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Form 4 homework - inequality in cities

Hi everyone

I have set you quite a difficult homework this week so be prepared! Please have a look at the article on the website below and produce a summary in your own words.  It should be no more than half a page and you must type it. This is the best type of geography in my opinion: it is topical and in the news, it affects people and involves different aspects of society.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/23/population-egalitarian-cities-urban-growth

Good luck with this work and please contact me if you are unsure about anything.  There will be a number of words that you do not understand.  Please find the definitions on the web or email me.

IGCSE Types of data presentation part 2

IGCSE Types of data presentation part 1

For your examination paper regarding human and physical virtual fieldtrips, you will need to know about the different ways of displaying data.  On the next series of postings I have included colour versions of the graphs I have given you in class. Please be aware of what graphs/charts are most appropriate for what type of data. Think about the advantages and disadvantages for each type. For example a choropleth is quite easy to produce in terms of time but it does not show differences within an area. 

Palenque compared to the modern world?

An excellent article is in the Guardian newspaper today. As geographers, we should clearly see the links between politics, the environment and society within the report which compares the collapse of the Mayan world to the current 'collapse' of world economies and advancing climate change. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/oct/28/climatechange-population

Brilliant site!

The following website is fanastic.  It shows photographs from various cities around the world and you could become one of the people who has photographed Mexico City.  Click on the link to become a photographer. I do not think Mexico City is represented at the moment. A city as big as ours!

http://www.360cities.net/

Let me know what you think!

Great map website

Have a look at the following website:

http://show.mappingworlds.com/

It produces fantastic interactive maps that can be downloaded and used in projects and reports. 

IB Diploma - Development: Recycling, why bother?

In 2 groups, you must prepare for a debate about whether or not we should recycle.  The more difficult argument will be the one against recycling. Regardless of your own personal views, you must put forward the case, either for or against and ensure that you work as group to collect evidence. 

Here are some articles for the group which is against recycling:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/specials/article2718175.ece

http://www.naturalnews.com/020582.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jan/14/ethicalliving.lifeandhealth

Good luck!

Form 4 Sustainable cities

Hi everyone

I wanted to provide more detail for the homework:

Write 1 side of A4 using a computer that includes a definition for sustainable cities and detail about Masdar City near Abu Dhabi, the world's first zero-carbon city. Make sure you include a map and 2 JPEG images. You find plenty of information via Gulf News and BBC News as well as Google Earth.

Thanks!

Inequality in Mexico

Mexico is top of the league!..........Unfortunately this is for inequality.  The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. This is the finding from a report that came out today from the OECD which stated that the wealthiest 10% in Mexico have 25 times more wealth than the poorest 10%. Amazingly the difference has actually decreased since 2000 yet clearly there is still room to help the poorest in society develop. Those countries in Scandinavia fared the best. 

Updates

Sorry I have not updated this blog for a while.

I guess it is not that I have not been giving you homework or exams! I am going to make a big effort to consistently add those geographical stories that have been hitting the headlines (and there many!) especially the ones that are linked to classwork. 

Upper 6 IB Appropriate technology movies

The tasks for your movie are as follows:

1.

The geographical location of the project - make sure it is small scale or 'local

2.How the sustainable development project works

3.How the project aids development

4.How the project is 'sustainable'

Good luck!