3B


 * 3B**


 * Geography Prep Thursday 17 November 2016**

Remember from class that we have completed following the BBC characters! We now know a lot about Ethiopia, the Danaki, Erta Ale and the Afar. We also know a lot about how researches go about their business. How they choose good questions to ask, and how they go about finding answers for them.

We have since been looking at a video and reading a sheet (last week's prep) about the Nunavit/Inuit peoples in the Arctic. We now have skills about how expeditions are made (to the hottest place on the earth), so can we plan a research question and a strategy (way) to do research in one of the coldest places on earth.

You have watched most of this video (watch the rest if you like) Follow this link: http://www.isuma.tv/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie

THEN do the following

A) Put a top heading: THE COLDEST PLACE ON EARTH RESEARCH

1) Put the heading KEY QUESTION. Then devise and write a clear research question that would provide interesting AND useful results.

2) Put the heading METHOD. Then explain how you would do your research. WHat experts you would need, how long you would need and how you would collect your information. Explain very carefully how you would show your results (a graph, a map, a pie chart, etc)

3) Put the heading POSSIBLE FINDINGS. Then explain what you think you might find and why this information would be useful to someone (explain who it would be useful to!)

That's it.

Good luck. Dr Lee


 * Geography Prep Thursday 10 November 2016**

Read the booklet you have given and make a bullet point list of the 15 most important points to do with the onset of Climate Change as it affects the Arctic peoples.

Do not do more than 15 points. The skill is in choosing the right ones.

(We are a little behind because of the class missing a double lesson, so this prep might seem a little out of sequence. Do it as above, it will make more sense later!).

Unfortunately we missed our lessons this last week due to your trip to Hastings. This week's prep activity really requires us to have finished series, so today, unfortunately (and I know you will be deeply disappointed) tonight there is no geography prep. We will try to catch up in the next lesson. Dr Lee
 * Geography Prep Thu 3 November 2016**

We learnt about Brucellosis (a disease) amongst the Afar in the BBC series.
 * Geography Prep Thu 20 October 2016**


 * // I haven't had a chance to mark your books yet, as I was away looking after my Mother in Australia. When you hand in your books tomorrow I will mark all your work. //**

Read the following:

Brucellosis in humans is usually comes from the drinking of unpasteurized milk or the eating of soft cheeses made from the milk of infected animals, mainly goats, who are infected with //Brucella melitensis//. It can also be caused by being in close contact with sick goats. Brucellosis brings on [|fevers], sweating, weakness, [|headaches] , and muscular and bodily pain.





Look at the Brucellosis world map

Notice that for Ethiopia it says "Possibly endemic, no data." Endemic means "regularly found."

Brucellosis and goats seem to go together but there is little information (data) available on this.

What kind of research could YOU do to find out more about goats and Brucellosis amongst the Afar in Ethiopia?

In your book write down how you might conduct research to see if goats and Brucellosis go together?

If they do go together, what could be done to stop goats from transferring the disease to humans and expecially children? Have we any evidence from our watching of the videos that children spent much time with goats?


 * Geography Prep Thu 13 October 2016**

For Prep you can do some background reading on the Danakil Depression. See if you can find any other information that might support the research done by the BBC researchers. Look up things like Brucillosis, The Afar People, the Awash River etc. Make some careful notes in your books.


 * Geography Lesson Monday 10 October 2016**

Today's lesson is about continuing to follow the expedition to the Danakil Depression.

Episode 2 Part 1 (This is maily a recap)

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Episode 2 Part 2

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When you have watched these, you should make a list of the equipment that was required to do the research for each kind of research.

Steve: Goat research / food Murkel: Body adaptation research Dougal: Geology scanning research Kate: Social research on Afar women

For each kind of research make a list of kit that was required, and what support staff you might also need. What kind of experts for example.

You are doing this to help you think about geographical research. How to investigate, how to ask questions, how to be prepared. This is the thinking about thinking geographically, that we talked about in the lesson.

Mr Jephcote will help you with what it means to prepare for a research expedition and what it means to 'think like a geographer.'

Good luck. See you soon. My mother is still unwell, I will get back as soon as I can. Sorry to not be with you just now. Best wishes, Dr Lee


 * Geography Prep Thursday 6 October 2016**

Complete any of the lesson below that was not finished.

In your books, make a page that it set out like this (I have started it) you need to finish it with the other research that has been / is being done.

You might want to draw a table and set your page out landscape. It might be easier. Use a ruler. Yes I said use a ruler. If you didn't read that, use a ruler!! ; )

Good luck. Complete this for prep **AND ILLUSTRATE YOUR PAGE (Drawings)!** If you dont have your books, they might be in my classroom. Don't hand them in until I've come back.

adaptation || To determine how active the area is ||  ||   || Afar are built differently or whether they have adapted to the temperature. ||  ||   ||   || what has been done || Measured the temperature of ... || He has taken 3D photographs and scans ||  ||   ||
 * Name of Researcher || Murkel || Dougal || Kate || Steve ||
 * Type of Research || Inside body heat and
 * Aim of Research || To determine whether the
 * How much research done and
 * Initial conclusions. New questions that have arisen ||  || How active is it? Are there dangerous gases ||   ||   ||


 * Geography Cover Lesson 3 October 2016**

Look at the following episodes:

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Episode 6

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In your books. Make a summary of what research was accomplished in these two episodes. What was set out to be done, and how much of the research was done and how much is yet to be done. Did the research seem to be working? Was it good research? Detailed writing to complete the lesson.

Do not watch further than these two episodes.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 29 September 2016**

This week we looked at ways to investigate the ways that animals maximise their energy intake by the way they eat food. Steve researched goat movements. This sheet asks you about his research and gets you to think about how his research might apply to other Afar animals.

Complete the following sheet, and glue into your book if you have it.



Hand your prep into the stack in your classroom tomorrow.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 22 September 2016**

This week we have been following a group of intrepid BBC researches who are investigating the geography of the Danakil Depression. So far we have heard a little about some of the research projects of some of the researchers. We don't know everything about their research yet, however.

These researchers are asking good **geographical questions**.

Write 6 carefully worded questions or sets of questions that you would like answered in our 'visit' to the Danakil Depression.


 * Here is a poor question:**

What do they eat?


 * Here is a good question (set):**

What do the Afar eat and where do they find their food? Do the Afar always get enough to eat? What influences whether they get enough to eat?

You might ask questions about: families, health, landscape, water, food, housing, being nomadic, peace, husbands and wives, tribes, weather, warfare etc.

Do not rush this work. It takes a while to write really good questions. I would like to see some fantastic work with questions like the ones you have been asking in class.

Good luck.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 15 September 2016**

Cover your geography books. The first layer is a layer of maps. I have provided some maps, but use your own should you happen to have any. DON'T USE ANY OLD OR IMPORTANT MAPS. That would be dreadful. But if you have tourist maps left from your last holiday that you don't need or London Transport maps or old road maps, use them. Then put a layer of smaller photographs over the maps to create a layer. Don't cover up all the maps because they're there for effect. Put your name on a piece of paper like this

Your name Geography 2016-2017 Dr Lee

Then cover the book in plastic (sticky backed).

