Form 4 National Parks in Mexico

Hi everyone

Your task is to research about the problems and issues faced by the Montes Azules National Park in Mexico. Please try and find out about any benefits/problems created because of tourism and also any other problems linked to conservation, (e.g.deforestation). There is plenty of information on the internet but I will leave up to you to find it. 

Please write this information in your books. 

Swine Flu - IB Case Study

Hi everyone

The swine flu crisis that we are experiencing at the moment provides you with case study material for the geography of disease for paper 1. You need to be aware of how a disease spreads spatially as well the socio-economic consequences. Make sure that you are detailing information in these 2 areas.

STAY SAFE!

Hi everyone

I hpe that are all fit and healthy. Here are the instructions for the group project:

Leisure and Tourism – group task

 

You have to produce a presentation within a group of 4/5 that lasts at least 10 minutes. You must also produce a report that is at least 3 pages long.  It is up to you to communicate via email and sort out your groups.  The presentation and report must include the following:

Choose an area in one of the following countries: Mexico, Kenya, Spain, Peru, Costa Rica (or another place in the world!) and complete the following tasks:

1.Describe its location and its attractions (physical (mother nature) and human)

2.Describe AND explain the growth of tourism

3.What negative and positive impacts have there been?

4.What solutions have been put in place to try and solve/reduce the negative impacts?

5.What is the future for tourism in your chosen area?

Good luck with this! You will need to communicate with the other members of your group. Please contact me if you need their email addresses. I know it is more difficult than meeting face to face but you can produce a lot of work over the 7 days.

Let me know if you have ANY questions

G20 student questionnaire

Please click on the link below in order to complete the student questionnaire:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/es/mexico-globalchangemakers.htm

IB Topo mapping - shapes of settlements

Have a look at the following website and categorise the settlements shown into different shapes. Use your notes to help you. 

http://www.acadat.com/HLC/HLCTowy/Towyvalleymap.htm

IGCSE Form 5 Drought research

Your task is to produce a report, no longer than  page which examines drought in a LEDC. The questions you must answer to provide content in your report are as follows:

1.What is drought and are there different types?

2.Find a LEDC that has experienced drought or is currently experiencing drought.  In the country of your choice describe and explain the following:- 

a)When did the drought start and how long has it lasted so far/did it last?

b)What were the causes of the drought? Was it just a lack of rainfall or were other factors involved?

b)What human and physical effects did/has it have/had?

c)How was/how is the problem going to be solved?

Make sure that you include a map and photographs. 

Form 4 Homework

Hi everyone

The homework task is to produce a page of research in Word or Publisher which answers the following 2 questions:

1.What is a delta? 

2.Why are deltas important?

Please write your research in your own words and include photographs and maps.  Think about the economic benefits of this river landform to people and societies.  I would prefer it if you could print out the work yourselves rather than emailing it to me. 

Any problems email me!

Form 4 Spelling and definition test

Hi everyone

Here are the terms that you need to learn for a test this week:

Impermeable	A rock that will not allow water to pass through it
Porous	A rock containing tiny pores that allow water to be stored
Saturation	When all the pores have been filled with water in the ground
Limestone	A type of sedimentary rock
Interception	When vegetation prevents precipitation from reaching ground level
Meander	A river bend
Hydraulic action	Erosion caused by the force of water breaking off pieces of rock
Suspension	A process of transportation in which material is picked up and carried along in the water itself
Igneous	A rock formed by magma cooling within the earth’s crust or by lava cooling on the surface
Infiltration	The point at which water passes into the ground
Sedimentary	A rock that has been laid down in layers
Attrition	Erosion caused when rocks and material bump together in a river and break up into smaller pieces
Wetted perimeter	Where water comes into contact with the river banks and bed
Metamorphic	A rock that has been altered by extremes of heat and pressure
Permeable	A rock that will alow water to pass through it
Discharge	The velocity of the water x its volume at a given point in the river
Delta	An area of silt deposited by a river when it enters a lake or sea
Velocity	The speed of the river
Ox-bow lake	A crescent-shaped lake formed after a river cuts through the neck of a meander
Corrasion	Erosion caused by the rubbing of material carried by rivers
Evapotranspiration	The loss of moisture from vegetation
Saltation	A method of transportation where small particles are ‘bounced’ along the river bed
Interlocking spur	A series of spurs that project alternately from the sides of a V-shaped valley
Corrosion	Erosion caused by acids in rivers dissolving rocks
Weathering	The breaking down of rocks in situ
Deposition	The laying down of material previously transported by a river

Form 5 IGCSE Weather data

Hi everyone. We have discussed the different instruments that can be used to measure the weather.  Your next task is to examine and analyse weather data.  Please go to the following web address:

http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/natural_environments/weather/weather_data.htm

On this page there are a series of tasks that you must complete using other websites. Record your answers on the word document that you download from the page.  It is quite a lengthy homework but it will ensure that you have a great level of understanding whilst improving your IT skills. 

Let me know if you have any problems. 

Happy New Year!!!!!

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a great holiday! Back to work now though and we have a lot to get through before final examinations for Form 5 and Upper 6 students as well as various exams for form 4. We are ahead of schedule in all the syllabuses though so you will have the necessary knowledge and understanding to gain the A and B grades that I expect.  You can do it!