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Traveller IQ

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Year 9 JBR data

Here is the link to the shops & services spreadsheet.

Feel free to copy the data into a MS EXCEL file if you want to edit & manipulate existing data OR save it as another Google spreadsheet

9AY - We are still waiting for some Env Quality data from 9TJ. The file will be updated so keep checking back.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At8D2_Eb6I0edGJKWVV5M1RsMU9oRFVDSFUwZVJFeFE&usp=sharing


Here are the questionnaire responses:

Feel free to copy the data into a MS EXCEL file if you want to edit & manipulate existing data OR save it as another Google spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0At8D2_Eb6I0edDlISElfV01GN1c1TlBOQUNIUzAwSkE&usp=sharing

Permissions for both spreadsheets are set so that you can VIEW but not EDIT

Year 8 UAE Population Study

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JBR fieldwork questionnaire responses 2013

Please log your responses by clicking on the link below.

Click here to open the form.

JBR Fieldwork - Hypothesis

Retail and Global Brands Investigation at Marina Walk
Jumeirah Beach Residence

Hypothesis
Write a brief hypothesis for the following research questions:

1. What is the link between type of shop/service and pedestrian density?
2. Do similar shops and services cluster together?
3. Do major brands have larger frontages?
4. How have the planners made the area attractive?
5. Who are the visitors to JBR and what brands are they buying or using?

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Montserrat - LIC Volcanic Eruption

Research the 1995-97 Volcanic Event

Include the following:

Map & location
Tectonic background - History, Plates involved, Plate boundary type, VEI, Volcano Type, Lava Type etc
Eruption - Dates, Volume, nature, location, plume, photo's

Year 7 Flood Detective

Flooding in Tewkesbury
This task is going to assess and test your investigative skills.
You are a flood detective!!

Key Questions: 
What were the causes of the Tewkesbury flooding?
Why is Tewkesbury particularly vulnerable to flooding?
Look at your work "What causes floods". Can you apply any of that "theory"to the Tewkesbury case study?
Can you find any map evidence to suggest Tewkesbury is vulnerable to flooding?
Sources: Textbook, BBC News, Google

Present your findings. Include the following sections.
Introduction: Location, dates etc
Causes: Rainfall? Rivers?
Vulnerability: Rivers, relief, slopes, flood plains, urbanisation, 

Poverty Latest from the news preparation for Unit 3

Here are a couple of things that you might find useful for Unit 3 in the poverty section. The first is from the Economist click here.


The second is a series on BBC World at the moment focusing on Why Poverty.  This should be available on the BBC World website. Click schedules to see when it is on.

Year 12 - revision keywords

Coasts

Rivers

Year 12 Revision

Bangladesh Flooding and FAP

http://coolgeography.co.uk/- Flooding in Bangladesh

Mock Exam Unit 3 29 May 2013

The mock exam for Unit 3 will be held on Wednesday 29 May 2013 starting at 08.00 hours.

Year 9 - China City Study

Imagine you had to put together a factfile about Dubai!

It would be easy!! However - you need to do it for one of the top 10 Chinese cities (by population)

For your chosen city find out and elaborate on the following topics:

Location - map etc - 2 maps? - different scales

Photo’s

Population - current & growth

Wealth - GDP?

Main language(s)

Main industries - tourism? manufacturing? Trade? Finance?

Infrastructure - Int airport? Port, New Billion dollar metro etc

Physical surroundings - mountains, rivers, plains, deserts, seas

Nearby cities

Weather & Climate

Hazards - flooding, EQ’s, volcanoes

Tourism - Famous Landmarks, monuments

Any notable historical events

British School?

Links to Dubai?

China Inequality - How the Rich and the Poor compare

Year 13 - China Earthquake

China learning the lessons from 2008?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22244805

http://www.newser.com/article/da5qu4l02/china-hones-its-disaster-relief-in-latest-deadly-quake-with-helicopters-and-portable-atms.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323551004578438753889726678.html

The UK's Energy Sources

Get an map of the UK from Google images
Paste it into a document or print and stick it into your exercise book

Research the UK's "energy mix" ie How does the UK generate its electricity and use fossil fuels

Annotate your map to show some of the locations of specific sources of energy
E.g.
Nuclear power stations
Large wind farms (onshore and offshore)
Tidal Power
Wave power
Solar power
Coal fired power stations
Gas fired power stations
Oil fired power stations
HEP
Biofuels
Geothermal Power

Get photographs where possible.
In some case you could explain how it works (e.g. Wave power)
Add place names to build up a picture of the UK and its Energy
Add a suitable title
Try and keep it to one page of A4 (you can go onto 2 pages if necessary)

Print & stick it in your book (if done on computer)

Some help for you!!

The Scottish Government has approved plans for a 10MW array of tidal stream generators near Islay, Scotland

Biomass Energy Centre is a biomass fired CHP power station located in the town of Chilton in County Durham.