Good luck. Dr Lee


 * Previous Years' Work. Nothing to see here!**


 * Summer Term**


 * Exam Review**

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 * PLEASE NOTE THE INUIT ARE NOT COVERED IN THE EXAM! **


 * Project Marking Scheme**
 * Project Marking Scheme**


 * Marked out of 50 each variable out of 10**


 * P resentation: How well presented is your project**
 * A nalysis: How well you analysed the data**
 * D ata: How well did you present all the data**
 * S ections: How well you did what was expected of you in each section**
 * C ompleteness: How complete is your project**


 * Prep is below!**
 * These are the revision guides**
 * These are the revision guides**


 * Read the first document carefully first!**










 * Geography Prep Thursday 9 June 2016**


 * Here is a copy of the thermal map sheet.**



You need to work on your project. This is what should be in each section. We have not analysed the data yet, so glue in the sheets I gave you on Tuesday with your data on them - put this in the results section. If they don't fit, glue them over the heading and rewrite the heading! We will do the analysis in class on Monday.

**Geography Project**

**1. Title Page** Write your name clearly

**2 Table of Contents** Nothing to do here, it just keeps you organised.

**3 Introduction** You need to explain why the research is useful and important, also why we have chosen to do what we did and what we hope to achieve by it.

**4 Map of Area** Here we show a map of where were conducted the research. The map needs to label everything of importance on it e.g. bus stop, Sloane Street etc.

**5 Key Questions** This is what we are actually trying to achieve. This should be expressed as a question. Is everything we did based on this question? It should be.

**6 Methodology** In this section we write out what we did and why. Where we counted. Why we counted multiple times in the day. How we recorded the data. What other information we recorded.

**7 Results** This should include what we found out. It is a summary of our information. You could glue in your data sheets here.

**8 Analysis** This is what we have found out. It uses graphs and tables to help show patterns and/or information.

**9 Conclusion** This is a shortened form of what we found out. Why what we found out was useful and what we could do with the information.

**10 Limitations** This section discusses how our research could have been better and how our research might have been weaker than it could have been had we done it another way.


 * Geography Prep 26 May 2016**

Unfortunately I have not been able to give you the sheets as they have only just been made ready.

I have attached the sheet set below. You need to print out the one called methodology.

Then you need to fill it in.

In this section you need to explain that because the streets are regularly swept it was decided to monitor two bus shelters over a period of hours to see what the pattern of cigarette butt accumulation might have been. Explain how the teacher (me) went to photograph the shelters every hour during the day and then pupils counted what they could see from photographs and recorded details on a sheet. Also you need to mention that the numbers were to be averaged. Write all this and more in your own words and draw a picture of you counting the cigarette butts from a computer monitor. Label the diagram.




 * Geography Prep 19 May 2016**

Geography Prep continue with your litter measuring sheets. If you got through most of it in the classroom, make sure you have filled in the 'notes' section of the sheet indicating where the litter was and whether it was grouped in one area etc or not. Many of you will have largely finished this in the lesson. Keep your sheet carefully in your book and we will trim and glue them into your books next lesson.


 * Litter photographs Wednesday**

Unfortunately it was a wet day on Wednesday which meant that perhaps fewer people were catching buses and perhaps fewer people were smoking.

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 * East Side 10am (Hackett Shop nearer school)**

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 * West Side 10am (Holy Trinity further from school)**

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 * East Side 11am**

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 * West Side 11am**

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 * East Side Noon**

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 * West Side Noon**

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 * East Side 1pm**

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 * West Side 1pm**

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 * East Side 2pm**

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 * West Side 2pm**

We need to try to count the butts (try not to count any twice) and record the data on the following sheet.




 * Geography Prep Thursday 12 May 2016**

The internet server at school was malfunctioning this afternoon, and so I was unable to set prep. It is 7pm now, and although I am home and can access the internet, it is too late to set prep as many will be going to bed shortly. So tonight it is a technology prep holiday. Best, Dr Lee




 * Geography Prep Thursday 5 May 2016**

We have resolved to focus our project on cigarette butts as one kind of litter problem. A template has been built, which you can have a look at below. I will give you a copy of this and we will glue it into books.

Until we do our research which we will do next week, we cannot make further progress with your project, but it is useful to look at some of the problems with cigarette butts on the streets and how government has tried to discourage it.

Look at the material below and be ready to discuss it in class.

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Google: Cigarette Butt Bin and see if you can find one that we could use in Sloane Square. Print out the image. Bring it to school.

Read this: https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/PDF/Smoking%20Bins%20Leaflet%20(2).pdf

This is what is happening in the area of London called Harrow:

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/harrow-council-cracks-down-cigarette-10930020 g


 * Geography Prep Thursday 28 April 2016**

We have resolved that we are going to focus our project on litter on cigarette butts. Write a paragraph, with the heading Introduction, that explains why it would be useful to conduct a study on the pattern of distribution (where they are) of cigarette butts. For whom might this information be useful (local councils), and how it could be useful to help improve the situation (use of pole cigarette butt bins). Make sure what you write is clear and concise. Type your work, present it on one side of A4 paper only. Don't make it too long - it is only an introduction. Concentrate on making it clear and well written rather than writing too much.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 21 April 2016**

This term we will be doing some work on research methods and litter. I haven't taught you before you're doing the prep, so just look through the following. It will be useful background. Three news articles and three videos.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/07/british-litter-worst-in-world-david-sedaris-tells-mps
 * Read this:**

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/hounslow-bit-clean-queen-11158344
 * And this:**

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/12066598/New-150-fines-for-litter-louts-who-think-it-is-their-human-right-to-drop-rubbish.html
 * And this:**

Look at these three videos. The third one runs for around 20 minutes.

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 * Geography Prep Thursday 10 March 2016**

On the Ways of Seeing sheet (last weeks' prep) there are many different kinds of writing and geographical expression which we have now discussed in class. Choose a location you are familiar with and write a short paragraph, like the ones on the sheet. You might want to choose the area in which you live. Spend 35 minutes writing as many paragraphs as you can that match the style of the writing in each of the paragraphs on the sheet. Underneath each one, write what kind of writing it is eg technical, poetic, travel writing, organisational, functional, factual etc. Each piece of writing might have more than one 'type,' although they will be similar!

Spend no more than 35 minutes writing as many as you can. You do not have to do them all.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 3 March 2016**

Read through the following document and answer the questions. Cut and glue into your books.




 * Geography Prep Thursday 25 February 2016**

Look at the graph on the following web page. This is a climate graph. Note that there is a different scale for the bars (rainfall) and the line (temperature). Answer the questions relating to the graph that are beneath the graph. We haven't yet looked at climate graphs, but we have looked at other graphs that are more complicated. You should be able to do this! Just do this page, don't click through to the next page!

Write your answers in your book. Print out the graph and glue it into your book with the questions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/geographical_skills/graphs_rev4.shtml


 * Geography Prep Thursday 11 February 2016**

See what you can find on the internet in terms of interesting maps and or graphs. You might start exploring things that you might be interested in and add "map" to your Google search. See if you can find a map you think is very useful and insightful and see if you can interpret the map by finding trends and or patterns in the map. Print the map out and glue it into your book. Write a short analysis of the map. Good luck.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 4 February 2016**

We have been looking at the way geographers display and interpret information (data). We have just finished looking at Choropleth maps. We are now looking at 100% stacked column graphs. The graph below shows how children coming to school have changed their mode of transport over time. These stacked columns are expressed as percentages, this is why they all add up to the same amount (100%).

