Volcano posters

Form 3, you must produce a poster which answers 4/5 questions concerning volcanoes. You could focus upon a particular volcano or examine a number of volcanoes. Your poster must be 1 page and it must be produced using a computer. Make sure it is eye-catching and that it contains a map and images as well as the answers to your questions of course.

Tectonic animation

Rodrigo in form 3M sent me this link which shows some great animation for tectonic movement. This page should help your understanding of continental drift and plate movement.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html

Thanks Rodrigo!

Man conquers rainfall!

Can we prevent rainfall? Alton Towers, a theme park in England, aims to carry out 'cloud- seeding' to stop wet weather and encourage visitors. Have a look at the story since it mentions how other countries have used cloud-seeding :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/6968221.stm

Form 3 Homework

Your homework task this week is to produce 4 annotated diagrams in your books showing tectonic plate movement. The diagrams must be hand drawn and should not be copy and pasted from the Internet whilst they must include annotations, not labels. Try and use coloured pencils rather than felt tips and at least half a page for each diagram. The 4 plate movements that we are studying are :
Destructive (subduction)
Collision
Constructive
Conservative

Try and include an example of the plates involved for each plate boundary.

Is the earth warming up?

More evidence was released study by the Norwegian Polar Institute regarding global warming since for the first time since records began, ships are able to navigate through a shipping route called the North West Passage. Click on the link to find out more:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/28/climatechange.internationalnews

Latest Earthquakes

Excellent link for latest world earthquakes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

CHINA ONE CHILD POLICY IB Diploma/population, IGCSE/population dynamics

China warns that it has a large gap between males and females due to a preference for wanting boys rather than girls. The article provides some detail on the numbers whilst it also discusses the aging population. This is an excellent case study for how government policy needs to adapt as a country's population is alters due to socio-economic reasons.

Watch the video below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi?redirect=fs.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nol_storyid=6964300