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

Year 7 map skills test

Complete the map skills test by clicking this link
You will need to use this map (below)

Twitter Feed - Unit 4B

Look through this periodically - some very good links being posted. Be selective with what you read.

Not all are relevant to UNIT 4B

https://twitter.com/ZigZagGeography