For prep I want you to look at this graph very carefully. Like your last prep I want you to see what has been happening over time. I have again given you a list of words you might want to use to analyse this graph.

You need to find 5 things that have been happening and try to account for them. Again, it doesn't matter if you're wrong or right, it is about thinking about the information.


 * WORDS**: increasing, decreasing, growing, shrinking, steadily increasing, steadily decreasing, suddenly increasing, suddenly decreasing, gradually, steadily then suddenly, proportion, percentage, because, trend, increasing or decreasing at an increasing or decreasing rate (this means getting faster and faster, or getting faster more and more slowly).

I GAVE YOU COPIES OF THIS GRAPH IN SCHOOL, CAREFULLY GLUE THEM INTO YOUR BOOKS. IF YOU HAVE LOST YOURS, PRINT ANOTHER FROM THIS PAGE, TRIM IT AND GLUE IT INTO YOUR BOOKS.

100% Stacked Column Graph showing pupils' type of transport to and from school.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 28 January 2016**

Look at the following map.

The map shows the amount of crimes per 1000 people. The redder/more purple the colour the higher the rate of crime. Look carefully at the map and see if you can see 5 different patterns.

You might look for lines, clusters (groups), an increasing trend as you move in one direction eg north, south, east or west. Some areas might be surprisingly high, and some surprisingly low.

If you find an area where there is a pattern suggest why you think it might be high or low. (I don't expect you to know the answer, but I would like you to have a go thinking why maybe, it might be the case). Good luck.

Answers written in your book. If you can, print the map out and glue it into your book with your answers.




 * Geography Prep Thursday 26 November 2015**

For prep we are 'pulling together' the parts of our expedition planning. In class this week we have gone through your ideas with the rest of your team. Now you have to finally write up your plan for your parts of the project. Then these will be put together to make up your teams plan. We will work on a few other pages in class and this will complete our expedition planning.

Here are some documents that might help including the write up sheet you were given in school.

Write up sheet:



Example write up sheet:



Support Sheet




 * Geography Prep Thursday 12 November 2015**

We have been working in class preparing our expedition. By now you should have your Key Question and at least two areas you are planning eg budget, guides, transport etc. We have already started working on this in class.

For prep, I want you to produce, in your books a draft for the topics YOU are considering. You may not be able to do everything, as this prep may create a lot of questions that are not easy to answer. You don't have to have all the answers. Do what you can to complete your research and make a list of questions yet to be answered. Use the internet by all means. Write, print, type and cut and glue into your book as a scrabpook ideas page. If you are deciding on equipment you could Google it and get prices for it too.

Good luck.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 5 November 2015**

Finish watching the Inuit movie: http://www.isuma.tv/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie


 * Geography Prep Thursday 22 October**

Watch the following video and make notes about how things are changing for the Inuit. Don't write everything, focus on the land, the landscape, ways of life and CHANGE. Notes to be written directly into your books, not on sheets of paper. If you have time, you can draw a small drawing that reflects the change in their ways of life. The video goes for 25 minutes, this prep should take you 35 minutes.

http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/ann-curry-reports/on-thin-ice-inuit-way-of-life-vanishing-in-arctic-301214275669


 * Geography Prep Thursday 15 October**

Revise the following sheets for a test. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY EXERCISES ON THE SHEETS.

//I have changed the last one at 6.22pm, because the PDF hadn't built very well. So if you're still doing your prep, use the revised page. I won't ask any questions from pages you may not have covered!//








 * Geography Prep Thursday 8 October**

We have largely got to the end of the research from the BBC team. For prep I want you to write a review of the research and decide which researcher's work was the most important and successful. Go through each researcher, sum up what they discovered and carefully explain how you think what they found out was useful. Give them a score out of ten. For the winner, draw a picture of him/her doing their research with bullet points showing what is was they achieved.

Follow the sheet showing you how to make sure your prep is as as good as it can be. If you did not get one in class you can download one here. CUT IT and GLUE IT carefully into your book.



Here are the last two episodes.

Episode 2 Part 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaZKhip-F0

Episode 2 Part 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHyKLmjjl4


 * Geography Prep Th 1 October**

Today we looked at Steve's use of the GPS system to track the movement of the Afar's goats.

We saw a graph as below:



This showed how the goats moved and stood still and moved and stood still.

Print out the following sheet and answer the questions.

Neatly cut the sheet out and glue it into your book.




 * Geography Prep Th 24th September**

Make a summary of what we know about the research that each presenter is conducting.

1) Steve the vet

2) Murkhal the doctor

3) Dougal the Vulcanologist

4) Kate the sociologist (we don't know too much about her plan yet!)

Make a list of what you know about the equipment they have used so far, if any.

Choose one of these presenters and draw them conducting their research.




 * Geography Prep Th 17 September**

Please look at the prep below. Make sure you have finished this for tomorrow. Some of you did not find prep last week, and hopefully you now know where to look. If you did your prep last time, you might tidy it up by colouring maps, adding scales, headings etc.

Please do not rush this prep. I am expecting a high standard of work.

Here is a lovely piece of work one boy has done on this prep!




 * Geography Prep Th 10 September**

1) Put the heading in your book: Extreme Environments: Dallol and the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia

2) Then draw a map showing where in Africa Ethiopia is. You can use the map below as a base.



3) The draw another map showing where in Ethiopia, the area is. You can use the map below.



The Danakil Depression is the black sausage shape in the north of the map. Also put the scale and the capital Addis Ababa on the map along with the names of the countries surrounding Ethiopia. Remember to put a compass showing North South East and West.

4) Then write beneath the two maps:

The Danakil Depression is an extreme location because of its climate. It is also very remote and in an area of political strife. We are tracking an expedition to the area learning about an extreme region as well as learning how research is conducted.


 * Geography Prep Th 3 September**


 * Cover your geography books, using a map layer a photo layer and a sticky back plastic layer.**


 * The photos should be about:**

[|the danakil depression]
 * The Danakil Depression**

[|the afar people]
 * The Afar People**

The Inuit [|inuit]

[|erte ale]
 * Erte Ale**

Maps and Infographics [|maps and infographics]

Litter in the UK [|litter in the uk]


 * Remember to put your name class "Geography," and Dr Lee on a white piece of paper on the top right of the book.**


 * The cover in sticky back plastic.**


 * Good luck.**




 * Revision Guide**

Core Set 2015 Global Locations

Revision Gazette 3.3

See if you can make a visual / audio advertisement for stopping litter. (It should run for about 30 seconds). Bring a link to your work in or bring it in on a memory stick. The focus of this is on dropping gum, dropping cigarette ends and dropping food waste. Remember that in this kind of advertising it needs to catch your interest in the first 5 seconds. You can use GarageBand or if your parents are happy, you can register and use GoAnimate http://www.goanimate.com. Do this on the computer. If you can't do it on a computer then write a short script with descriptions.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 4 June 2015**

Every now and then we take a moment away from our topic and review some global locations. Review the following maps and learn the location. Many of these you learnt last year.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 21 May 2015**







In your books or on paper if you didn't collect your book from school this afternoon, make a poster that encourages people to not litter. Keep in mind the litter that we have found in Cadogan Square. Make your poster full of information but make it convincing. You can focus on all OR any one type of litter.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 14 May 2015**

We have been looking at ways we could/should measure litter in Cadogan Square.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 7 May 2015**

Write a list of 10 things that could be achieved by our study in Litter? What recommendations might we be able to make and to whom?

