Noel Jenkins @ Court Fields

It was sunny and everyone got very wet. People even did actual work.

Stoke Pero waterfall

Click here to find the pictures

View in Google Earth

If you have Google Earth at home you can see exactly where we went by downloading this file.

Click here to find resources that will help you complete the coursework

Here’s the link to the farm website

The instructions for the project are here

You’ll need to sign in with your Juicy Geography user name and password.

Mr Jenkins’ Year 10 GCSE group are invited to activate their own Google account to enable sharing and collaboration of work.

Click here to start and sign in with the password and user name provided.

The Year 10 homework is to write up the mystery activity about Mohit, the construction worker in Dubai.

Here is the slideshow with the instructions:

The cards for the Mystery Activity are here: Mohit Mystery

If you’ve tried to use Google Earth to find your house in Wellington and been disappointed, have another look now!

Yay!

Other exciting news is that thanks to a generous donation by 3d connexion, we have a class set of Space Navigators to fly around in Google Earth. Come along to D3 and have a go!

We’ll be using them in lessons, but don’t forget the Artwork Earth competition as well.

Here’s some resources to add to your own photos, notes, sketches and mobile phone videos.

Photos:
Because I love you, I’ve uploaded my photographs to Flickr.

To download them, click the photos, then “All Sizes” There’s now a link to download the picture. There are plenty of other images from previous years on shared documents. (btw, using your own pictures is preferable and can get you extra credit.)

Where did we go?

Here’s a Microsoft Virtual Earth map of the sites. Choose Aerial view to zoom right in. I’m sure you can make use of this web site in your write-up

The Google Earth resource I used with the “amazin” overlays and pictures can be downloaded here (if you have Google Earth obviously)
Other resources:
including links to the Bradshaw Model, information about flooding and the shingle ridge are here. Do ask questions about the coursework via the blog if you like!

Year 8 local enquiry We have started our Personal Geographies project. The wiki is here:

Syllabus summary for settlement This topic is particularly dependent on case studies.

Revision websites:

Bitesize Good for basic revison

Bitesize audio There’s one relevant podcast here
S-cool Settlement notes Another good set of basic revision notes

Google Earth:
Google Earth placemarks of London trip as well as pictures and a map

Flashcards:
Download Flash cards from GeoBytes

Case Studies:
Don’t forget Brick Lane as an example of an inner city. Photos here to remind you.
Plymouth: A Vision For Plymouth is a really good case study of CBD regeneration.
Docklands case study from GeoBytes
We looked at Rio de Janiero when we studied shanty towns. The Programa Favela-Barrio case study was really important.
There are links to some of the other places we studied, including Dubai and Cairo on my settlement page.

Year 10 and 11 students - please help me gather feedback about the BBC Bitesize Geography podcasts by answering this survey: Click here to take survey