Is something happening in Brazil???

Google Doodle, celebrating the amazing favelas of Brazil.....

The World Cup 2014

Use the links below to explore some recent news stories surrounding the current world cup action in Brazil. Y8s will be moving onto Brazil during the rest of the summer term, what questions do you have about the tournament? One political issue is the cost of staging the event. The famous favelas depicted above are home to some of the poorest people in Rio, should more of the nation's wealth be focused on the social issues found in slums caused by mass urbanization?

Mr J.

Y8 Get Revising!!

Some of the Y8s before the half-term break were asking how they could do extra revising at home before the Rivers and Flooding test in March. Well I am trying this web service called DreamTeach and is specifically aimed at Geography students. To find out more check the Year 8 page link opposite.

Please listen out in class on instructions how to use the tests and extra revision tools.
Mr J.

What next for Somerset?

Y8 are currently exploring the world of rivers and more importantly flooding. Over the past 2 months Somerset has recorded the most amount of rainfall since records began. Following a simple image search the results highlight how serious the current situation is for all the residents engulfed by the constant wet weather systems. Y8 stayed glued to the news, as your assessment will be focusing closely on these current horrendous conditions.

Mr J.

Typhoon Haiyan

Typhoon Haiyan

By Alan Parkinson

Living Geography: Typhoon Haiyan: A huge storm has hit the Philippines, and is now heading for Vietnam... This storm: super-typhoon Haiyan has broken records, with devastating winds and storm surges. Happily, the speed at which the storm passed through seems to have reduced the amount of rainfall in any particular area. The track of the storm also bypassed some of the major cities such as the capital: Manila.

News of the storm in 'The Guardian'...
An image gallery 

What has been particularly interesting for me have been some of the images, showing the storm from space, like a puncture wound in the Earth's atmosphere.

Images from NOAA

Those investigating tropical cyclones / extreme weather and similar processes would do well to explore some of these links and stories while they are 'live'.
For example, are storms like this becoming stronger and more frequent ?

Toilet Twinning: Undercarriage Urgency

Y11 - Tackling Rural Issues in the developing world;

We have bought an acre of the Moon, how about twinning our toilets?
 
 READ or
Toilet Twinning: Undercarriage Urgency: Four out of 10 public toilets are reported to have closed in the past decade, increasing our collective fear of being ‘caught short’...

WATCH

Guerrilla Geography Day - November 7th

Guerrilla Geography Day - November 7th:
The latest Guerrilla Geography Day is on the 7th of November I'll be taking part with some of my groups... The theme this time round is ...
PAST AND FUTURE

We'll explore how places have looked in the past and how they may look in the future
View the website for more ideas on taking part, which could involve you:

• showing people what places used to look like in the past
  
• transforming places to show what planned redevelopments will mean
  
• creating imaginary futures for places

Here’s a list of actions that you could take:
1. Place images of the past in the places the images were taken...
2. Create artworks showing the past, present and possible future of that place and exhibit them somehow (see http://www.postcardsfromthefuture.co.uk/ for some inspiration for this)
3. Draw field sketches from the future of a site from one of your field trips or a place near your school so that the whole class can compare their sketches and discuss what they have imagined
4. Create a temporal map of your local area or school route as it seems to travel through time
5. Place dates on buildings shown when they were built and when they look like they were built ? 

Find the most modern and the oldest building in the local town centre/main street

Don’t forget to share your actions by posting blogs here and sharing photos on twitter with the hashtag #GuerrillaGeographyDay.

Data Presentation - Section 3

Use this for ideas, there are also so many more....

IGCSE Geography - Fieldwork Data Presentation from geographyalltheway.com

Mr J.