Santa should relocate to Kyrgyzstan...

According to an article on the BBC website Santa should relocate to Kyrgyzstan.....

Read the full article and the reasons why here

Thanks to Mrs Wright, a Head of Geography at a school in Leighton Buzzard for pointing this article out!

Father Christmas and climate change

Turn your sound up.....




Thanks to Steve, a Field Studies Leader in Lancashire for pointing this out!

Alphabet of Nations

Try this video from You Tube.



Personally I would have said 'West Xylophone' didn't exist but there is a website....
http://westxylophone.com/

Just proves you can't believe everything you read on the internet!

Thanks to Miss Ellis, a Geography teacher in Derbyshire for pointing this out!

Penguins and seals

You can find the webcam for South Georgia by clicking here

Are there any seals or penguins in front of the camera at the moment?

Bhopal - an industrial accident

The following information may help year 10 complete their homework on the Bhopal industrial incident in India in December 1984:

The factory was owned by Union Carbide, a U.S. owned multinational company. The factory produced pesticides (Sevin) which were needed by India to help increase food supplies for a rapidly growing population.

On the 3rd December 1984 a series of events led to a chemical reaction and escaping MIC gas which killed and maimed thousands.

There were several failures in the safety procedures which led to the disaster. If any of these had been in place, the disaster may have been prevented, or the effects may have been reduced:
 Sections of pipelines being cleaned should have been isolated – this was not done
 Gauges in the central control room were not working properly (cost-cutting by the company?)
 For 6 weeks prior to the accident the pressure gauge for the MIC tank was showing ‘no pressure’. This was ignored as a faulty gauge but in fact there was a leaky tank (and if air could get out then water could get in!)
 MIC (the chemical) needs to be kept cool. The cooling system had been switched off (under orders from the Senior Management) since May 1984.
 The vent gas scrubber, which neutralises toxic gases before they are released into the atmosphere, was switched off for maintenance.

The disaster occurred because water used to flush out some pipes found its way through the main pipeline system and into the MIC tanks. Here it mixed with the MIC and the resulting chemical reaction led to the leaking of the toxic gas cloud over Bhopal.

Who was to blame?
You decide……
 Was it Union Carbide for failing to have adequate safety procedures in place?
 Was it the local people for building shanty settlements so close to the factory? (Something that wouldn’t have been allowed with planning restrictions in a MEDC)
 Was it the Indian government for failing to check that safety procedures were in place?
 Was it a disgruntled former Union Carbide employee who sabotaged the plant? (as the company claimed?)

What were the effects?
Death, blindness, breathing problems, birth defects….. and more. Use the information given in class and any additional information from websites to find out more about the effects, including numbers of people estimated to have been killed and injured.

Websites
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bhopal/default.stm is a good starting point.

Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh

In the last few days, Bangladesh has been badly hit by Cyclone Sidr. There is some really useful information here including interactive guides, photos, video footage and eye witness accounts. This would make a useful case study for GCSE, AS (Climatic Hazards) and A2 (Coasts - the cyclone caused a 5m storm surge). BBC coverage is here and includes information about the management of the cyclone here . There is also an animated guide to cyclones.

Oil Spill in California

In the news today - oil spill in California. read about the spill and the clean up operation here.

African migrants die in Atlantic

In July 2006 a boatload of African migrants reached the Canary Islands and were helped by tourists on the beach. This week at least 47 migrants were found dead after failing to reach the Canaries and drifting in the Atlantic for two weeks without enough food and water. Read the full story from the BBC website here.

Interactive maps

A superb interactive world map showing data from the world bank can be found here.

Which parts of Africa are richer than others? Click on the map to see!


Ever wondered what some places in Europe are actually like? try the interactive European tourism map here Click on a location to see pictures and short video clips of the places.

Thanks to two Geography teachers from Preston and Woodcote (near Reading) for these links!

East Coast Storm Surge

Earlier today, the largest storm surge since 1953 was predicted for the east coast of England. In 1953 several hundred people were killed by flood waters, as very high tides coincided with a deep depression bringing northerly winds that caused the sea to breach flood defences and inundate the land. Today, there were plenty of warnings to people living along the coast, and many homes were evacuated. This article from the BBC explains what happened, and why people were evacuated. Even though the storm surge was not as bad as predicted, the waves were still impressive - there are some good pictures here.

Thinking of a Geography degree?

