Festive Fun!!! (why is it whenever "fun" is used it rarely is?)

you need an "Elfy" memory to play this
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/christmas/elf.shtml
weihnachten wordsearch
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/christmas/wordsearch.shtml
Santa plays football
http://www.reviseict.co.uk/christmas/santa.shtml
info on Christmas around the world
http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/journey.htm
Christmas Clipart for your ONE xmas card
http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/christmas/christmasindex.htm
the motherload (not all work)
http://www.elfhq.com/
IQ test
http://www.getiq.co.uk/?gclid=CMjrtdDhzJcCFQx3MAodgEoD7Q

Year 10 Savanna and the Sahel

http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs/the-savanna-ecosystem-presentation/

Year 12 Migration Case Study; Poland to the UK

http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs/migration-case-study-poland-to-uk-presentation-837871

Year 12 - Mauritius Population

http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs/population-case-study-mauritius-presentation

Year 10 - Japan Climate

http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs/japan-climate-presentation

Year Nine Plate Tectonics

Some sites to break up the monotony of doing nothing!!

National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/

Great Stuff from Bristol Uni -
http://www.ideers.bris.ac.uk/index.html

BBC ON THIS DAY - Mount St Helens
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/19/newsid_2511000/2511133.stm

Plate Margin Animations (remember transform = conservative)
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es0804/es0804page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

Games4Geog
http://www.games4geog.com/earthquakesvolcanoes.html

Year 10 Depressions

PowerPoint used in the first lesson
http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs/depressions-presentation

Animations of Fronts
http://www.mesoscale.iastate.edu/agron206/animations/05_cnWfronts.html

Global Atmospheric Circulation
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com:8100/legacy/college/strahler/0471238007/animations/ch07_animations/animation3.html

Year 12 Demographic Transition

THE POWER OF OLD PEOPLE - youtube
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NVyyxyirKto

WEB RESOURCES:

http://www.scalloway.org.uk/popu.htm

www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/

www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/collecting_cases.shtml

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/popn1.html (GCSE revision)

http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/worldguide/ - site giving population stats for countries and regions

http://www.geography.btinternet.co.uk/globalpop.htm - loads of stuff

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ population stats PYRAMIDS GALORE

http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/population_atlas/

http://www.geography.btinternet.co.uk/globalpop.htm - too much to list BROWSE




http://www.slideshare.net/reservoirgeogs

Have a go at matching the statistics to the country
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/demographer.html

Year 8 - Tropical Storms

As a introduction to your studies of weather and climate you are invited to find out about tropical storms. In particular we will look at Hurricane Katrina that devastated parts of Southeast USA in 2005.

Your learning will be presented in the form of a mind map. It is intended as an introductory exercise and you will have lots of questions about the how mind maps should be designed and how useful they may be for your future learning................sadly these questions can only be answered by yourselves. MindMaps should be personal to yourself and they map be of limited value to a small percentage of you.

Aims:

To know where in the world tropical storms form and the conditions needed for them to grow.
To understand the hazard they pose to many in the world.
To be able to offer a case study of a severe tropical storm (hurricane Katrina)
To be able to explain why Katrina was particularly damaging.
In addition to these academic aims most of you will gain an understanding of what a mind map is and how they van prove useful in a learning environment.

Outcome:

Each pupil will produce a "mind map" on A3 paper. Each mind map must contain certain information (see below).

You should aim to dedicate approximately half the space available to the topic of tropical storms in general and the remainder should focus on Hurricane Katrina.

Work will be done in class on what information you should be looking to include and notes on this may appear here at a later date.

AS a guide though you should remember the What? Why? Where? Who? When? and How? pricipals to Geography.

Computer Lesson 1 (Thursday)

You are to use this lesson to complete your research on;
the formation of Hurricanes,
http://www.defencedynamics.mod.uk/resource/view.html?id=238&lessonplans_id=217
http://www.curriculumbits.com/prodimages/details/geography/geo0008.html
and the naming and classification of Hurricanes.
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/forcesofnature/interactive/
ABC OF HURRICANES - American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/hurricanes/010524ABCs.html

Computer Lesson 2 (Friday)

Use this lesson to find out deatails about your case study, Hurricane Katrina

Useful Stuff

BBC NEWS ON HURRICANE KATRINA INCLUDING ANIMATED GUIDE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm
NASA
http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/jan/28/hurricanes
Animation Showing Hurricane Categories
http://www.npr.org/news/specials/hurricane/ap/

IMAGES S:\Read Areas\Geography\Year 8

Extension: What do you think this cartoon from the Guardian newspaper is trying to say?

the following link will take you to a word document on mind mapping
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6139840/How-to-Mind-Map

Year 7 Geography Postcards

Your first task of the year and of your career as Geographers at Bolton School.