Illustrate your work.

Answer in your books.

We have gone to collect litter data counting litter types but we have not YET counted cigarette butts and chewing gum.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 30 April 2015**

Make a list of the strengths and weaknesses of our count. What made it a good count and what made it a poor count.

Also answer the following question: How could our count have been better.

Answers in your books ONLY!

In class we talked about building a tally sheet that would 'capture' all the main kinds of litter we might find in Cadogan Square. Carefully build a tally sheet that has space to write important information.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 23 April 2015.**

In your books carefully rule up a blank tally sheet, that has columns for litter types and room for tally counts including 'other'. It will need a heading and possibly room to write other information. Think carefully about what else might need to be recorded on the sheet. (Examples: Name of counter, time of count, weather at time of count etc).

We also talked about making a blank map so that we could record where we found episodes of chewing gum. Make a simple blank map of Cadogan Square that would be good to use for our survey.

Put all this information in your books directly. Do not use a computer!


 * Geography Prep Thursday 16 April 2015**


 * Watch the following:**

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 * Bill Bryson Documentary on Litter PART 1**

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 * Bill Bryson Documentary on Litter PART 2**

[]
 * Bill Bryson Documentary on Litter PART 3**

I haven't seen 3B yet, so this will help them catch up with what has been done with 3L.


 * Lent Term 2014**

Learn the global locations of the places in the UK on the attached document,
 * Geography 05 February 2015**




 * Geography 26 February 2015**

We have looked at lots of different kind of geographical communication. In your books write the following words in a table and then write a definition and then an explanation of what that kind of thing is good for. Set it out like this.


 * **Type of Communication** || **Definition** || **What's it good at and what it's not good at** || **What's a great example of this** ||
 * Map || Explain what a map is etc. ||  ||   ||
 * Choropleth Map (We made these in class about crime) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * A graph ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Annotated (labelled) photograph ||  ||   ||   ||
 * A travel writer's journal/memoir ||  ||   ||   ||
 * A piece of formal geographical writing ||  ||   ||   ||


 * Geography Prep Thursday 05 February 2015**


 * Answer on the back.**




 * Geography Prep Thursday 29 January 2015**

We have been looking in class at ways that geographers show information on maps. Just as we did with the infographic, look on the internet for an interesting map and print it out and bring it in ready to talk about why it is interesting. Spend some time looking for some ideal maps and make some pointers on the back of each map you 'shortlist' about why it is good and what could be better about it.


 * 22 Jan 15**


 * Search on the Internet for interesting infographics. Choose one you think is best and be ready to explain why it's best. Choose one about something geographical. Print it and bring it to school.**

Make an interesting graph that shows this information.

Average Monthly Maximum Temperature in London You can do this work on paper.
 * Month || Jan || Feb || Mar || Apr || May || Jun || Jul || Aug || Sep || Oct || Nov || Dec ||
 * || 9°C || 9°C || 12°C || 15°C || 18°C || 21°C || 23°C || 23°C || 20°C || 16°C || 12°C || 9°C ||


 * Geography Prep Thursday 15 January 2014**
 * We have been looking at different ways to show information. Build a graph that shows the following information in an interesting way.**


 * Geography Prep Thursday 8 January 2014**

At the start of this term we will be looking at ways of showing geographical information. One popular form of showing geographical information is the infographic.

Look at the following infographics about Africa.



(There is a higher resolution version here: https://infographicslist.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/african-energy-infographic.png)



On a piece of paper make a list of all the tables (each bundle of information is a table/graph) in each infographic. (If you have your book with you do the work in your book). Then for EACH one, write down what you think is the most interesting or important fact from each one.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 27 November 2014**

A number of boys did not do their prep from last week, thinking that there was no prep set during the lead up to exams. This was not the case. I have, however, not collected this prep, so you have an opportunity to do it, add more to it etc. Please hand in tomorrow the prep below in good shape, on paper!

You might include a map, drawings, and even a programme of what you would investigate and when e.g. DAY1 DAY2 etc. Good luck.

Make a document explaining what you would like to investigate about the Inuit in Northern Canada.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 20 November 2014**

Your research project has to be geographical. It has to fulfil the following:

1) It has to be useful 2) It needs to be something that probably hasn't been done before (don't go and measure the weather because the world is covered with measure sensors) 3) Think about what would help the local people 4) It needs to be geographical. You need to be able to map it! 5) What kind of experts would you need? 6) What kind of equipment would you need? 7) Where exactly would you go?

You can Google Map Resolute Bay to find a starting point. Use your knowledge of the problems facing the Inuit we have head about in the video.


 * I have your books so you can do this on the computer or on a sheet of paper.**


 * Geography Prep Thursday 13 November 2014**

Watch 30 minutes of the following video and take some notes. We will be planning an expedition to this area, and I want you to take notes that focus on what the area is like and what are some of the problems they have in that area that we could investigate.

http://www.isuma.tv/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie

Do not write too much! Do not write too little! Do not write so much that you miss a lot of what is said. Try to not keep stopping the video. Don't try to record every single thing, just the important points. Write them in bullet points if you like, but write them well enough so you can understand them later.

DO NOT WATCH PAST 35 minutes!

I will mark this prep and your last prep when I take in your books.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 6 November 2014**

We are now investigating cold landscapes in the Arctic.

Read the following and do the question at the end (drawing) in your book.



If you haven't got your book then carefully draw the picture on paper ready to glue into your books.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gkm4nDTdNdo
 * Cover Lesson 3 November 2014**
 * Episode 2 Part 1**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffoaiZVPU24
 * Episode 2 Part 2**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOPo-cTPSM
 * Episode 2 Part 3**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaZKhip-F0
 * Episode 2 Part 4**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXHyKLmjjl4
 * Episode 2 Part 5**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF0RSU6195w
 * Episode 2 Part 6**


 * Lesson 2**


 * Answer in your books**

We are going to create an expedition to the coldest place on the earth. 1) Make a list of things that would be different in the hottest place on the earth compared with the coldest 2) What would be the main differences preparing for an expedition? 3) Write where you think some of the coldest places in the world might be? 4) What kinds of things might you explore? Make sure they are geographical things - maps, locations, landscape, temperature, economy, population. 5) Are cold climates in rich or poor parts of the world? 6) If you have time left over, illustrate and label your work by showing some of the equipment you might need to take with you to do research in a cold climate.

We are drawing to a close on our expedition through the Danakil. We have been learning about Ethiopia but we have also been learning about how to investigate places. We have learnt a lot about both of these things.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 30 October 2014**

If you were given an opportunity to conduct some kind of research in the world, where and what would it be? For your prep, I want you to reflect on things you know about the world and think one question you could explore. You can use the internet to get some information, but the idea is not to come up with the answer but to come up with how you would do the research.

BE PRECISE WITH WHAT YOU WOULD INVESTIGATE, HOW YOU WOULD INVESTIGATE AND WHY IT MIGHT BE USEFUL TO INVESTIGATE.

Make a research proposal, explaining where and what and how you would research what you have chosen. What kind of experts would you want to have on your team?

