Wonderful photographs of Britain from the Air

Follow this link to a wonderful set of photographs showing Britain - not part of the syllabus but wonderful photos.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11427007

Be thinking of your aliases !

Limestone

As promised, some limestone photographs from Malham and the link to the excellent BBC limestone web site - do make good use of it both now and later on for revision too.

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

Excellent web site with animations

Do make sure you follow this link to see the really good physical Geography animations

http://whs.moodledo.co.uk/course/view.php?id=1365

They will help you to understand the formation of river features. Could you label the photograph below with meaningful animations ?

Progress

As you can tell we move through work very quickly at Higher level. Having finished soils we are now moving through the Hydrosphere unit of work. Don't forget to ask if you are unsure or get stuck. Note taking is a real skill and one that improves with practice - mind maps or spider diagrams can often summarise things more quickly and obviously than a paragraph of writing. Consolidation and revision of ideas is something we do constantly in class but keep testing yourself too. Remember what I have said about knowing more at the end of a lesson than you did at the start !

Work hard, have fun and get your fieldwork write up completed soon !

Happy New (school) Year

Welcome to the Higher course - great to have you in class. I am sure we will have a good time with lots of fun (and hard work) betweeen now and 24th May 2011. There are lots of hints, links and comments in past posts - browse through them by using the index at the right hand side of this page.

Good luck, work hard, learn your case studies and all will be well ! Remember to come and find me in the Geography Room if you need help, advice, encouragement.

Mrs C

Estimate exams

A quick recap of the format of the paper

Paper 1 Physical and Human Environments 1hour 30 mins 100 marks
4 compulsory questions ( 2 physical and 2 human) worth 18 marks eachthen 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 while you are on exam leave.

Keep calm and make use of older posts on the blog to help you. 6 deep breaths !

Don't forget the BBC site especially for coasts and limestone and Higher Bitesize too.

Landslide - mass movement

An amazing / worrying video link today to a massive landslide in Italy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8517378.stm


Well worth looking at.