GEOGRAPHY REVIEW MAGAZINE

The library has subscribed to "Geography Review" magazine, which should be essential reading for all students taking AS/A2 Geography at Crown Woods. It is easy to read, a reliable source of case studies to support your classwork and research and provides useful tips towards exam success.

Please make a point of visiting the library once a month to read the magazine/make notes, etc.

Mr Wilson

PRE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS JANUARY 2014

The timetable for the Post 16 Pre-Public Examinations (PPEs) (Mocks) has been published. Exams, will take place as follows:

Yr 12: Monday 06 Jan 14: 1300-1430 (Covering Units 1 and 2)

Yr 13: Thursday 09 Jan 14: 0900-1030 (Covering Units 3 and 4)

You are all advised to spend some part of the Christmas break in genuine revision and preparation. They will give you a good guide to your curent level of understanding.

Mr Wilson

BIODIVERSITY UNDER THREAT YEAR 13

We will be starting the 3rd topic for Unit 3 on Tuesday 10th December. Start by having a look at the following websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/what-is-biodiversity_50.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity_hotspot

http://www.perunature.com/biodiversity-hotspot.html

Be ready with definitions of "Biodiversity" and "Biodiverstiy Hotspots" for next Tuesday!

ARDEN WEBSITE

There is a new Blogs tab on the Arden website with all the current subject blogs listed:

http://www.crownwoods.org.uk/ar_home.aspx

LESSON TUESDAY 19 NOV 13

Topic: Water Conflicts

Carry out a case study into the Aral Sea. Use the template I have placed on the G Drive (Aral Sea Case Study). Utilise your text books and the internet to populate the sections on the template.

Key Question: "What should be done to restore the Aral Sea?" Answer as a report (1 side A4)

AS UNIT 2 MONDAY 11 NOV 13

Rebranding Places:

Complete a research essay on rebranding places: " In what ways might coastal rebranding strategies vary from those of an urban environment?"

Stages:

Introduction: (to demonstrate that you understand the title and the command word/s)
Part 1: Coastal rebranding strategies - quote Walton-on-the-Naze and Whitley Bay for examples and evidence.
Part 2: Urban rebranding strategies- quote Eltham, Birmingham, Liverpool, etc
Summary/Conclusion: Summarise the differences between stategies, aims of strategies and similarities, eg funding sources, types of initiative, goals and outcomes

Overall: You MUST identify some named strategies for both urban and coastal, make an explicit effort to compare strategies and provide an equal balance between coastal/urban, similarities/differences.

Use: The text books, case studies, your notes, internet (if availabble) and worksheets you have been given.

Type up, print off and hand in ASAP

A2 UNIT 4 TECTONIC ACTIVITY LINKS

Please see the links below to assist with research:

TECTONIC ACTIVITY

Data and Physical impacts can be found at:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile.html?source=sem_G2308&gclid=CNrRy-rM75gCFQrAGgodm1Fh1w

http://www.decadevolcano.net/links.htm

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl

Human impacts and responses can be found at:

http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Servers/earth_servers.html

http://www.decadevolcano.net/links.htm

http://www.unisdr.org/

http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local-bin/quakes/mapscript/home.pl   

http://www.benfieldhrc.org/