Revision

Today we have been talking about focus in your revision. Plan what you are going to revise / have a purpose / revise those things you find hard ( not the ones you like!) and make sure that you can recall what it is you have learnt ! You are better spending 30 mins and remembering 6 important points from it than 3 hours and only having a vague recollection of what you have just read.

Short & Snappy & focussed. Just how we revised YDNP in class today - key points / don't repeat the question get straight into your answer and use your examples - you know them so include them.

I have seen all of the E group individually now and will see the rest of you in the B group on Monday. Please be encouraged by what I have said to you and try to follow my suggestions and it will all help you to do the best you can which is what we are all working towards :)

More on the landslip

Glad to know that some of you had already heard about the land slip. Thanks to a virtual geography colleague for all the links below.

Landslip at Black Ven, Lyme Regis
Links to pdf article below and guide to landslide watch status http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=329889
Residential guide to landslips and their impact -http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/pdf/s/f/Landslipping_Lyme_05.pdf http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1934737/Biggest-landslip-in-100-years-hits-Jurassic-coast.html
excellent useable study of instability east (Stonebarrow) and west (Black Ven) of Charmouth http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~gilesd/pdf/Project%20Presentations/Martine%20Mildon%20242001.pdf
pictures and links http://www.bbc.co.uk/dorset/nature/jurassic_coast/
How a news story evolves! http://www.newssniffer.co.uk/articles/120946/diff/8/9
Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/07/endangeredhabitats.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
And Guardian on fossils http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2006/jan/17/fossils.uknews
I have a few photos from Lyme Regis in September 2007 http://www.stacey.peak-media.co.uk/PURBECK/LymeRegisSep2007/LymeRegisSep2007.htm
And finally …. The word http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/lymchar.htm
Ian West’s superlative site on all things geological on the Wessex coast

Mass movement - biggest land slip for 100 years

A bit spooky this as we have been working on mass movement today. I have just heard on the 6.00 o'clock news about a major landslip on the Jurassic coast. There may be other reports but start with these links to find out more from the BBC web site. They include video footage and interviews with local people.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7388310.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7386923.stm

Wet fieldwork

Hope you have dried out now and can remember some of the features of the psammosere we managed to see through the rain drops ! The "E" section have already played the flashcard game and psammosere word search remember it is SO important to know those plant names really well indeed. You wil not get full marks unless you do - you have been warned. The "B" section can look forward to playing the games on Wednesday as well as seeing the powerpoint of photos ! Whilst watching the presentation see if you can spot which are this years and which last - I don't think it will be too difficult ! Can you name the different stages of the psammosere shown in the photos above ?

Geography in the news

Unfortunately there have been two natural disasters in recent days and although they do not appear on the Higher syllabus as a world citizen you should be aware of such major events.

The first is the cyclone in Myanmar ( formerly known as Burma) which this evenign is being reported as having caused the death of over 10,000 people. Follow the up to date information on the BBC website



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7384041.stm



The second is the eruption of the Chaiten volcano in Chile which has been dormant for approx 450 years - follow the link below for video clip of the results of the eruption

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7383466.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7381652.stm

Soil links

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessexarchaeology/322086299/

Photograph used under common creative license from flickr uploaded by wessex archaeology
A photo taken in July 2006 to link current events and soil.

Terminal 5, Heathrow, has been one of the biggest construction projects in the world. Excavations by Framework Archaeology, in advance of the construction works, have uncovered almost 9,000 years of history.Archaeologists took soil samples from the excavated features. The environmental evidence is then analysed to give a picture of how the landscape developed over time

Hope you are all managing to get some revision completed despite the excitement of the snow !

Today I am posting a link to the Learning Teaching Scotland ( LTS) site to an excellent powerpoint about soils - you have seen some of it before. The other powerpoints we have spoken about in class will become available over the next few weeks so keep checking the site or ask me for the relevant links.

http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/resources/g/nqresource_tcm4465917.asp


Don't forget the Wycombe School site too with some animations.

http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=38264

If you have any queries you can email me using the usual address if you need help or advice. Keep a record of the revision you are doing and then you can kep track of what needs to be done ! Organisation is the key - but then I would say that wouldn't I ?

NABs

Only one more to go. Well done to you all for wanting to do it sooner rather than later !Remember all the things we have spoken of in relation to how to improve your performance. Precise case study examples for RLR & Development and Health are absolutely essential and will gain you extra marks so are well worth learning. In my lessons between now and the end of term we will be concentrating on exam style and how to make your good answers even better. You will be working on Population with Mrs Ch. After Easter we will complete the course by looking at the rest of the Biosphere unit on sand dunes.