IGCSE Form 4 spelling test

Okay, here are the words that will feature in the spelling test. I may put a couple of sneaky ones in also but you should be fine.

Suburbanisation
Greenbelt
Rural urban migration
Canary wharf
Situation
Dry point site
Counter urbanisation
Urbanisation
Regeneration
Hoyt
Renewal
Twilight zone
Bid-rent
Rural-urban fringe
Brownfield
Greenfield
Burgess
Favela

Good luck

IGCSE Form 4 Homework

Please complete the questions from the book and make sure that your diagram for the Metro Centre is big (full page?) and has plenty of annotations. You need to revise the following for next week's exam:

1.Problems and solutions in cities.
2.Shopping sites

I will put the words for the spelling test on here later.

Form 2 Spelling test

Here are the words for you to revise:

Zapatistas
Exploration
Deforestation
Erosion
Biodiversity
Desertification
Society
Destruction
Contours
Environmental
Ordnance Survey
Linear scale
Organic

Form 3 spelling test

Please revise the following words:

Salvador
Amazon
Inequality
Socio-economic
Equator
Amerindian
Distribution
Rio de Janeiro
Gross national product
Manaus
Agricultural output
Venezuela
Kidnapping
Pantanal
Bauxite
Aluminium
Deforestation
Anomaly

Population vs resources PRESENTATIONS

Your task is to produce a presentation lasting 10 minutes which examines the theories of Malthus, Bosreup, Ehrlich, Simon and the Club of Rome. It must include the following:

1. Background about the person and their theory.
2. To what extent is it true? For this I would like you to find examples.
3. You must be critical of other theories also. This should be included in points 1 and 2.

It is up to you how you wish to present it. The Malthus group, the Club of Rome group and the Ehrlich group could join together and present a pessimitic view of the future whilst the Boserup and Simon groups could also get together in order to present an optimistic view. You must still present for 10 minutes though each though.

You can present your research in the form of a role play, PPT, film or all three. It is your choice.

YOU MUST ALSO PRODUCE A 1 PAGE HANDOUT THAT SUMMARISES YOUR RESEARCH/PRESENTATION.

test

this is test

IB Diploma IA: Harvard Referencing System

I know that I already gave you some material to help with referencing but here is another site which also explains how to folow the Harvard System for referencing your sources.

http://www.lisa.sbu.ac.uk/helpsheets/hs30.pdf

Form 3 Brazil population pyramid homework

Click on the following link and produce 3 population pyramids for Brazil

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/pyramids.html

For each pyramid I want to describe the situation, (age group with most people, high birth rate, long life expectancy?)

I would like you to try and explain in which year does the population structure look the 'best'. What I mean by this is in which year is the largest number of people of a working age? Maybe not too many old people or too many young people?

Final question - does the future look bright for Brazil?

3m Homework

For some reason some of you are unsure about the homework. To recap, the instructions are as follows:

1.Pick out at least 1 economic indicator (jobs/money), 1 social indicator (health/crime/lifestyle/education) and 1 environmental indicator (endangered species, pollution) using the website www.nationmaster.com

2.Choose indicators where there at least 5 South American countries including Brazil.

3.Transfer and type the data for South American countries only into Excel.

4.Produce a graph for each indicator. The choice of graph is up to you but make sure everything has a title.

You should bring to the lesson at least 3 graphs.

Any problems please email me.

Rainforest Destruction project

Individual Project – Destruction of the rainforest in Chiapas
Your task is to produce a project which covers the following:
· Which part of Chiapas is being destroyed? You must include a HAND DRAWN MAP – DO NOT COPY AND PASTE A MAP
· What is happening to the rainforest in this area and why?
· Who are the different people and organisations involved and what role does society have in solving the problem?
· Whose side are you on? Explain your decision
This project must be no longer than 4 pages and with a font size no bigger than 14. It can include photographs, diagrams and graphs and it must be in YOUR OWN WORDS. It must also have an introduction which explains what the project will include and a conclusion which sums up what you have found out.
Any problems then please email me : anthony@lancaster.edu.mx All my emails are sent to my Gmail account so there will not be problem with my inbox being full.
Here is a selection of websites in English:
http://www.zmag.org/content/Chiapas/bellinghausen_march25-2002.cfm
http://butterflywebsite.com/ecology/azules/
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/mexico/2793.html
http://www.unesco.org/mabdb/br/brdir/directory/biores.asp?mode=all&code=MEX+03 (background)
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20010820/weinberg (history)
http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofiles/pdf/mabr_eng.pdf (this is a really big pdf file that will help you a lot)
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E6DE1E3BF93BA35751C1A9649C8B63 (background)
http://www.jaguar-sun.com/chiapas/chiapas115.html (news story about rainforest being under threat)
There are plenty of others in Spanish but please try and stay with the English sites as this will improve your English. Some websites will contain a lot of detail and some difficult language but please try and your best and be patience.
You must provide a bibliography on the final page. This is where you will list all your resources. Try and find sources that are recent and not old. Also do not just rely on the Internet since National Geographic in the library will contain information as well as guide books such as Lonely Planet.

Form 2 Copy and paste time!

For homework, you must read the following report :

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7175617.stm

Your next task is to write the report in your own words. Think about the following:

• Are there any key pieces of data in the report
• which organisations are mentioned in the report
• Are there any important opinions that should be included in your report? - these you CAN copy and paste!

Your report should be no longer than 8 sentences.