//Thanks to OS for helping me decide what prep was!//

Well done with your presentations on future research in the Danakil and well done to the winners of the cup cakes!
 * Geography Prep Thursday 16 October 2014**

For prep this evening I would like you to use Google Earth or Google Maps to **look at the area around the Danakil Depression**.
 * Bring into school one print out of one interesting part of the landscape.**

You can use Google Maps, but switch to **Satellite Imagery**.


 * Clicking on this link should take you to the right location.**

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Danakil+Depression/@14.278852,40.3268299,53275m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x16134019b08bd073:0x192e896fa4eed64f

If Mum or Dad are around you could download Google Earth and look at it there (the pictures are better). []


 * See if you can find any evidence of settlements (where people live) or interesting things in the landscape.**


 * Get Mum or Dad to show you how to take a screen shot, and print out some interesting things in the landscape.**

Take a screen shot from a PC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGG-58qnsnk

On a Mac chose Command Shift 4


 * Geography Prep Thursday 9 October 2014**

We have now been with the BBC team for a few weeks, travelling through Northern Ethiopia. You know a little about the volcanic aspects of the place, the way the Afar live, the way that humans cope with the weather and what the landscape is like.

If you had an opportunity to conduct a research project there, what would you add?

Make a proposal carefully explaining, what you would investigate, what kind of equipment you would use, what kind of information you would get and what you would hope to find out. Draw a diagram and explain carefully what you would do. Write this carefully into your books. Be ready to argue in class why your project might be very important. Make sure your research would be USEFUL, and make sure it is GEOGRAPHICAL.


 * Geography Prep: Thursday 2 October 2014**

The team has now been in Ethiopia for a couple of weeks. They have conducted some research and some research projects are not quite complete. In your books do an inventory of their research. This means you need to name each research project, write down what they were hoping to achieve (objective) and write down what they concluded.

Set your Research Inventory out like this:

Research Project 1 Project name: ……………………………… Project leader: ……………………………… Project objective:(This means what they are trying to find out) …………………………. Conclusions: ……………………………… Is this project complete? Yes/No

For each project, draw a diagram that shows how they did their research.

(This means to draw a picture for example, of Steve putting a GPS receiver on the goat and using the computer to look at the results - this should not take terribly long).


 * Some boys were interested in the GPS unit I talked about in class. Although it is no longer in production, it is still better than current models in some respects. Here are the details:**



http://www.gpsnuts.com/mygps/gps/hardware%20reviews/magellan%20315/magellan_315_review.htm

http://www.amazon.com/Magellan-GPS-315-Waterproof-Hiking/dp/B00000J0IX

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Magellan-GPS315-receiver-/271617215732?pt=UK_CE_GPS_Accessories_Software_ET&hash=item3f3da5ccf4


 * Geography Prep Thursday 25 September 2014 **

Please make sure that your books are covered (see instructions below). Read the sheet that you were given in class and glue it into your book. Do the work marked 'exercise' which involves drawing a map in your books. You can use an atlas or Google Maps to do complete the set tasks.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 18 September 2014**


 * Prep was not completed by many boys last week because Dr Lee was not aware you had a match last Thursday afternoon, so we are catching up a little!**

Prep

Cover your exercise book. Try to find a map at home that will cover your book. Glue it over the whole cover.

Of course you can get your parents to help you with this ONE prep!

Then add photographs on the following themes:

Ethiopia - Danakil Depression Ethiopia Expeditions Travel writing Travellers Litter Collecting geographical data / using outdoor measuring equipment

Clearly put your name and the following details on the top right hand corner of the front of the book.

//** Your name here **//


 * 3L Geography 2014/2015 **


 * Dr Lee **

Then a layer of sticky back plastic.

Good luck!


 * Geography Prep Thursday 11 September 2014**

Geography Prep was not set today as boys left for a match without collecting the material required.

Instead carefully read this document.






 * Geography Prep Thursday 12 June 2014**

Please revise the geography material. Take special care to learn the global locations from the core set. We did this last year, and have done some games with global locations, so it should not be new! Good luck.


 * Geography Prep Thursday 5 June 2014**

Look through the revision material below and come into class with any questions about what any of it means, and/or questions about specific parts of the course. Commence your revision.

Here is a booklet about geography revision from my thinkingeography website: http://thinkingeography.com/thinkingeography/8_Essays,_Fieldwork_and_Revision_files/TG%20Online%20Revision%20Cornell%20Notes.pdf


 * Geography Revision Guide and supporting documents**







Here is a booklet about geography revision from my thinkingeography website: http://thinkingeography.com/thinkingeography/8_Essays,_Fieldwork_and_Revision_files/TG%20Online%20Revision%20Cornell%20Notes.pdf


 * Prep Thursday 22 May 2014**

Copy the numbers on this sheet into your project booklet. Pages 7-9. It's not a very interesting prep, but it is a job that needs to be done!



Project sheet




 * Prep Thursday 15 May 2014**

Speak to your parents and brothers/sisters about litter. Talk to them about their experience with litter they have seen/come across, in your area, or in other places you/they have lived. Talk to them about what they think about litter. Ask them what they think about litter in the area you live in along with fly tipping we discussed in class. What do they think should be done about litter? Make some notes and be ready to share this information with the class.


 * Prep Thursday 8 May 2014**

Prep was given out on paper today.


 * Prep Thursday 1 May 2014**


 * This term we will be doing a small project on litter in Chelsea and Westminster. Read through the following webpages from the council website.**

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/environmentandtransport/streetcleaning/streetcleaningservices.aspx

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/environmentandtransport/streetcleaning/cleanerstreets.aspx

http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/environmentandtransport/streetcleaning/graffitiandflyposting.aspx

Write 4 good geographical questions which you think we might investigate to find out about litter and how litter might be becoming a bigger problem in Chelsea and Westminster.

Suggest how you might explore these questions.


 * Prep Thursday 24 April 2014**


 * No prep yet because I have not yet seen both 3rd Forms.**




 * Prep Thursday 13 March 2014**

We have been looking in detail at the Ordnance Survey Map.

Go through this revision exercise and try the test at the end.

Keep an honest record of your score for for our next lesson!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/geographical_skills/maps_rev1.shtml


 * Prep Thursday 27 February 2014**

Work through the following revision exercise:

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 * Prep Thursday 30 January 2014**


 * Read the following:**

The plants surged form the verges of the path. They pulled me closer, like Sirens. There were poppies still in their prime and those past it, lining the edge of the path. The breeze was squeezing the red petals of one, flattening the flower, but it bounced back into a fuller shape with each lull in the wind.

The car was no longer in sight, it was hidden behind a tree. I took the left branch of two paths head. It led gently uphill past an area called the Burgh. I continued until a valley opened up to the north. On the higher ground near the top of the ridge there was a modest colony of gorse. The flowers of this bush had passed, which was a pity as I adore their coconut scent. I always admire gorse, choosing to grow on the exposed rocky, unloved parts that other plants deem unsuitable.

The track led me down into the small valley, the home of the Stoke Hazel Wood, and the plants changed as the soils grew deeper and richer. The lowest point was marked by a distinct triangle of mugwort or Artemisia, the plant standing out as the light caught he silvery undersides of the leaves. It is this solver colour that gives the plant its association with the moon.

