we were using on Tuesday. One of my virtual Geography friends has been blogging about this site too - well worth a look !


Breathing earth


Worldometer

We will discuss these more in the lesson today and tomorrow !

Footpath erosion and repair

Fix the fells is a good web site which refers to the Lake District. Search the site for specific details about footpath repair.

http://www.fixthefells.co.uk/

Formation of meanders

In response to your comments today I have found this link to an animation about the formation of meanders - well worth looking at - click on the photograph or the link below. Any ideas as to where the photos was taken ?

http://www.cleo.net.uk/consultants_resources/_files/meander4.swf

Some good details on the Wycombe School site about other river feature

http://whs.moodledo.co.uk/mod/resource/view.php?inpopup=true&id=965s

Last few hints

Thought you might like these photos to remind you of your favourite topic - will it be there or not ? Photos taken from ocean terminal in Leith ( in case you had not realised !)

Reread my earlier post regarding the format of the paper - make sure you get to the last question on paper 1. Lots of examples, clear diagrams, accurate grid references and know your case studies !

See you in the morning with your sharp pencil ! - keep calm and have an early night

Progress with revision ?

Hope you have all had a good and fruitful weekend. I will be in school tomorrow when some of you are in for your first exam - call in if you are stuck or just want to say hello. I will be in my room until 2.30 when I have a meeting.

I have included some glaciation photos for you today - all good revision ! Easedale Tarn and the view from Blencathra field studies centre in the Lake District

Revision topics

A good revision lesson today - hope it made you more aware of what you do (& don't ) know. The resources should also help. I am sure you will find the audio files good too.

For a powerpoint about ocean currents written By Ollie Bray follow the link to Odblog and then scroll down to Tuesday 5th February - well worth looking at

http://geodonn.blogspot.com/.

Keep calm, warm, well fed and it will all be over before you know it ! Keep using those revision timetables.

A snowy photo for you to go with -5 temperatures - more snow for tomorrow too !

Edinburgh revision

The following links will be helpful when revising this (your favourite topic !)

A powerpoint written specifically for higher unfortunately no author is given for me to credit here but it contains some excellent slides

rhsgeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/Higher+Urban+Edinburgh+REVISION+CBD+and+INNER.ppt

if the link does not work type edinburgh changes in CBD into google and it is the second result

Also the bitesize revision site most of you are familiar with already.
www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/geography/human/urban3_rev.shtml

Look carefully at the past questions as well.

Development and Health

As requested some more ideas about case study examples you could use in relation to PHC on paper 2 in the Development and Health question 6.

Riders for Health is the motorbike charity we have spoken about - click on the photo above to follow the link to their web site for some examples

Each programme is run by nationals of the country concerned, which builds local capacity, creates skilled employment and embeds a culture of preventive maintenance into the communities.

Riders now employs 230 people, running more than 1,274 vehicles and keeping health and community workers from a variety of organisations ‘on the road’ – from ministries of health to small community groups.

'Before [we received a vehicle under the Riders’ TRM system] we could not rely on the ambulance to get to remote areas. We would not go because we could be afraid that we could not get back. And the people would not meet us at the outreach clinic…they would not trust that we could be there.' Community nurse, the Gambia.

'We have had vehicles and motorcycles before. The difference is that now they are maintained properly by Riders for Health. Because I have a reliable motorcycle I can cover a large area and prevent the spread of disease. That’s how lives are saved.’ Philemon Simanyo, environmental health technician, Zimbabwe.

Well worth looking at for some relevant and up to date examples.

Revision topics

After yesterday's lesson I have started to prepare some revision ideas for the last few lessons before you go on study leave. The topics you specifically asked for were Edinburgh case study, shifting cultivation and D& H case studies. Email on my hotmail address if you think of anything else over the next few days.

A snow picture for you today - you should know where it is !! ( and who took it )

Estimate exam

Sorry for the lack of posts. I don't know where the time has gone. Do look over postings from last year - all the material is relevant to you too.

I will just run through the format of the paper so that you are sure about it although we will cover it in class again this week .

Paper 1 Physical and Human Environments 1hour 30 mins 100 marks
4 compulsory questions ( 2 physical and 2 human) worth 18 marks each
then 2 other questions each worth 14 marks - one physical question 5 OR 6 AND one human question 7 OR 8

Paper 2 Environmental Interactions 1 hour 15 mins 100 marks
Answer Question 1 AND Question 6 ONLY ( You can not do Q2,3,4,5)

Don't forget you can email or ring if you are stuck / worried / need help whict you are on exam leave.