Beyond the Mountains.....

This is a trailer for a potential film/ documentary exploring the majestic Highlands of Scotland. If this doesn't want to make you get outside walking, not much will...


If some of you are keen walkers, and might be off to Scotland in your holiday's, one way of exploring these mountains is to tackle the Munro's:

"The Munros are the highest of Scotland's mountains, 282 mountain tops named after the man who first catalogued them, Sir Hugh Munro. The Munros are among the finest mountains in Scotland.

The Corbetts are the equivalent mountains with altitudes between 2500ft and 3000ft and The Grahams between 2000ft and 2500ft. Whilst smaller in stature many Corbetts and Grahams rival Munros for walking and climbing." 

I have managed to "bag," 3 Munros and had one failed attempt due to a whiteout approximately 200m from the summit. 

Let me know about your efforts...

Mr J

Revision Techniques

In order to help those who are struggling with revision techniques for memorizing endless amounts of fascinating geographical knowledge, I will occasionally post pictures of students work to give you a few ideas. 

The first image below is an outstanding example of cue cards. Emily Wright (Y10) produced these to help her not only visualize key themes, but also include a range of keywords. These cards are ideal as they are not too big, and reduce the content into manageable sized chunks. 

This process helps Emily because the simple effort required to create these meant that she has reviewed the learning that has taken place in the classroom. Then she can look at this set either together as themed cards, read, cover and repeat or simply focus on the concepts that she finds more difficult. Great effort Emily, hopefully the work will pay off when you get your result tomorrow....

Mr J

Y9 and Y10 End of unit exams

End of Unit Tests

To all those who are in my GCSE groups Y9 & Y10 you both have EOU tests on Friday 11th Jan 2013. Y9 should be frantically revising Climate Change and Y10 Population Dynamics. If you have any last minute questions please get in touch by hunting me down, or over the following methods if you prefer to be anonymous. (Use the comment box at the bottom of the page please for Friday...)

Blog - www.hayfieldgeography.blogspot.uk

Twitter - @HayfieldGeog

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Living Geography: BBC KS3 Bitesize

KS3 Bitesize Geography contains a lot of new content, including animations byAardman. Check the ACTIVITY option for each section to play fun interactive games. Explore the patterns of Crime in Noseyford, or the coastal processes at Sleepton Regis...

There are 6 sections to the new site.
Places 
Antarctica, Awesome areas, Extreme environments, Geography of Europe, Contrasts within a continent.

Spaces
Rural areas and farming, Settlement in urban areas, Geography of crime

Interdependence 
Population and migration, Globalisation and global trade, Development

Physical processes 
Glaciation, Plate tectonics, Rivers and flooding, Coasts, Weather and climate

Human processes 
Changing shopping patterns, Sustainable futures, Tourism, Geography of sport

Geographical enquiry 
Geographical skills
Well worth checking out. 

Mr. J - with thanks to Alan Parkinson