The track was worn and clear, but at either side there was a carpet of the broad rosettes of plantains. They are swift to grow even on the hard soil. They also put up with the trampling of boots.

//This is a description of a walk. Draw a map showing what the walker saw, where and when. Show his path, and if you can look up the names of some of the plants and draw pictures of them where he saw them. Show on your sketch map the direction he went and what he saw.//


 * Prep Thursday 4 December 2013 **

For your last prep you did part 1 of a 2 part prep.

That prep was to explain what you would research in the Antarctic.

For this prep you need to work on logistics.

You have to answer the following questions on a word processing page.


 * ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS **

A) How do you think you would get there? Read the resources below?

B) What equipment would you take? I suggest a warm coat and a weatherproof camera. Choose good equipment and see if you can find out how much it costs.

C) How long would you stay? You need to think about your research from the previous prep. How long will it take? Explain carefully.

D) How many people would you need in your team and why?


 * YOU CAN PLAN YOUR EXPEDITION USING THIS LOCATION **

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&authuser=0&q=iqaluit&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4dd31647708ada07:0x1f1ed0067c9129c2,Iqaluit,+NU,+Canada&gl=uk&ei=yzOfUv7hGcGN0AXw_ICACQ&ved=0CJABELYD

Here is some information about how to get there: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/canada/nunavut/transport/getting-there-around

Good luck. Email me if you're having a problem. Dr Lee


 * Prep Thursday 28 November 2013 **

We have been watching the following video as part of our 'research' from last week's prep.

You now need to plan your expedition. This will be done in two parts. This week's prep and next week's prep.

Here is the link to the video: http://www.isuma.tv/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie

Remember that our research is on two things:

how the Inuit/Yupic are being affected by climate change, and what can be done to help. what the Inuit/Yupic diet is like, whether this reduces their life span and what can be done to help.

//We will not do the research, but we are planning the research project!//

In class we decided we would send groups to Canada, Russia and Greenland.

You need to write a research plan. You need to use the following headings, and fill them in using information from the internet. You can do this work on the computer.

The two parts of your project are:

1) Research THIS WEEK 2) Logisitcs (Where to go, when, how, clothing, equipment etc) NEXT WEEK

For prep you need to give details of your expedition.

1) Research (THIS WEEK'S PREP)

1 Climate Change: In the video we found out that melting ice was affecting the seal hunt, increasing the number of polar bears that were attacking the villages, damaging the environment, melting permafrost and causing floods.


 * You need to decide how we might measure some of these things and how we might be able to find a solution to some of them.**

2. Diet: We need to investigate the Inuit/Yupic diet and their longevity (length of life).


 * You need to decide how we might find out about their diet and see whether there is a problem with it. How would you do it?**


 * Copy and past the following into a new word processing document and answer the questions.**


 * - COPY AND PASTE INTO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT THE WRITING BELOW THEN REPLACE THE BOLD TEXT WITH YOUR ANSWERS**


 * Research Plan: Eskimo Peoples. Climate Impact and** **Dietary Condition**

1. Climate Impact


 * You need to decide how we might measure some of these things and how we might be able to find a solution to some of them. <-- Replace this with your answer.**

2. Dietary Condition


 * You need to decide how we might find out about their diet and see whether there is a problem with it. How would you do it?**
 * <-- Replace this with your answer.**




 * Prep Thursday 21 November 2013**

Read the following sheet.

Watch the first 25 minutes of this documentary and make notes of important facts in your books.

http://www.isuma.tv/en/inuit-knowledge-and-climate-change/movie

Learn the places/locations on the first 5 maps of this booklet.
 * Prep Thursday 14 November 2013**



You should have collected your books today and some work on paper. Please make sure you carefully trim that work and glue it into your books.
 * Prep Thursday 7 November 2013**

Read through the following booklet:



Then complete the question at the end, in your books. This is to draw an informative a picture of as many things as you can from the sheet. You can use the internet to find examples of things that you want to draw. For example you might want to look at images of the animals so you can draw them (don't copy the cartoon ones I gave you - I gave you this, because I could not find one picture that had them all in!)


 * Prep Thursday 31 October 2013**
 * Watch the following video which should finish the programme. **

[] (Second last episode) [] (Final Episode)

Do the following:

Answer the following questions in your books:

1. Was the BBC expedition successful? Explain your answer. 2. What was the most important thing that they expedition achieved. Explain your answer 3. What else would you have liked them to have discovered and why? 4. How well prepared were they? What makes you think this? 5. Do you think the expedition was a good idea? Why? 6. Do you think that the expedition was well executed (done)?

We have been looking at the expedition of Ben Saunders and the BBC expedition. Write half a page on what kinds of things one would need to consider when mounting an expedition. Make a detailed list of the things you would need to find out/check/prepare. You can do this work on the computer.
 * Prep Thursday 17 October 2013 **

Write down a summary of the problems that the BBC have faced so far in the expedition they have run. Also make a list of the main things they have found out. Illustrate your work.
 * Prep Thursday 10 October 2013 **


 * Prep Thursday 3 October 2013 **


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Visit the following website: [|http://www.wordle.net]

Choose CREATE In the text box, type in as many words relating to the Danakil Depression that you can. Use single words only. At the end click GO.

If you like you can change the colour and font and direction of the text. You should make something that looks a little like the one above.

Print the page and bring it into school.


 * IF IT ASKS YOU TO UPDATE JAVA, YOU MIGHT NEED TO GET YOUR MOTHER OR FATHER TO LET YOU INSTALL IT. THIS IS A STANDARD WEBSITE INSTALLATION AND A STANDARD WEBSITE APPLICATION. IT IS USED VERY WIDELY IN EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. **


 * YOU CAN GET SOME HELP FROM AN ADULT TO HELP YOU PRINT THIS DOCUMENT. **


 * Prep Thursday 26 September 2013**

Download this booklet and read it carefully. There will be a quiz on it next lesson.

This is the booklet we started to read in class. Finish reading it. If some of the words are a little tricky, you can ask your parents for some help.


 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="3.1 Prep 3.pdf" link="file:3.1 Prep 3.pdf"]] ||
 * 3.1 Prep 3.pdf ||
 * Details
 * [[file:3.1 Prep 3.pdf|Download]]
 * 4 MB


 * Class Work Thursday 20 September 2013 **

Write the following in your books:

Write the heading ** Extreme Landscapes: The Danakil Depression ** // then write: //

Geographers study landscape. Some of the most interesting landscapes on the planet are extreme environments. Extreme environments often have unusual landscapes and ways of life that are challenging. Dallol and the Danakil Depression in the East of Ethiopia are good examples of this.

Write the heading ** Landscape ** : // Make a list of 2 things that are unusual or distinctive about the landscape. Describe what you know. //

Write the heading ** Habitat ** : // Make a list of 2 animals/organisms that we know something about that live in the area and explain how they have adapted or how they fit into the landscape. //

Write the heading ** Expedition ** : // Make a list of 2 interesting facts about travelling or creating an expedition into such a challenging area. //


 * Prep Thursday 19 September 2013 **

You already know something about the Danakil Depression, and you know what kind of experts we have with us on the expedition. A doctor, a vet, a geologist and an anthropologist (someone who studies people). We know a little about what kind of research they are conducting, but make a list of other geographical investigations they might do? Keep in mind the kind of landscape we are travelling through. If you were leading an expedition there, what would you want to investigate.

