Send a postcard to the DC Geography Department

• send the Geography Department a postcard
• choose one that is geographical - human or physical
• there are some on the noticeboard in the corridor
• send your card to: The Geography Department, Dubai College, P.O.Box 837, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A Level Geography Investigation

Click here to go to the Royal Geographical Society advice on completing an investigation.

AQA Geography Command Words

You can find a list of the AQA command words explained here:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/resources/geography/as-and-a-level/geography/teach/command-words

Online Geography Courses

Online Geography courses can be found by doing a Google search. Some common ones are listed below.

Alison online Geography course

OpenLearn from the Open University Geography

A list of free online Geography courses can be found here

Geography Competitions

Trinity College, CambridgePlease note that this essay competition has not run since 2015. Please here to check for updates.

Please see below various competitions that you can enter,David W.Smith Memorial Prize 2017 (supported by Routledge Publishers)Essay Competition 

The Developing Areas Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) annual essay competition in memory of David W. Smith. David W Smith, who also published under the name of David Drakakis Smith, was an outstanding scholar committed to researching on Third World cities. He died in 1999.

A2 level students in England and Wales and Advanced Higher students in Scotland are invited to write an essay of up to 1500 words on the following title:With reference to one city in the Global South, discuss the key opportunities and challenges that cities post for sustainable development.Essays should be word processed and 1.5 spaced. The word count does not include the reference list.Essays must be received by Friday 9 March 2017. Please include your name, school and contact details with your essay. Your teacher must confirm that the essay is your own work. If you would like to acknowledge receipt of your essay please indicate this in your submission email.

Submit an electronic copy to the email address below:
Dr Jessica Hope
Jch84@cam.ac.uk

Any queries can be sent to Professor Nina Laurie (nina.laurie@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Royal Geographical Society (RGS)National Geographic Traveller's Photography Competition click here

Getting to know Newcastle

Click here to watch this video about Newcastle.  Click here.  Here is a video about the central areas of Newcastle.  Click here.

See here for a website courtesy of Cool geography.

AQA Geography GCE Spec

http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/specifications/alevel/AQA-2030-W-SP-14.PDF

Advantages & Disadvantages of different graphs - UNIT 2

http://www.whaqualitycenter.org/Portals/0/Tools%20to%20Use/Making%20Sense%20of%20Data/Using%20Graphs%20to%20Display%20Data%20R%202-12.pdf

Geography Review link

For Geography Review click here

Year 12 Desert Fieldwork

Write up Document - (includes photos of location)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BN6pg6_gtotrwyn7tT9O-0yQOQf5CUhd-XGrT9D8izI/edit?usp=sharing

Desertification in the Aral Sea region

Desertification in the Aral Sea area

Introduction
Location - Get a map of the region and Country(s),
Any relevant statistics - Climate (Rainfall & temperature), Population, Area, History (soviet?)

Causes
Research the main Physical and Human causes of desertification in the region. which particular areas are at risk. Why etc

Effects
Outline some of the main effects of this large scale desertification - on people & the environment. E.g. Salinity, farming, population, unemployment, poverty, industry, social unrest, desertification

Responses/Management
What has been done to combat this problem? Who by? When?
What further could be done?
Any success stories? Any examples of failure? Reasons?

The Causes of Aridity

Unit 2 Geographical Investigation GCE AQA Secondary Data

Possible secondary data sources include:

1. previous research by Dubai College students to compare results over time
2. internet research (google Scholar) for arid channel studies especially in North America, for example, click here.  It's a bit advanced for AS, but you get the idea.
3. internet research comparing normal rivers in the UK in terms of channel characteristics and sediment changes
4. Google maps and satellite images for pre-fieldwork assessments including risk assessment. Also, to help with analysis of data, for example relating data to a confluence
5. make the point that this is a very under researched area especially in the United Arab Emirates and that you were trying to apply hydrological theory to the channels that you were studying

Yr 12 -Managing Desertification Research

Please add any relevant research or useful links to this collaborative pinboard

http://www.open-pinboard.com/board/?id=55e3017a-24a0-420f-9126

Year 12 - revision keywords

Coasts

Rivers

Year 12 Revision

Bangladesh Flooding and FAP

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

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)

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

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.

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