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