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!

Form 4 IGCSE Exam - Monday and Tuesday next week

Hi everyone

Please make sure that you revise everything we have looked at so far for the population including migration for both forced and voluntary. I will be emailing all the classes with the cartulinas for Darfur. 

Good luck and let me know if you have any questions!