You have been given full and detailed instructions on how to complete the task. The size of each postcard will be A5 (half the size of an A4 sheet of paper). Within that size you will have a picture (or more than one) and the name of the location you have chosen to write about. Approximately half of the area will be given over to your writing which if typed on a computer will not be more than size 14 font. (time has been booked on the school computers for you to type and find pictures).

The writing.

This is intended to do two things. Within the text you must give a "unique" sense of your particular location. Secondly you must include details of the place's physical, human and environmental geography.

Two files that may help are held on the school intranet (only accessible at school)

S:\Read Areas\Geography\Year 7\Geography Postcards

They are read only files so to use the template you must save a copy to your own drive first.

Year 8 Street Children of Rio

Powerpoint from Daniel Hurt.

Year 9 Boscastle Films

As part of our efforts to differ the ways case studies can be learnt 9e and 9b attempted to make mini movies as an aid to revision. Here are some examples.

YEAR 7 Revision Map Skills

Map Skills - revise with the help of these PowerPoints available on the intranet.
S:\Read Areas\Geography\Year 7\Map Skills PowerPoints

grid refs and symbols:
http://www.geog4u.com/Gridreferences2.pps - revision
http://primary.naace.co.uk/startower/maps/resources/menu.htm - test yourself

compass points: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/earth/lostshock.html

map skills walk the plank: http://www.geog4u.com/mapyourskillsflash.html

guess the countries: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy

latitude and longitude:
http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf
revision

http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vlatlon.html
(enter the latitude and longitude of a country to view it)

http://www.quia.com/rr/2871.html - quiz

http://www.games4geog.com/cg/mapsymbolsswordfight.swf - symbols sword fight

Year 12 Enclosure Act from Radio 4

Part of the series "In Our Time"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20080501.shtml

Year 7 National Parks Posters

You have several posters to choose from.

It could be a poster advertising one particular National Park or a poster advertising the importance of all the National Parks. Alternatively it can be a campaign poster highlighting a conflict within a National Park or promoting an area in an effort to make it into a National Park.

http://www.mylinkspage.com/natpark.html great links to all sorts of realted sites

http://www.cprehampshire.org.uk/index.html campaign to make the South Downs a National Park

http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/ National Parks Authority website.

Volcano Revision

A good quick guide to volcano types.

http://www.cosmeo.com/braingames/virutal_volcano/index.cfm?title=Virtual%20Volcano

Year 9 Fieldwork in Malham

On Thursday 17th April all the year nine geographers will visit Malham in order to observe and sketch some of the features associated with the area. The following websites will help you prepare for the trip and also with any work set after the day. If you don't do anything else at least look at the pictures and watch the video!!

Alex Wards pictures from the day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexander_ward/sets/72157605307764604/

http://www.gowilder.org.uk/geog/WASP/malham.htm

http://www.malhamdale.com/

360 degree panoramas

http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/360picture.asp?id=499&prev=/gallery/360.asp?cat=Panoramic&offset=84&n=Panoramic+Pictures

http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/360picture.asp?id=453&prev=/gallery/360.asp?cat=Panoramic&offset=21&n=Panoramic+Pictures

http://www.skiptonweb.co.uk/gallery/360picture.asp?id=454&prev=/gallery/360.asp?cat=Panoramic&offset=63&n=Panoramic+Pictures

Video illustrating the limestone pavements and an answer to a possible GCSE question.

Year 8 Games - with a Brazilian theme

http://www.games4geog.com/cg/brazilplaceshalfamin.html

http://www.games4geog.com/cg/brazilcontrastshs.html

http://www.games4geog.com/cg/rocinhabarra.html

http://www.quia.com/rr/129079.html

development indicators - learn these without realising

http://www.activegeography.co.uk/flash/dustbin/yr9_development_indicators.html

Year 9 River Features

These animations will help the knowledge infiltrate.

flash file showing waterfall formation
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21604

flash file showing a meander become an ox-bow lake
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21606

flash file showing river transport
http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21393

Year 7 Grand Tours – Word Document Exercise

As part of your studies into the geography of Britain you are asked to become travel agents. In groups of four your job is to create four holidays (or vacations as they may be aimed at the American market).