Write a report which clearly states what kind of research could be conducted. You might want to put this under the headings of the 4 __specialists__ we have, but be aware that it might be that some of the best research might involve more than one specialist.

Put the heading: Prospective Research Topics for Ethiopian Expedition. Make your work look like a proper report. If you want to you can do this on the computer and trim and glue your work into your book. You might also want to list what equipment you might need. You can illustrate your report.

Don't understand??? There's an example below.


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 * SH13 3.1 Sample Prep.pdf ||
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Still don't understand? Send me an email!


 * ALSO**: Please cover your books with the maps I provided. Firstly cover with the map, then add the name sticker you should have been given, and then cover with plastic. If you want to add some photographs over the maps that's fine too, just don't cover all of the maps, use them as a background for your pictures. ; )

Today we looked at the BBC programme: The Hottest Place on Earth.
 * Prep Thursday 12 September 2013**

Do the following

1) Click on this LINK This will take you to Google Maps.

2) This is Dallol where the BBC team were doing their research. Investigate this landscape. Look around at things nearby.

3) Zoom in and zoom out and see how far away the border is to Eritrea.

Put the heading: **The Hottest Place on Earth**, in your books and the date and answer the following questions.

i. There is a very big lake to the South. What is it called?

ii. What colour is the landscape mainly?

iii. To the west of Point A, which should be on the satellite photo you should see this:
 * [[image:Screen Shot 2013-09-12 at 12.53.57.png caption="Screen Shot 2013-09-12 at 12.53.57.png"]] ||
 * Screen Shot 2013-09-12 at 12.53.57.png ||

What do you think these fans might be?

iv. This is a picture of the Dallol volcano. Carefully draw a field sketch in your books from this picture. Remember to label what you can see. If you're not sure wait until we talk about the picture in class before you add the labels. You should still be able to draw the sketch.


 * [[image:ETH08_1150.JPG caption="ETH08_1150.JPG"]] ||
 * ETH08_1150.JPG ||


 * ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW --- ARCHIVE BELOW**


 * Geography Prep Thursday 13 June**

Carefully revise the gazette you have been given and can be found below, along with the global location booklet we have gone through in class.

This was given out in class today on a sheet.
 * Geography Prep Thursday 6 June**


 * Revision Guide**
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 * 3rd Form Gazette**
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 * SH12 3.1 Gazette Revision.pdf ||
 * Details
 * [[file:SH12 3.1 Gazette Revision.pdf|Download]]
 * 11 MB


 * Core Global Locations**
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 * SH12 Global Locations Core Set.pdf ||
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Thinking back to our traffic management project.
 * Prep for Thursday 22 May**

Write a clear aim for what we were investigating.

Write a statement that explains how we planned our research, what kind of document we built to do the counting and how we went about counting and collecting data.

Learn the global locations from the sheet you were given in class.
 * Prep for Thursday 16 May**

If you have lost it, or for some unknown reason left it at school, there is a copy below.


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 * SH12 Global Locations Core Set.pdf ||
 * Details
 * [[file:SH12 Global Locations Core Set.pdf|Download]]
 * 963 KB


 * Prep for 9 May 2013**
 * Tonight's prep is a reading prep.**
 * Read the following page:**

[]

Look at the Barclays (Boris) bike website and find out how you apply for and get registered. Find out how the system works.

Look at the Boris bike map and find the closest Barclays bike location to where you live and to the school.

Read this about London Cycle Superhighways (just the part under the heading)

[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_Superhighway#Cycle_Superhighways]

There __might__ be a short quiz on this material next lesson.

Your prep has been given to you on a sheet because it is a parents' evening, and some parents have indicated that they will not be able to supervise computer use at home.
 * Prep for 2 May 2013**

However, if you did not collect your prep from school, it can be found here.


 * [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" caption="SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf" link="file:SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf"]] ||
 * SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf ||
 * Details
 * [[file:SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf|Download]]
 * 253 KB


 * Prep for 3B Thursday 25 April 2013**


 * Watch the following videos.**


 * AS YOU WATCH THEM, IN YOUR BOOK, MAKE NOTES OF WHAT YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC IN THESE LOCATIONS. NOTICE THE DIRECTION OF TRAFFIC, THE PEOPLE IN THE IMAGE, THE SPEED OF FLOW, THE NOISE (ONE VIDEO IS SILENT) AND HOW ORGANISED OR DISORGANISED IT IS.**


 * The first film is about 7 minutes. The second is about 4 minutes and the last one is about 12 minutes. Make sure you leave enough time to watch the last video!!**


 * Film 1**


 * Film 2**


 * Film 3**


 * Prep for Thursday 18 April 2013**
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 * SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf ||
 * Details
 * [[file:SH12 Gazette 3.3.pdf|Download]]
 * 253 KB


 * Prep for Thursday 14 March 2013**


 * Watch this, it shows some of the potential for digital maps.**


 * This video looks at the next generation of 3D flythough mapping/aerial photographs.**


 * Look at the way that such maps are being built.**


 * Augmented reality map:**


 * See how the computer provides a real time overlay of the map.**


 * Talk to your parents about what could come out next with mapping. What could be done with digital maps which might make it useful to you?**
 * Come into school with some ideas.**
 * Draw up a mock up of what you plan. Do this on paper.**

[]
 * Geography Prep Thursday 14 March 2013**
 * We have been exploring digital maps and mapping through Google Earth.**
 * Visit this site:**

Try these environments on a Microsoft Word Document write a short review of as many as you can. Are they interesting/fun/educational/hard to operate/not working etc. Complete for prep.


 * Prep for Thursday 7 March**

Continue exploring these environments at home and complete your reviews.


 * Prep for Thursday 28 February 2013**
 * Watch this:**


 * And this...**

This is the diary/log of Captain Scott at the end of his expedition.


 * Then read the following page:**

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We have been looking at travel writers and travel writing. Now we are looking at geographical writing and the logs/diaries of explorers as examples of writing about place and experience.


 * Prep for Thursday 21 February 2013**


 * Look at the lecture on the RGS-IBG website:**

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 * Go to this link:**

You will need the username and password for our account.

Our username is: Igor Our password is: SM574JEA

You need to choose the right lecture where it says: Choose Lecture

The lecture you want to watch is the **12th one along**, which features David Attenborough and Michael Palin.

I'm sorry I can't make this any easier. It's a little orangish picture of two men sitting on a stage.

3J watched the first 15 minutes of this. I would like you to watch the first 20 minutes of this.

In your book make a LIST of the things that both Michael Palin says and that David Attenborough says that are interesting.


 * Prep Thursday 7 February 2013**

Nick Danzinger is a travel writer who travels to some very difficult places. Here he is talking about being in Ethiopia.

Write a paragraph that explains how a travel writer is able to help the lives of people in other places. You can use Nick Danzinger as an example. This is from 2008.


 * Prep Thursday 31 January 2013**


 * Watch this video about being a travel writer:**


 * Wilfred Thesiger was one of Britain's finest travel writers. Here he is reading from his book Desert Sands. (8 mins)**


 * Wilfred Thesiger who died in 2003.**

] It is said of travel writing that it needs to be:
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1. Entertaining - enjoyable to read 2. Reporting - provide information about a place or particular situation/circumstance 3. Educational - tell the reader about a place that they may otherwise know little about 4. Peculiar - Tell of something in an unusual or odd way.

