The Geography Challenge

Each week there will be a new picture of a place put up on the blog. You have to guess on a piece of paper and place in the plastic wallet in one of the Geography classrooms. The winner will be selected at random from all the correct entries. Make sure your name is on it. There will be a prize!!

An easy one this week:

Good luck - Mr. Still

Year 7 - I love this town

We will watch this in class and using a wiki discuss what was good and how it can be improved.

Thought of the Day - 21/01/2009

Wednesday

Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius) around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades, according to NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.

Watch the video.

Task 1:
In silence think about one way you can save the planet etc. for 30seconds

Task 2:
With the person next to you, you have one minute to come up with four ways you can save the planet.

Task 3:
With another pair (either in front or behind you) in four minutes come up with 16 ways you can save the planet.

We will then discuss,

Mr. Still

Year 11 - can you spare 20 minutes....

Can you spare 20 minutes for Geography.... After your mocks were slightly disappointing in places, it is time to put in the hard work now. You have to take small baby steps to start off with on the revsion path before we get to exam success. So these sessions will take place on a Thursday lunchtime from 29th January.

The list of revision sessions will be published soon. It is STRONGLY recommended that if you are asked to attend one, you attend. It is for your benefit at the end of the day!

If you make a start now it will be a lot easier come exam time!!

Mr. Still

The Geography Department needs you!

Are you good with ICT particularly flash and making flash animations. Mr. Still would like some help with how to make this. If you can help pop into HU4 at break or lunch or even speak to me during lesson. I look forward to your help.

Mr. Still

A brief summary of what is going on in the Geography department this week

Year 7
I love this town - showing different sides of favourite settlements
Change in the city - urban regneration in London

Year 8
We got it goin' on - Title of a song which describes year eight geography at the moment (see link below)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0uEb12I2Aks - watch this it is the song mentioned above but also watch out for Jon Bon Jovi puching the security guard, very funny! Rock on!

We are studying these earthshakers which occured in Bam, Iran; Sichuan, China and these explosive hazards at Pompeii, Italy (the video drama of what went on); Montserrat, Caribbean and Iceland. Also there are some presentations going on about different tectonic hazards.

Year 9
The world is shrinking but not in physical size? - Mr. Still has gone mad I hear you cry. No, all will be revealed in the Globalisation unit. This week the global fashion industry.

Year 10
Some more explosive stuff following the earth shakers last week. Looking at the formation of volcanoes and the devastating effects of Soufriere Hills on the island of Montserrat!

Year 11
Recycling and saving the planet. Wind farms made out of plastacine! Lots of good fun.

http://healingschoolgeographydepartment.synthasite.com/

Mr. Still

Globalisation cartoon

Globalisation is the new topic we will study in year 9. Please make sure you spell Globalisation with a 's' and not a 'z'. We are not American (I am not being anti-american (go Obama) but an examiner may get annoyed by mispellings!!)

Study the cartoon below: What do you think the artist is trying to say? What is the problem here?

Healing School Geography department

Year 11 - this presentation will help those of you, who stuggled with the chalk landscape question on your mocks.

Chalk And Clay Landscapes

View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own.

Managing resources

Year 11 - next week we start on our final unit which as the title suggests is managing resources - the weblink below allows you to calculate your carbon footprint - you will probably be suprised!!

Carbon footprint

As part of this unit we will look at renewable energy resources. The video below looks at different types of renewable energy used around the E.U.

Mr. Still

Migration resources

Year 9

Here is a collection of resources for you to use when you revise for you end of unit population test.

India case study - a population policy to reduce population growth rates - people were restricted to two children. This has led to many female babies being killed

Article on female children

Audio file: the author of the article discusses the problems facing India's women

Aging population in the UK - very useful case study (link below)

Aging populations in the UK: the problems and the benefits

Migration - useful website discussing different types of migrants with small-scale personal case studies

Migration website

Mexico to USA case study

Christina's story of her migration to the USA from Mexico

Article about young mexicans being exploited in the USA

Following on from what we discussed on Thursday - here is a clip from the BBC documentary 'the Poles are coming' - lots of useful information. This helps you to really see the other persons point of view!

The Poles are coming!!

Final link - use the Healing Geography Department website for the basic material you must revise/know/understand

Link to the Geogrpahy department website

Finally - watch the German car advert (scroll down on blog). Revision is very important. Get into good habits and it will become easier when it really counts!

Mr. Still

Attention all year 7's!!

Hot off the press!!

After the settlement unit we will be studying something entirely different and new. I am very excited by it as I am pretty sure very few Geography departments in the country will study what you will be studying.

I am not going to write anymore just watch the taster video:

Enjoy, Mr. Still

website address: http://healingschoolgeographydepartment.synthasite.com/

Cool Advert

I think this advert sums up exam success. It is the latest advert from Volkswagon for their new Golf. You may have seen it on TV. The line 'sometimes the only one you have to beat is yourself' is particularly good. It sums up really what a lot of you as students need to think about as often you are the only person who stands between you and success in your exams!

Think about it.

Mr. Still

Pompeii video

This video is about Pompeii the eruption which happened in 79AD. Year 8 students will watch it in class on Thursday. It should be a very interesting lesson and you just need to go with the flow.

Earthquake watch: latest earthquake in Indonesia killing 4 people and measuring 7.6 on the richter scale.

Mr. Still

Admin

Year 11

I have marked your mocks and I am generally quite pleased. It highlights where you need to improve and what we need to revise from February half term.

Your results are available from my classroom window.

If you were absent and missed an exam you must come and see Mr. Still as soon as possible.

Year 9

Your population change end of unit exam will be on Tuesday 13th January. Make sure you use the website and the photocopied sheets. Any questions you have regarding the theory of the unit please come and ask me and I will do my best to help!

Mr. Still

Happy New Year!

Mr. Still and Mr. McCrae welcome you to 2009 and an exciting year for the Geography department with many new projects hopefully being launched including:

Weather recording

• Eco-schools

We hope it will be a good year for Healing school and the geography department.