World Heritage Coast

We have been studying this coast as part of our work for Paper 2 the Rural Land Resources section of work. If you click on the photograph above of our favourite example of a natural arch it will take you to a page containing many useful links. The links look at specific factors e.g. coastal managment plan, transport strategy and the marketing strategy for the area. All of these wil help you to include specific extra detail in your answers.

One way of helping you to revise this section is to study your marked homework questions and with a different colour pen add any specific extra place names and detail you can.

World cycle ride

I S have been following the progress of Mark Beaumont as he cycles 18,000 miles around the world. The details of his exploits are on the wall outside Room G and you can follow the last leg by reading his cycle diary at http://www.artemisworldcycle.com/.

The Geography of the areas he has been visiting have been blogged about by my colleague at this site . It too is a fantastic site - see if you can find the wonderful posts about ox bow lake formation and about pivot irrigation

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

Mark is now back in Europe and it looks as if he will beat the previous world record by over 60 days by finishing in Paris on Friday 15th February. This has been an unsupported ride - he has carried his food, tent, and equipment himself in panniers on the bike.

It is a phenomenal achievement and we are supporting his charity fundraising next week by holding a Bake Sale and IS / Geography Department charity event. It is in the Hall at lunch time on Wednesday. There will be some cycle related games, a tombola, book & DVD stall so come along and bring your money. You will hear more about Marks' chosen charities in assembly on Tuesday.

Ways to improve

Well done - there were some excellent answers in the Physical NAB and some of you have taken heed of advice offered to you from homework questions - good to know our suggestions are not in vain.

As we have discussed in class there are hints you can take note of to help you do even better in your written answers not just for NABs and exam answers but for homework questions to. What type of things have we discussed ?Can you think of 4 or 5 of them now - can you hear me saying them ?? Both Mrs Ch and I are making similar comments. For most of you these ideas will make the difference between grades rather than whether you pass or fail but every mark is vital !!

Enjoy your weekend but keep working as the estimates are not far away now. Obviously you can come and see us for help or advice at any stage in Room G.

Physical NAB

I am sure you don't need reminding that tomorrow is your Physical NAB. Keep calm and above all read the questions very carefully. I will recap the details we have discussed in class below.

• There will be 2 questions based on 2 of the 4 sections in the Physical Interactions work each worth 20 marks and a 10 mark GMT question.


• You have 45 minutes to complete the NAB.


• It is marked out of 50 marks and you have to achieve 25 to pass.


• Look at the marks available for each question and ensure you have written enough.


• If the question contains O.S. mapwork you must include grid references to support what you are saying.


• Learn your diagrams well - they are an excellent way of showing lots of information quite quickly.


• Do not panic - 6 deep breaths and keep calm !

The photographs are from Flamborough Head in Yorkshire, Grindelwald in Switzerland and the NE coast of Scotland. I will leave you to work out which is which !

Yorkshire Dales National Park

If you have not done so already you must visit the web site for the Yorkshire Dales National Park. There is a lot of information there for you to use. Remember to include lots of specific examples and place names into your responses in order to gain all the marks available.

http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/

There is an interactive map too

http://gis.nationalparks.gov.uk/Map/map.asp?Geoset=YDNPA

A reminder also of the BBC site about limestone

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

Rural Land Resources

We are now starting work on the Paper 2 Environmental Interactions section of work. This links very closely with the LIthosphere work we have already covered for Paper 1. As our upland Case Study we will be using the Yorkshire Dales National Park - an area we have already studied for Limestone.

Click on the photo above to find information specifically about the special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales.

Happy New Year

All the best for 2008 and may it bring you good health, happiness and sucess !

I hope you have all enjoyed your Christmas break and have managed to fit in some work too ! Just to show you Geography teachers never stop thinking about Geography a couple of photos I took on Christmas Day in North Wales. See you next week !