A-Level Work Monday 1st February: PAN

Year 12 (Period 1)

In the 6th form ICT room, produce a case-study report on the energy use of a country of your choice.

You MUST state which country you are researching on the VLE (click here) as only 1 person can choose each country.

In your report include:

-a summary of the types of energy used

-facts and figures

-examples of types of energy use (both renewable and non-renewable)

-future trends

This is due in on Thursday 4th February along with your other report.

Year 13 (period 2)

In the 6th from ICT room make case-study notes on the Volcanoes that we have been studying.

Include notes on the location, facts and figures, causes, type of volcano, impacts/ effects (both socio-economic and environmental) and responses. The volcanoes are:

Mt St Helens/ Pinatubo, Unzen, Montserrat,

Girl pulled from Haiti rubble 15 days after the Earthquake

Report and Video A teenage girl has been rescued from the rubble an amazing 15 days after the Haiti Earthquake. She was pulled out be a French rescue team to chanting and clapping by gathered crowds. Rescuers said that she survived by drinking water from a bath!

List of survivors:

Darlene Etienne, 16 - rescued after 15 days

Rico Dibrivell, early 30s - rescued after 12 days

Wismond Exantus, 24, found after 11 days

Emmannuel Buso, 21 - rescued after 10 days

Marie Carida, 84 - saved after 10 days

Mendji Bahina Sanon, 11 - trapped for eight days

Lozama Hotteline, 25 - pulled out after seven days

Elisabeth Joassaint, 15 days - buried for seven days, half her life

Ena Zizi, 69 - rescued after seven days

Year 9 Plate Tectonics: The type of plate margins...

Haiti Earthquake Latest

This is Haiti a week after the 7.0 earthquake.

The rescue teams are returning home and more aid is arriving.

The looting has continued as the population has become even more desperate.

Thousands of people have been left homeless and many without

food and water.

F762 The Energy Issue Overview:

The OCR Syllabus has provided the following information to use as a guide for the topic:

-All Major energy company websites (Shell, Esso etc)

-Major Newspapers (Guardian Unlimited) (Times Online)

-BBC

-DTI (Department for Trade and Industry)

-The Carbon Trust

-The Energy Saving Trust

-www.developments.org.uk (DFID)

6.2 Aftershock shakes Haiti

The BBC Reports that a 6.2 Magnitude earthquake has hit Haiti, only a week after the 7.0 magnitude 'quake caused devestation on the Island. More news to follow...

Boscastle Flood 2004

This amazing flash flood footage is from Boscastle, Cornwall in 2004. 1 months worth of rainfall fell in only 2 hours triggering a FLASH FLOOD. The impermeable soil around Boscastle, combined with steep slopes surrounding the village created a very rapid lag-time as the rainfall entered the river almost immediately once the soils were saturated. This footage shows the speed of the flood.

Coastal Erosion

Coastal erosion is similar to river erosion as there are 4 ways that the waves erode the coast: Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Attrition and Solution (see above).

The rate of Coastal erosion depends upon a number of factors relating to the rock. Some rocks are more resistant and are not eroded as quickly, such as granite in Cornwall, whereas softer rocks such as boulder clay on the Holderness coast can be eroded rapidly. Also, the structure of the rock is important as rocks which have natural weaknesses along faults, joints or bedding planes will be eroded quicker than rocks which are just massive blocks.

UK 2007 floods cost the economy £3.2 Billion

The (BBC Reports) that the Environment Agency states that the 2007 UK floods cost the economy an astonishing £3.2 billion.

It also calculates that investment in flood defences will need to almost double, to £1bn a year, to protect properties in the future.

48, 000 homes were affected, each costing between £20,000 and £30,000 to repair. The cost for flooded businesses varied between £75,000 and £112,000. Farmers lost an average of £1,150 per hectare of land flooded, whilst the damage to infrastructure such as roads and power supplies was put at £660 million.

The high costs of flooding underline the importance for continued investment in reducing flood risk Robert Runcie, Environment Agency

Theory of Plate Tectonics

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/3059.bb.wmv

Haiti Earthquake 2010

The damage in Haiti has been described as 'Apocalyptic' as the vast majority of buildings have been destroyed in the near the epicentre to the west of the capital Port-au-Prince.



Why did it happen? The video below explains the plate tectonics...



The world responds...As a result of the chaos and desperation being felt by people, looting has become a problem as people search for food and water as well as taking advantage of goods left unguarded after shops collapsed in the capital during the quake. Yesterday saw reports of a violent mob of up to 1000 people looting premises, taking anything they could carry away.



Here an American helicopter is seen dropping aid into a crowd of desperate people...

J.Briggs on the Algerian Earthquake 2003

Mr Briggs delivers another geographical masterclass...

Amy Kelsall...

has found this website (s-cool) and would like to share it with you all...she thinks the diagrams are better than the ones I use!!

Look at these ox-bow lakes..do you honestly think they are better (click here). OK they probably are...very good explanations of transportation...