Useful websites

http://www.visitbritain.com/
http://www.visitscotland.com/
http://www.discovernorthernireland.com/
http://www.visitwales.com/
http://www.discoverireland.com/gb/
http://www.places-to-visit.co.uk/
http://www.expedia.co.uk/
http://www.countryside.gov.uk/LAR/Landscape/DL/aonbs/index.asp

Year 9 Boscastle Flood

Boscastle is a case study of a hydrological hazard in a MEDC.
You need to be able to list the causes, effects and methods to reduce future risk. The links below will assist you with your understanding/learning.
The sites below will help those taught be Mr Hunter complete their presentations on Boscastle.
Remember to include slides on the location, physical causes, human causes, effects (long and short term) and any measures put in place to reduce the risk of future floods. You are also to look briefly at the Lynmouth flood that happened 16/8/1952. (link below)

The word file on the school network (s drive) is useful for this.

S:\Read Areas\Geography\Year 9

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/16/newsid_2960000/2960180.stm

BBC (always good for info) report on Boscastle Flood defence project.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/5341002.stm

metoffice site for students

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/education/secondary/students/boscastle/index.html

YOUTUBE footage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxweiRNlHbo

remember: are the causes human or physical? Are the effects long or short term?

Year 13 Transmittable disease - GGB4

The following sites give up to date information about HIV infection globally. You can also use them to look at different responses to the issues associated with HIV and AIDS.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/30/nqueen130.xml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/aids

http://data.unaids.org/pub/EPISlides/2007/2007_epiupdate_en.pdf

http://www.unaids.org/en/

http://www.avert.org/aidsinafrica.htm

Year 13 Platetectonics.

This website contains detailed information about each type of margin and includes many useful diagrams.
http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/gg/classroom@sea/carlsberg/science/index.html

Year 8 A panorama over a favela

Year 8 Population of Brazil

The sketch below attempts to offer reasons for the distibution of Brazil's population.

now look at the following website for more information

http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_summer2002/eyeon/index.html

Below are some websites that will assist you when it comes to starting your work on the human geography of Brazil. Have a look and be inspired. If the information is of little use enjoy the images.



http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/brazil/# - plan a trip?


http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/countrystudies/factfile.html facts galore?

http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/urbanproblsledcs.html problems associated with rapid population growth - GCSE but useful.

Year 8 Deforestation of the Amazon

BBC news footage from December 2007 highlighting the rate of deforestation in the Amazon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa4checGcVk
If you cant access YouTube search for similar news stories on BBC.co.uk.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-7162971236316738258&q=rainforest

Another google video on the affect soy cultivation is having on the rainforest.

A FLASH GUIDE TO THE RAINFOREST

http://www.geog4u.com/rainforestconcernguide.swf

more detailed information

http://www.mongabay.com/brazil.html

Year 12 Historical Option

This site is a useful introduction to Port Sunlight Village, built by the enlightened industrialist William Hesketh Lever.


http://www.portsunlight.org.uk/

Year 7 Map Games

Sharpen your map and atlas skills on the following sites. Please report any faulty links.

http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/mapgames/geog.html

http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/index.html

http://www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF

http://www.cybersalt.org/content/view/2568/694

Globalisation - a challenge to all

"Shift Happens" a six minute film that lays down a challenge to students and educationalists alike. Makes you think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNutcmyShW4

GCSE revision help

The combined knowledge of the geography staff is on tap for any students who may have concerns over revision. However if that is not enough and you want some help online try the following sites:


BBC GCSE BITESZE - a comprehensive resource containing interactive tests, games and videos not only excellent for geography but other subjects too. Highly recommended!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/

CHANNEL 4 LEARNING - a useful site which directs you to more focussed geographical issues. Also contains information for other subjects. http://www.channel4learning.net/index.html

SCALLOWAY - a site containing online tests and past questions. The Scalloway site, based in Shetland, is designed around the Scottish exam system with its Highers, but much of the material is relevant to UK GCSE syllabuses. There is plenty of material here for all GCSE students. http://www.scalloway.org.uk/

S-COOL - features some nice animations and key notes to print off. There are notes for GCSE and also 'AS' Geography. http://www.s-cool.co.uk/default.asp

STUDYZONES - some excellent advice available at plus lots of stuff for various subjects as well as Geography. http://www.studyzones.com/

Year 8 Rainforests Websites

Here are some suggested websites to help you with your studies. If you are conviced you have found a better one let me know and it will be added.

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/rainforest/

http://www.rain-tree.com/

http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html

Remember to use sources wisely and always check for recent stories on the BBC and other news sites.

Geography "right here and right now"

Thinking of studying geography? Decisions are hard in this fast changing world. This short film from the Geograhical Association may help you decide.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDk06h7Abbw