The video shows the African Tribal Masks our Year 8 students made in recent Geography lesson!!
Mr. Still
Saturday 31 October 2009
Geography on TV
A new topic for the blog but I think it is important to realise that Geography is discussed in many different forms of media. I think TV is perhaps the most accessible and relevant of all media for our students:
This week:
Life - BBC1 Monday 9pm - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing. This week a look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.
Ray Mears - BBC2 Sunday - 8pm - The Company that built a Country - Ray tells the story of the British fur trade company that opened up Canada - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing.
Countryfile - BB1 Sunday - 7pm - Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury find out about Alnwick Castle's connection with Guy Fawkes - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing.
Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo by any means - In Taiwan, Charley visits the country's largest Buddhist monastery, Fo Guang Shan - catch on on BBC iplayer
Enjoy!!
Mr. Still!!
This week:
Life - BBC1 Monday 9pm - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing. This week a look at various fish species including sea dragon, fringehead and Hawaiian goby.
Ray Mears - BBC2 Sunday - 8pm - The Company that built a Country - Ray tells the story of the British fur trade company that opened up Canada - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing.
Countryfile - BB1 Sunday - 7pm - Matt Baker and Julia Bradbury find out about Alnwick Castle's connection with Guy Fawkes - shown on BBC iplayer for one week after orginal airing.
Charley Boorman: Sydney to Tokyo by any means - In Taiwan, Charley visits the country's largest Buddhist monastery, Fo Guang Shan - catch on on BBC iplayer
Enjoy!!
Mr. Still!!
Climate lessons from the past..
I intend to blog about this in a series of posts about what past climate change could tell us about what might happen to people in the future. This includes people in MEDCs and LEDCs.
Unseen Sahara - Libya's remote Fezzan Region
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezzan/steinmetz-photography - the link below takes you to a slideshow which describes how the Fezzan region in Libya has changed.
The images tell an important story about how when climate changes, areas become unliveable for the human race. Between 10,000-2,000 years ago the climate change documented was naturally driven but as a human race we should take note of how climate change has affected human beings in the past. This is especially true of areas considered to be fragile environments like the Fezzan region in Libya as these are areas that are likely to effected first by climate change. Other fragile environments include Alpine areas in the Alps, the low-lying delta country of Bangladesh and areas such as the Arctic. With as many as 800 million people expected to become climate change refugees maybe now is time to act!!
Next week: what the fall of Angkor can tell us.
Mr. Still
Unseen Sahara - Libya's remote Fezzan Region
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/10/fezzan/steinmetz-photography - the link below takes you to a slideshow which describes how the Fezzan region in Libya has changed.
The images tell an important story about how when climate changes, areas become unliveable for the human race. Between 10,000-2,000 years ago the climate change documented was naturally driven but as a human race we should take note of how climate change has affected human beings in the past. This is especially true of areas considered to be fragile environments like the Fezzan region in Libya as these are areas that are likely to effected first by climate change. Other fragile environments include Alpine areas in the Alps, the low-lying delta country of Bangladesh and areas such as the Arctic. With as many as 800 million people expected to become climate change refugees maybe now is time to act!!
Next week: what the fall of Angkor can tell us.
Mr. Still
Online Geography Updates!!
Over half term I created pages for Year 7 and Year 8 as I felt you have been a little bit neglected.
There are pages for Year 7 and Year 8. You will find copies of the resources used as well as other information and what you have studied and what you will study in the future.
KS3 Frontpage - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Introduction+page
Year 7 - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Year+7
Year 8 - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Year+8
On a general note there is now a new mulitmedia page with fun and games (105 - including fling the teacher) and websites to help with revsion and homework -http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/Multimedia
Other pages have been updated to include some new resources.
Enjoy!!
There are pages for Year 7 and Year 8. You will find copies of the resources used as well as other information and what you have studied and what you will study in the future.
KS3 Frontpage - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Introduction+page
Year 7 - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Year+7
Year 8 - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/KS3+Year+8
On a general note there is now a new mulitmedia page with fun and games (105 - including fling the teacher) and websites to help with revsion and homework -http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/Multimedia
Other pages have been updated to include some new resources.
Enjoy!!
Year 11 Coursework and what’s happening...
Year 11:
Coursework deadline is Friday 20th November. After this we aim to have four revision lessons before you start your mock exams!!
Year 10:
We continue to look at Changing Urban Environments as part of the new AQA A Geography Syllabus. We start to look at what life is like in squatter settlements and the issues facing people in LEDC urban areas. We will watch part of Slumdog Millionaire!!
Year 9:
Most of the classes have now finished Glaciers which was a cool unit but can be complicated in areas; don't worry Changing Urban Environments is easier. We start to look at urban areas in the UK and I get to show my personal favourite moviemaker video, affectionately known as COUZ!
Year 8:
We start looking at India and I am really looking forward to tackling the issues that are evolving in this fascinating and colourful country. India is undergoing a cultural, economic and environmental revolution!! We start by looking at what is India like and hopefully we will do some Indian food tasting!!
Year 7:
We continue to look at map skills - nice gritty Geography. We will look at compass directions and map skills this week. An interesting website you can use to help improve your map skills:
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Mr. Still
Coursework deadline is Friday 20th November. After this we aim to have four revision lessons before you start your mock exams!!
Year 10:
We continue to look at Changing Urban Environments as part of the new AQA A Geography Syllabus. We start to look at what life is like in squatter settlements and the issues facing people in LEDC urban areas. We will watch part of Slumdog Millionaire!!
Year 9:
Most of the classes have now finished Glaciers which was a cool unit but can be complicated in areas; don't worry Changing Urban Environments is easier. We start to look at urban areas in the UK and I get to show my personal favourite moviemaker video, affectionately known as COUZ!
Year 8:
We start looking at India and I am really looking forward to tackling the issues that are evolving in this fascinating and colourful country. India is undergoing a cultural, economic and environmental revolution!! We start by looking at what is India like and hopefully we will do some Indian food tasting!!
Year 7:
We continue to look at map skills - nice gritty Geography. We will look at compass directions and map skills this week. An interesting website you can use to help improve your map skills:
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
Mr. Still
Animoto videos!!
Animoto is something I discovered over the summer and is a very useful and professional looking video creation tool. I have embedded two examples here:
Enjoy!!
http://www.animoto.com/
Enjoy!!
http://www.animoto.com/
Fling the teacher - 3 new ones!!
Recently I have used this activity in the classroom again. Fling the teacher!!
Map Skills - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/The+world+ftt.swf
Ecosystems - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/tropical+rainforests+ftt.swf
Glaciers - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/Glacier+ftt.swf
Enjoy the games!!
Map Skills - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/The+world+ftt.swf
Ecosystems - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/tropical+rainforests+ftt.swf
Glaciers - http://onlinegeography.wikispaces.com/file/view/Glacier+ftt.swf
Enjoy the games!!
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