Period 4 10PAN

Task: Produce a Powerpoint on the features of the Lower Course of a river

Include:

• Diagrams/photos of each feature
• Brief descriptions of each feature
• An explanation of the features
• A description of the channel (shape, flow etc)

Some Links:

geo-resources

sln

geo-bytes blog

bitesize

A2 F763 Earthquake Presentations

Task: Earthquake Assessment

Use the links below to produce a 5 minute powerpoint presentation on earthquakes in LEDC's.

You will have 2 lessons to produce this and it will form your third assessment. You will be assessed on the following:

AO1: Knowledge and Understanding (how much detailed knowledge you show) 13 marks

AO2: Application (how well you use this info to answer the question) 5 marks

A03: Structure and Conclusions 7 marks

Think about the type of essay that you will be set: Evaluate...

The powerpoint must be supported by case-study notes. These may take the form of bullet-point notes or written in essay form.

1. Brainstorm the aspects of earthquakes that you need to study/ research

2. Post on the VLE your choice of earthquake

3. Prepare a powerpoint

4. Prepare a case-study sheet

The links are here (post from 30th November including specification detail)

Due by: Friday 15th January Period 5

Snow Images from a closed to pupils KHS

Year 12 Geography MKT

Firstly, do not panic. There is plenty of work that you can be getting on with at home. We will complete cold environments and the ways of managing cold environments next week.

Over the next few days I would suggest that you obviously continue to revise the 'coasts' unit but with specific reference to your case study examples.

The disc from the text book contains extended information from particular websites about; St Lucia, Southampton, The Mediterranean and Brazil-Rio de Janeiro. My advice is to work through the case studies e.g. learn facts/figures, understand who manages the area e.g. The SMMA in St Lucia and most importantly you need to say how it has been managed and has it been a success.

Human activities/conflicts= Brazil and Southampton (multi-use coastal areas). Extend notes from disc.
Management and impacts= St Lucia (has been a success- why?), The Mediterranean (management plans have been set up e.g. MAP but the area is under severe pressure due to the size of the area) and you could also use Pevensey for management e.g. the shoreline management plan and DEFRA.

I hope this helps, the activities on the disc are from 2.8 to 2.11. (Use them they will help!)

Best of luck, don't hesitate in emailing me if you have any problems/questions or use the forum on the VLE.

Year 11 Work

Pupils in all 4 classes (11PAN, 11CST, 11MKT and 11PAN SC) should continue to work on sections A-D on your coursework.

Section A: Introduction and Urban Models

Section B: Methodology

Section C: Data Presentation (Graphs etc)

Section D: Analysis and Conclusion: did your data support your hypothesis?

11PAN have a deadline of Friday 15th january.

Year 12 F761 PAN work

Topic: Cold Environments (how appropriate)

The only mini-topics that we have not covered are 'Periglacial features' (patterned ground, Pingos and Ice Wedges) on pages 108/9 and 'Relict Features' (Dry Valleys, Misfit streams, Scree slopes and Loess) on pages 109/110.

We will cover these topics in one of the 3 lessons next week, but must should read up and make notes on them all.

In terms of revision concentrate on the sections that were covered in the 'Rivers' revision sessions. The topics are:

• Mass Movements
• Types of Erosion and Weathering
• Erosional features (Upper Course mainly)
• Transportation and factors influencing erosion and deposition
• Depositional Features (Middle and Lower Course)
• Human Activities in River Basins
• Managing River Basins

If you scroll down the blog you will find information such as mind maps from the revision sessions and examples of features and floods. Use the search function as well.

USE THE VLE FORUM OR E-MAIL FOR ANY PROBLEMS

Year 7, 8 and 9 Geography work

This is the research project work for ALL Years 7, 8 and 9 Geography students:

Use the websites below to produce a DESCRIPTION of the recent extreme weather, and then try and EXPLAIN why it has been so cold. Use photographs, facts, maps, diagrams and anything else that you can think of. Try and compare this cold period to other winters.

Do it like this:

Section A: Describe the weather over the last few weeks

Section B: Explain why the weather has been so cold.

Websites:(click on link)

BBC Weather

Met Office- excellent explanation

Metcheck

Use google to search 'UK Cold Weather' and you will find lots of information.

OCR AS Specification

The AS specification can be found on the list of websites (The good guys) on the right hand side. There are all the past papers and mark schemes. As school is closed again on Thursday we will use this blog to keep you all updated on what you should be doing. We have completed about 95% of the course content, so do not panic and get revising!!

School Closure

Yes it is true, the school has actually closed due to heavy snow. As a result Year 12 (and Year 13 students doing re-sits) should be well onto revising by now, and should be concentrating on learning facts and figures for the major case-studies. If anyone is unsure of what to revise, then please use the VLE (link on the right of this page) and post any questions/ queries on the 'Ask Briggs forum'.

Also, feel free to e-mail myself or MKT on:

pan@knutsfordhs.cheshire.sch.uk and mkt@knutsfordhs.cheshire.sch.uk

Enjoy!

(Above is a picture of U34/5 Out-of Action yesterday (05/01/10)