Just for fun!

What sort of world looks like this? Can you guess? 

The world as you have never seen it before! Visit www.worldmapper.com for some very interesting data.

Pants through the years….

I think this is great! Find out more about global warming here…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/global_warming1.shtml

Try this quiz…see if you can see which part of the world is missing. Be observant!

 

Watch this animation to see the effects of a hurricane…

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=18340

You might like to play this simulation game! Let me know what you think…

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/

Geography in the News

Saturday 28th April 2007

 What is Karol from Dover talking about?

Just before the earth shook there was a deep rumbling noise and the whole of our street shook in an east-west motion.

The seagulls went crazy and in parts of Dover the electricity is off.

This morning at 8.18am there was an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter Scale, 7.5 miles off the coast from Folkestone in Kent in the English Channel.

 Find out all about it here…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6602677.stm

Look at pictures…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6603129.stm

Possible wider impacts…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/6603547.stm

Wacth a movie here…

 http://blip.tv/file/get/Adtastic2001-KentEarthquake809.wmv

Videos from Sky

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/fullscr?videoRef=http://skynews-clips.videoloungetv.com/public/skynews/latest/flash/analysis_280407_1000.flv

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/fullscr?videoRef=http://skynews-clips.videoloungetv.com/public/skynews/latest/flash/quakeshots_280407_1000.flv

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/fullscr?videoRef=http://skynews-clips.videoloungetv.com/public/skynews/latest/flash/damage_280407_1100.flv

http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/fullscr?videoRef=http://skynews-clips.videoloungetv.com/public/skynews/latest/flash/eyewitness1_280407_0900.flv

Check out here to find out recent earthquakes – you’ll be suprised!

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl

Other news

What impact are YOU having on the planet? Statistics from the Human Footprint programme shown on Channel 4 are avaiable. There is also a nice human footrpint calculator to have a play with…

http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/H/human_footprint/index.html

In your lifetime you will comsume

* 4239 toilet rolls

* 845 tins of baked beans

* 1 million litres of water in baths

* 24 trees to make the books and newspapers you read

* 10,000 bars of chocolate

 Which record has been broken this month?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6598953.stm

Revision!

Well, its the end of Year 11 and time’s nearly up! Use the following to help you get ready for your exam!

These webpages will help everybody, but particularly VISUAL leaners…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/index.shtml

Download PODCASTS if you’re an auditory learner…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/geography/index.shtml

Download FLASH CARDS to help you revise key terms (thanks to Geobytes), particularly useful if you are a kinaesthetic learner…

Coasts Flashcards

Energy Flashcards

Farming Flashcards

Industry Flashcards

Plate tectonic Flashcards

Population Flashcards

Quality of life Flashcards

Water cycle and Rivers Flashcards

Settlement Flashcards

Rainforest Flashcards

Animaniacs does Geography!

Watch this amazing video to learn country names and locations. The tune is really catchy!

 

 and with flags…

Find out about the universe..

Coursework

Coursework needn’t be like this…

If you are feeling lost, try reading the Coursework Guide for ideas in how to move forward.

Coursework Booklet

Volcanoes

Here are some interesting animations from another school’s website, check it out!

http://www.ke5ways.bham.sch.uk/kegs/animation/plate_tectonics.html 

This half term we are studying Volcanoes.  I like volcanoes as they are absolutlely fascinating to look at particularly when they are erupting! It makes you realise the true power of nature.

This week we have started an enquiry into the Mt St Helens volcanic eruption on 18th May 1980.

HOMEWORK: Mt St Helens Enquiry Sheet 

 

To find out more about Mt St Helens…

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/msh/

To see what’s going on right now….

 http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

Listen to our favourite song…(!)

Open the link below, scroll down to the bottom right the song is called Old St Helen and click play! You can even sing along if you like! I know you want to…..

http://slab500.com/jonas/index.php?page=songs&display=51

The words are here…

http://slab500.com/jonas/index.php?page=songs&display=69&category=What_Kind_Of_Cat_Are_You-question–exclaim-

 

Find out more about Supervolcanoes…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

Old Faithful….what a geyser!

http://www.yellowstone-natl-park.com/oldfaithful.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser

http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/oldfaithfulcam.htm

 

Pyrocalstic flows (AKA nuee ardente)…

imagine this coming after you!

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/PF/pcflows.html

 

Try this quiz..A question of volcanoes!