Top 3 wind farms in UK

Greater Gabbard –

Walney (phases 1&2)

Sheringham Shoal

Year 13 - Sichuan Earthquake 2013

This latest quake has hit the same area as you have studied.
Illustrates the challenges the Chinese authorities have in dealing with EQ's


"Lushan, where the quake struck, lies where the fertile Sichuan plain meets foothills that eventually give rise to the Tibetan plateau, and sits atop the Longmenshan fault." - SAME PLACE!!!

"rescuers are now understood to be struggling to reach the worst-affected areas because of aftershocks and landslides."
"Hard-hit parts of the county remained unreachable by road and several highways were cut off."
"In villages closest to the epicentre, almost all low-rise houses and buildings had collapsed. "

Read the article!!


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/thousands-hurt-156-killed-china-quake-devastates-rural-villages-8581507.html

Heathrow Airport

Economist article on Heathrow proposed expansion in the Contemporary Conflicts and Challenges presentation.

Yr 12 Easter Holiday work

Yr12 - You need to have completed the following work by the end of the Easter holidays:

Spits, Bars, Tombolos, Cuspate forelands - Example & explanation.
Hard Engineering & Soft Engineering approaches - Theory & examples p114-116
Recap Isostatic and Eustatic change

There are a number of "easy" case studies which you must also complete: 

Seaford Beach replenishment - Case Study - p116 - Explain why it was needed and what the authorities did to combat erosion. Find and annotate a map. (It gives you a sense of place). Use snipping tool & Google earth)

Essex Marshes Managed Retreat case study - p124-126 - Explain why it was needed and what the authorities did to combat erosion. Find and annotate a map. (It gives you a sense of place)

Flight Radar Website

http://www.flightradar24.com/

Track planes progress to and from Dubai (and worldwide)

Click on a plane that is coming into land at DXB and click the blue COCKPIT VIEW button in the left (see below)

Watch the plane land in DXB International airport

Happy Flying!!

Year 12 Food work for the Holiday

You need to click on the link below to access the powerpoint which will detail the work that you need to do.

Food work

Year 8 - UAE fossil fuels

Click on the link below to begin some research into the UAE & its fossil fuels.

http://goo.gl/683Ax

Geography Department calendar with external exam dates

Click on the link below to access the

Geography Calendar

7AA & 7WD football research

8EA & 8JS Energy research

Fossil Fuels

What are the main fossil fuels?
What is the UK’s ‘Energy Mix”?
Google the term “UK energy mix”.
Find a suitable pie chart that answers the question.

Research each fossil fuel with a focus on the following 3 themes:

Sustainability: 
When is each source projected to run out?
Does each source harm the environment? How?
Which of the 3 main fossil fuels is the worst for the environment? Why?
Security:
Does the UK rely on imports of fossil fuels?
From where does the UK import most of its fossil fuels? Map?
How reliable are the UK’s imports?
E.g. What problems have there been when importing natural gas from Russia
E.g. How secure are the Straits of Hormuz - Oil & Gas
Affordability: 
What has happened to the price of each fossil fuel in the last 10 years or so?
Can you find a graph for each fossil fuel?
What might be the impact of future price rises on the UK

7AA & 7WD - Football Clubs HW

Use the following website to complete your graph:

http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/footballteams/FootballTeamsTable5.asp

Answer the question:

Is there a correlation between the population of the town/city and how good the football team is?
Use data in your answer!!

Spider diagrams for revision

Spider diagrams are often used by pupils and teachers.  Here is an article from the Daily Telegraph which explains why you should be using them and why they work.

Spider diagrams.

Geography: a recession proof degree

It seems that a Geography degree is recession proof according to the Daily Telegraph along with subjects such as psychology, design and languages. The article cites the variety of skills Geography helps to develop as being of importance. 'Perhaps the wide range of skills offered by the subject has enabled graduates to prosper, with unemployment among recent students rising from 6.9 to just 10.2 per cent'  For the full article in the Daily Telegraph click here.

Year Nine Coffee

Year Nine homework reminder.

Weather

If you are interested in the weather then you can click here for the latest radar map of the Gulf.
Cloud shows up in different colours depending on cloud density.
Yellow and red areas indicate intense convectional activity.
The image is updated every 10 minutes.

9DR Development analysis

Complete these questions for your HW:
What does the 'total' column tell us about the countries you picked?
How does the 'total' column compare to the 'GNI per cap' column?
What does it tell you about ONLY using GNI to judge a countries development?
Use the statistics to explain why country X is more developed than country Y

Year 12 - Bangladesh Flooding Research

Research how Bangladesh is trying to manage the flood problem
Use Fig 1.52 to help -
E.g.
Compartmentalisation pilot project,
Bank protection pilot project
Brahmaputra right embankment strengthening (BRE)
etc

You can also use the following links as a starting point (you need to do more)
http://www.gwptoolbox.org/index.php?option=com_case&id=127
http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2006/12/flooding-in-ledc-1998-floods-in.html (GCSE but good)
http://www.apfm.info/pdf/case_studies/bangladesh.pdf