Roll on the Leaver's Ball

Picture of the Week

Can you identify this weather system?

Can you say where they are found and how they are formed?

Can you describe some of their effects on people and the environment?

Picture of the Week

Can you identify this weather system?

Say how it is formed and where it might be found?

Can you describe some of the effects it might have on people?

It is a picture of a hurricane.

Positive Multiplier Effect

Download positive_miultiplier.doc

Case Studies

Click on link below to find complete list of Case Studies used in Papers 1 and 2 in last 10 years.

Download case_studies_updated_19_04_07.doc

Flood Management

Because of shortage of time we cannot cover this in class.

I suggest you use the information below to produce an Openmind revision document (or similar)

Bitesize Revision guide pages 32 - 33

or go to:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/riverswater/floodingrev6.shtml

Geography Revision Sessions

Revision sessions begin on Wednesdays after school in room 15.

The first session is on Wed 18th April.

Picture of the week 19th March

This picture shows flooding in Bagladesh.

Can you explain the causes of this flooding and the impact it will have on people?

Revise causes of floods and monsoon climate.

Monsoon and flooding

You are currently studying flooding however now is a good time to do some climate revision ie monsoons.

Look at the following links:-

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/tropical_monsoon_1.html

Also on same site check out:-

• climate change
• tropical wet/dry climate (savanna)
• marine west coast climate eg UK
• urban climate eg urban heat islands
• global climate change

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/monsoon.shtml

• the Asian Monsoon
• Also click on Impacts of the Asian monsoon

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/weather/globalclimaterev3.shtml

Year 10 Geography Exam

Year 10 examx are imminent.

Geographers should revise the following topics:-

Urban Geography especially:-

• urbanisation
• counter - urbanisation - village of Leire, Leicester
• an urban planning scheme eg in Leicester or Birmingham or Sao Paulo
• Migration - movement of people from rural to urban areas - push - pull factors. This could apply to Brazil

Look at the first post on the geography blog which gives some revision sites. Look at s-cool and bitesize in the urban geography sections.

Make sure you know key words.

Flooding

You will be studying flooding shortly.

Here is an image of monsoon flooding in N.Australia.

Have you revise monsoon climate recently - you need to!

Go to :-

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=23596