On a clean sheet of paper draw some of the things that each of the following authors have written about and say which kind of writing they have used (from the categories above).

Michael Palin Yehudi Menuhin Wilfred Thesiger

Samples of this writing we have read before (see in previous preps below). Wilfred Thesiger is highlighted in the video above.


 * VIDEO NOW UPDATED**

Before you watch the video below, write down 5 words on a piece of paper that you can think of which you think sums up Afghanistan.
 * Prep for Thursday 24 January 2013**


 * Watch this video **

Which do you think are the most impressive scenes? Make a mental note ready to discuss this in class.

Did it change the way you thought about Afghanistan?

When you have done this, read this article by Yehudi Menuhin.


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 * Prep for Thursday 17 January**

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 * Read this:**

Watch 20 minutes of this:


 * Prep for Thursday 10 January**

I cannot set a prep for 3B this evening because I haven't yet met with the class and it wouldn't make sense. However, you can bring in photographs/postcards etc from your holiday this Christmas to show to the class. Make sure you know the place names of all the places you have visited, whether it be in the Seychelles or in London.

I would like you to talk to your parents or an adult about YOUR expedition, AND any expedition they have been on, or that they have read about or know about. So you can some time in conversation with a parent, a nanny, an adult and find out about what their experience or knowledge of expeditions might be. See if they have met anyone who has been on an expedition, or if their friends had ever been on an expedition, or if in their travels they had been to places that had been the source of an expedition.
 * Prep for Thursday 29 November**

You could also watch as much of these as you have time for:

Read the following sheet. You should know its contents well for next lesson. Spend 25 minutes reading this. You can underline the important points.
 * Prep for Thursday 22 November **


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This week we looked at our expedition plan.
 * Prep for Thursday 15 November **

Now we need to type these ideas up to make our expedition booklet.

Use the templates below. Download them and work on them. Then print them when you have finished.

If you are doing **WHY** - find some pictures from the area, and use them to explain why you are going, and what good might be achieved in going.

If you are doing **HOW** - work out, if you can, which airlines you will use and how much it might cost to get there. If you need a vehicle, try to get a picture of the vehicle. Can you find out how much it might cost to hire such a vehicle (even if you find out how much it might cost to hire one in England).

If you are doing **WHAT** - work out what equipment you will need - warm clothes, gps units, walkie talkies etc. Find them on Amazon or some other website. CHOOSE, your equipment and find out how much it costs.

If you are doing **WHO** - work out who you need to see. Find pictures of them, or people like them. For your team see if you can find an expert who will help. Look up the kind of expert you need and put in UK, to find someone in England.

If you are doing **WHEN and WHERE**, try to find a map of the city or the area. Work out which parts you would need to go to. Find some photographs. If you are wanting to meet the mayor, find his name, and his office, if you can. (I found it very easily!)

Open the template, and there are more instructions on the template, with some examples. These are Word documents and will also open in Pages on a Mac. Follow the instructions on the page and delete the instruction text on the page before you finish.

Spend 30 minutes on this prep and fill in as much information as you can.

Any problems? Email me al@sussexhouseschool.co.uk


 * TYPE YOUR NAME ON THE SHEET AT THE TOP **


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 * TYPE YOUR NAME ON THE SHEET AT THE TOP **

To prepare for your expedition read through the following websites and answer the following questions.
 * Prep for Thursday 8 November**


 * Clothing for the cold**: []
 * What clothing would you want to take?**


 * Travelling through the cold**: []
 * What kind of training would you have to give to your team?**


 * First Aid**: []
 * What medical precautions would you want to take?**

Have a look around Yakutsk, so you know your way around.
 * Look around**: []

We have finished looking at the Danakil Depression and we are now planning an expedition to Yakutsk in Siberia which is the coldest settlement on earth. So we can plan, you need to know a little about the area. You need to do some reading and research and you can do so by reading the sites/locations below. You can also do your own research.
 * Prep for Thursday 18 October 2012**

When you have done this write two research questions which you could use to build an expedition on.

For example questions which were used in the Hottest Place on Earth Programme might have been: "How do the Afar manage to live in such a harsh climate?" "How do goats roam in the Danakil?"

You have to think of two questions you could investigate in the Yakutsk region. You don't have to answer the questions, but you need to have thought of two questions which have come from your reading.


 * Write them in your book.**


 * Reading**


 * Yakutsk on Wikipedia:** []


 * Yakutsk on Wikitravel:** []

Yakutsk at -51°C

Read the following:
 * Prep for Thursday 11 October 2012**


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Answer the following questions in your books. You should write the questions and the answers. Your answers do not need to come from the sheet above, it is just a summary of the second episode, though you can use it to help answer the questions. You can look at the other sheets you have been given too.

Each answer should be a good paragraph long.

1. How do the Afar use the land to survive in Danakil? 2. What are the most important things we learnt about the Danakil Depression? 3. What things have you found most interesting about Danakil?


 * Tell a parent about the the Danakil Depression. (You do not need to write anything for this, just tell them about the area).**

Watch the following programmes. I will give you a quick 10 question quiz on them, next lesson.
 * Prep for Thursday 4 October 2012**


 * FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY**
 * IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND EMAIL DR LEE al@sussexhouseschool.co.uk**


 * Prep for Thursday 27 September 2012**

We have now seen the first episode of the Hottest Place on Earth. **The next lesson will be a working lesson!** I would like you to look through the videos again, and the notes I have given you and **CHOOSE** __**two**__ things to make a __**fact sheet**__ about. **For example** you might choose the way the Afar people use __goats__ and the way they __mine salt__. If you choose these two, then you would look over the videos where they discuss these things. You would then make some notes on scrap paper ready to do the work in your next lesson. You can choose any two topics from the episode.


 * DO NOT MAKE THE FACT SHEET FOR PREP!**

During the lesson I want you to then produce a page, in your book that tells the reader all about two things.

You will make two headings. You might include drawings, maps, graphs etc. **This will be done during the lesson on a clean sheet of paper in your books.** To do the best job you will want to have revised two topics thoroughly. You can use your notes during this exercise.


 * YOU __DO NOT__ HAVE TO WATCH ALL THE VIDEOS. JUST CHOOSE THE ONES WITH THE PARTS YOU NEED TO REVIEW.**

Here are the videos again:


 * Episode 1**

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Geography Prep is set before Thursday for Thursday night. It is to be done on Thursday night and is due in on Friday.

Read the following sheets carefully. You don't need to print them out as I will give you trimmed copies in class.
 * Prep for Thursday 20 September**


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There will be a ten question quiz on the contents of sheets 2 and 3 next lesson.

Also watch this (episode 3)


 * Prep set on Monday 10 September for completion on the evening of Thursday 13 September and due in on Friday 14 September.**

Dr Middleton is a former colleague of mine from Oxford University.

Have a look at the a part of the documentary he has made on extreme (hot) climate. Here he looks at Ethiopia.

Look at this video, article below and write 50 words about what makes this an extreme environment.


 * ANSWER IN YOUR GEOGRAPHY NOTEBOOKS.**


 * Extra**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59M2uFMA80

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaZtoOXKhM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlYVS4hscCY