Graphs and excel - there's a new way!

If you struggle with excel to create your graphs or you would like a new look graph then have a look at this...!!

An awesome on-line programme...you can store your graphs "somewhere out there"...and pick them up wherever you are.

Click here and have a play

Here's one or two graphs I made earlier...

Thames Barrier Closures

CO2/Temp Correlation

Flood Maps

Flood Map

Enviroment Agency Flood Maps

GCSE REVISION

New Resource and Revision Guide 

now complete

click here

Map Activities

Click here to Drag the continents

Click here to name the continents

Click here to drag the countries of Europe

Click here to learn the capital cities of Europe

Click here to learn the rivers of Europe

Click here to test yourself on the rivers of Europe

GCSE AID

You must have a case study on an AID agency.

OXFAM is a good one 

There are excellent background notes here

Click image for slideshow

Click here for more information on the Zabaleen

Hall's 'Kiss Backwards' model for evaluation

In GG5 a vital skill you need to be able to do is evaluate the sustainability of projects and schemes.

I invented this model a few years ago and it seems to have been a help. It doesn't always fit the question exactly and you have to use it creatively!

Here's how it works:

Supposing you need to evaluate a water resource scheme or a tourism project then simply Kiss Backwards!!

Scale
Stakeholders
Investment
Knock on effects

Scale: is the scale of the project/scheme appropriate to the scale of the problem or the scale the solution requires?

Stakeholders: who are they? Does the scheme meet the needs of the most needy stakeholders? Is there a conflict between the stakeholders and does this scheme/project keep the conflicts to a minimum?

Investment: is the funding required realistic? Where will it come from? Is the scheme sustainable financially over a long period? Is the investment in technology appropriate and the maintenance sustainable?

Knock on: this is where good and bad SEED is needed!
social
economic
environmental
demographic

Here you need to do a 'balance sheet' and weigh the good seed against the bad.

So, what are the positive and negative social/economic/environmental/demographic impacts?

Technically these are what are known as:
positive and negative 'externalities'.

Games to learn about Europe

Click here and choose your theme and level

Form 1 Population games

Population Challenge
Puzzling Population

GCSE Physical Geography

Coasts: half a min
Coasts: penalty shoot out
Coasts: walk the plank

Ice: penalty shoot out

Weather and Climate: invaders
Weather and Climate: grade or no grade

L6th Revision

Produce one form of presentation for each of the following themes.

Use my website, the revision web page, the Geogonline website, or your notes to help you.

Ideas for presentations: an A4 page, a mind map, one ppt slide, a webpage. Each presentation should be distinctive and very easy to look at for final revision.

Case Studies in green - you will find links to most on my website.

Tectonics:

1. Patterns of Plates
2. Processes and landforms at plate boundaries
3. Hazards & impacts at plate boundaries (Kent Earthquake click here, Pakistan 2005)
4. Perception & Management of hazards (Kobe, Asian Tsunami & Santorini click here)
5. Global impact of hazards click here
6. Evaluation of effectiveness of strategies (Montserrat click here)

Hydrology:

1. The hydrological processes associated with drainage basins?  Inputs/outputs, physical/human influences on river regimes/hydrographs (R. Severn, R Wye & deforestation)
   
2. The causes and consequences of flooding?  Physical/human causes, the relative importance of these factors, physical/demographic/economic impacts of flooding (Tewsksbury, Bangladesh)
   
3. Perception and management of flood hazard within a drainage basin?  Differing perceptions and awareness of flooding, strategies to manage flooding and their effectiveness.  (Cowbridge, Llanblethian)
   

Climate Change

1. World's major climates and their biomes (Learn ONE Biome in detail)
2. Short term and long term climate change (Key issues click here) (El Nino, Milankowitch Cycle)
3. The causes of climate change
4. Issues resulting from climate change (Innuit click here)
5. Strategies used to address climate change click here
6. Evaluation of attempts to reduce climate change (Barcelona - a sustainable city)

Population

1. Demographic transition model
2. Demographic features of Burkina Faso, China, UK, and Italy
3. Different types of migration and impacts on the country migrants are leaving and on host country - economic, political, forced, voluntary etc (Poles to UK  click here  Poles to Maryport click here)
4. What are the issues of the migration of refugees and asylum seekers? Causes, impacts, housing, repatriation, attitudes click here
5. What are the causes and impacts of changing gender structures? eg China, Italy click here
6. What are the demographic challenges facing countries? Aging click here (Japan)/AIDS (Uganda)/policies (China)

Urban

1. What are the distinctive features of settlements?  Cities/towns/villages, urban-rural continuum, perception
   
2. How does the social and cultural structure of settlements vary and why? intra-urban migration, counterurbanisation, re-urbanisation, student ghettos, commuter villages etc.    (Ghetto v student districts, Nappy valley, retirement - Bournemouth, Minine settlement Blaenau Gwent)
   
3. What are the issues of the inner city? regeneration  (WREXHAM)
   
4. What are the issues being faced in the CBD? access, pedestrianisation, renewal (WREXHAM)
   
5. How is the rural-urban fringe changing and why?  Greenbelt, bypass, housing/industrial/retail developments  (WREXHAM)
   
6. How are rural settlements changing and why?  2nd homes, commuting, change in rural economy, perception, recreation  (Caerhun)
   

GCSE Revision lists

Paper 1

Paper 2

GCSE Bitesize AUDIO BITES

GCSE revision Audio revision

GCSE revision Podcasts scroll down to find this icon




GCSE revision Podcasts - a range of audio bites for human and physical themes

GCSEpod - "audio books" in bitesize chunks - a great resource

Form 1: Work Games

Have a go at these games:

1. Hoopshot

2. Penalty Shoot out

4th Form: Climate Change Games

Watch this first

Have a go at these:

1. Match me up

2. Changing Climates

3. Save the Teddy - stop global warming!

4. Fumbling Fossil Fuels

5. Climate Chaos or if you want it easier Climate Chaos (cheat)

6. Now have a go at making some decisions about sustainable living

HOMEWORK: Draw a picture or find a photo of a sustainable house and annotate it to identify at least 5 sustainable features and explain how/why they are sustainable.

L6: Mr Hall's 'migration' task beginning 16th March

The job for the last 3 teaching sessions this term is to complete the 'migration' taks - click here to download the TASK SHEET.

This will take lessons on Monday 16th & 23rd plus homework time and we will present our findings on Thursday 26th. My webpage is also set up to help with this task

Thursday 19th we go to Wrexham

Ms Bradnam's L6 prep

For Tuesday 17th March, please complete the prep on the attached sheet.

4th Form: Desertification Games

Try your hand at these light hearted games!

The Fightback

Finger-fast-Words

Match up on the effects

Have a stab at the problems!

GCSE Trade Unit

TUESDAY 10th MARCH

Work in pairs. Mr Delaney has two spare laptops should anyone need one - sorry Eve not my white one!!

Continue working on the Trade interactive module (see below for weblink). By the end of the lesson you should have completed all the worksheets and know the MNC/TNC Case Study.

Remember the Revision session tonight at 6.30

Remember next Wednesday is your paper 2 Mock

Click here to download the unit

OR

Click here to use it on-line