Noel Jenkins @ Court Fields

Three videos we’ll use in the lesson this week:

Benefits of water video

Agricultural aid video

Example of another aid scheme video

Also information about Guinea worm is here 

Darfur is an arid and impoverished region of Western Sudan. Since 2003 an armed conflict between rebel groups broadly drawn from African farmers, and government forces unofficially backed by Arab herders, (the Jangaweed) has resulted in around 2.5 million refugees and 400,000 deaths. [source]

Play the Darfur is Dying game for a glimpse of the daily struggle for many refugees.

You need to be able to explain how environmental conditions and hazards contribute to differences in levels of development. In the Sudan, guinea worm cases have been reduced [source] and the disease is not found in Darfur. Drought however, is common in the region and results in food scarcity and famine, exacerbated by the armed conflict. Read an article by Practical Action about the problem of Drought in Darfur. The Turra Water Dam is a superb case study of appropriate technology.

The Darfur Wall is an innovative fundraisng effort that visualizes the 400,000 victims of the conflict.

Please click here to go to the case study.

syllabus summary tectonics Only one more after this!

Revison websites:
BBC Bitesize on Plate Tectonics

S-cool is probably better for this topic - it mentions fold mountains too. Don’t forget them!

BBC News has nice animations of volcanoes and earthquakes

Flash Cards:
Download these nice flash cards from Geobytes Amazing Mr Chambers has also made some games like this one and this one


Case studies:
Try looking through the entries I’ve made under the Tectonics category.

The Bam earthquake in Iran 2003 was our LEDC example of an earthquake. More info from Geobytes. The Bam earthquake occurred around the same time as a quake in California. A really useful comparison of the two quakes can be found at the RGS site. You might also like to read the Geobytes post on Comparing earthquakes. This is a recurring theme in the exam.

We looked at the volcanic erruptions of Montserrat and Mount St Helens. Geobytes has a great case study on Mt St Helens as well as a number of other excellent revison articles on plate tectonics. We also mentioned Vesuvius and the potential for a major disaster. Vesuvius is a good case study for explaining why people live in areas of tectonic hazard.

syllabus summary for rivers I think you get the idea now!

….. I’ll continue these posts once 5 different members of my year 11 class have posted a comment or question about revison!

Update: Thanks for the comments - obviously the ICT lesson was a bit boring, however I’m glad that I’m helping students that don’t even take GCSE Geography

Revison sites:

BBC Bitesize on rivers There’s some alternative case studies to the ones we studied.

S-cool also has some revison notes - not much help for our syllabus though.

Case studies:
Yangtze floods 1998 You’ll need a case study of a flooding event in an LEDC. This one is great. Make notes under three headings: Causes, Effects, Strategies - then go onto :

Three Gorges Dam If you can’t get this case study into the exam, I’ll be suprised! Hard engineering doesn’t get any harder!

Boscastle is a good case study of a flood in an MEDC. Revise the causes and effects here. I’ve edited some video footage of the flood.
The Environment Agency, togther with the council, are putting together a flood prevention plan. In the short term this has involved clearing out the harbour, rebuilding the river walls and constructing a new channel for the river Jordan. Riparian management is being used to remove potential obstructions from the channels of the rivers Valency and Jordan.

There is discussion about rebuilding the bridge in the centre of the village, and re-siting of the carpark, which is located on the flood plain. you can download a copy of the plans here (big download - do it in school!) Essentially, the long term plans include widening and deepening the river and removing any potential obstructions from the river when it floods again.

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.

Syllabus summary for agriculture As usual, start here first.

Revision websites:

BBC Bitesize doesn’t have a section on agriculture but there are a couple of relevant podcasts on this page

S-Cool however, has a useful page on agriculture

Flashcards:
From Geobytes, download the farming flashcards here

Google Earth:
UK agriculture A Google Earth tour of different farming types in the UK

Important case studies:
Recommended farming examples:
(Arable) Lynford House Cambridgeshire more info
(Dairy) Manor Farm Worcester more info here and here
(Market Gardening - EU) Westland - you have to use your notes!
(Intensive farming in an LEDC) Rice farming SE Asia or Plantation agriculture in Costa Rica
(Extensive agriculture in an LEDC) Shifting cultivation Amazon Basin

Meeting the rising demand for food:
Politics (Common Agricultural Policy “CAP”) more info
Irrigation (Aral Sea) more info
Inappropriate technology (Tanzania Canada Wheat Project) more info
Appropriate technology (Turra Water Dam, Darfur) more info

This is the first of a series of really short posts for Year 11 that I’m hoping you’ll find useful for revison.

Syllabus summary for Coasts This sheet outlines the syllabus requirements. You have to find appropriate case studies and diagrams.

Revision web sites:

BBC Bitesize has a section on Coasts with short tests.

S-cool has a nice illustrated section on coasts with short tests and printable revison cards

Flash cards, quizes, games etc:
There are a whole bunch of excellent revision resources created by teacher Rob Chambers at his Geobytes site. This link takes you to his Coasts revision page - find flash cards, quizes and games. There are a couple of games on this page: Penalty Shootout by Rob Chambers and Walk the Plank by C Stubbs

Images:

See some coastal features in Live Local as well as a description of longshore drift

Jurassic coast (this is a Google Earth file that we used in the classroom)

The time-lapse film of coastal erosion that I showed you came from this site.

Important case studies:
Erosion landforms: The Jurassic Coast, Dorset including Old Harry Rocks photos by Andrew Stacey
Deposition landforms: Humber Estuary, Spurn Head more information
Eroding coastline Holderness Coast more information here and here
Protection strategies:
Hard engineering Lyme Regis more information
Soft engineering The Gold Coast more information

Exam papers:
AQA web site (look for coasts questions on Paper one)

Greetings Year 11. Today we talked about aid. Click here for a great sheet that summarizes the different types of aid.

Here are two contrasting examples of aid projects in Tanzania. The first example highlights some of the issues of political or bi-lateral aid. Read The Scattering of the Dead by George Monbiot. It’s quite an old example, but shows how aid can be mis-used.

This example of Water Aid describes the work that Oxfam are currently doing in Tanzania, where 70% of the rural population do not have access to clean water.

You need to be able to describe the advantages and disadvantages of different types of aid. The two examples make good case studies.

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