A really helpful new site from the Royal Geographical Society....
http://studygeography.rgs.org/

Websites for Three Gorges Dam

Here are the websites I promised my A2 group today.....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/flash/0,,1799355,00.html (excellent site with the flash movie intro and a special report)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/08/endangeredspecies.conservation
Yangtze river dolphin declared extinct (Aug 2007)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwFGyzllCJg
Three gorges documentary style clip from You Tube shown in the lesson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ypN7lDhCZk&mode=related&search=
the time lapse three gorges dam from you Tube shown in the lesson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5000198.stm
social impacts of the dam from the BBC

http://www.threegorgesprobe.org/tgp/index.cfm very detailed information (don’t get bogged down with TOO much info!)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Fantastic pictures from around the world

Thanks to Alan Parkinson (Head of Geography in Norfolk) for pointing out this fabulous site - 336,458 photos so far (and rising) from around the world - some fantastic pictures......
Click on the website link to take you there...

www.woophy.com/map/index.php

Methods of flood control

Year 8 - here is the powerpoint that will help you with your assessment (hopefully!)

Has China's One Child Policy been successful?

How successful has China's 'One Child Policy' been? A recent report says it has prevented 400 million births but China may be storing up problems for the future. Read more about it from the BBC here.

Two approaches to a declining and ageing population....

Japan have an ageing population and have decided robots may be the solution. read the whole story here.

Meanwhile, in Russia, they are worried they may lose 40 million people, a third of their population, by the middle of the century. Read about their unusual solution to raise the birth rate here.

Migrant workers face English test

An article from the BBC today (here) says that skilled migrant workers to England are going to have to take an English test.

"The government estimates 35,000 of the 95,000 skilled migrants who entered the UK last year would not have been able to show they could speak the language."
but.... "Exemptions will include international footballers signed by Premiership clubs."

Strange maps

Here's one way maps can be used to show something different! This map shows the life expectancy of different states by renaming them with countries with the same life expectancy. You'll probably have to click on the map to get a slightly more legible version!
I found it at http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/page/2/

Hurricane Dean

Normally I'm a little bit jealous of my sister who lives in the Cayman Islands. However, over the weekend, she and her sons have had to leave the island because of the imminent arrival of Hurricane Dean. It is expected to hit Cayman today, at Category 4, possibly 5 (the Saffir Simpson scale which is used to measure hurricane strength only goes up to category 5!). You can track the progress of Dean here - http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#DEAN - it's already hit Jamaica, and is on its way to the popular tourist resort of Cancun in Mexico. The BBC website has a number of links worth looking at, like http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6955163.stm(news story), http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/6952773.stm (eye witness accounts) and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6956117.stm(for pictures). Makes our dismal "summer" that we've had this year not seem so bad!!

Foot and mouth disease update

The strain of diasease has now been identified and it is identical to that used at the Institute for Animal Health, at Pirbright, three miles from the farm. Defra could not say the laboratory was the source but has increased the size of the protection and surveillance zones covering farms in the area. (from BBC news website)

The map below shows the new, enlarged protection and surveillance zones. The map can be enlarged using the tool on the top of the 'scribd' page below (map from Defra)

Foot and mouth disease found on a farm near Guildford

Foot and mouth disease has been discovered on a farm close to Guildford.

This is taken from the BBC website: "Cattle at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease. Animals on the farm near Guildford have tested positive for the disease which swept the UK and wreaked havoc in 2001. A 3km protection zone has been put in place around the premises and a UK ban imposed on movement of all livestock."

Read the full story here and now updated here which includes a link to the map below (where it is much clearer!)

The map below shows the 3km protection zone and the 10km surveillance zone that have been put in place. This information is taken from Defra. (http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/diseases/fmd/pdf/declaration-pz-sz-rz-070803.pdf)

Cycling around the world

How would you feel about cycling 18,000 miles? On Sunday 5th August 2007, Mark Beaumont will cycle out of Paris on a solo attempt to break the 18,000 mile World Record to become the fastest person to have ever circumnavigated the globe by bicycle. You will be able to follow the full adventure as it happens by clicking on his website here

He plans to beat the current world record which is 276 days 19 hrs 15 min - just over 9 months. Mark is planning to smash this by cycling around the globe in under 210 days. This seven month race will include 20 countries through Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australasia and North America. We wish him luck!

Floods in Southern Asia

We aren't the only ones experiencing difficulties with floods at the moment. Weeks of torrential rain, landslides and floods in China have left more than 700 people dead and forced about 5 million others to flee their homes.
Click here and here to see more pictures from the region.

Earthquake in Japan

Today, a significant earthquake hit the island of Honshu in Japan. Tsunami warnings were issued, and a nuclear power station was damaged. Read the story here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6901213.stm

and look at some pictures here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6900355.stm

Video footage of the quake can be seen here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6900000/newsid_6900200?redirect=6900209.stm&news=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1

Make your own at ProfilePitstop.com

Planet Earth as you may never have seen it before....

Thanks to coolpics from Slideshare for this....

Makes you think.....

Turn your sound on then watch the video below from You Tube....

Create pictogram using excel

For those of you doing coursework at the moment this site here might be helpful - it shows you how to create a pictogram using excel

World Population Clock

World population clock. If you click on 'Now' button the statistics start again at zero so you can see how fast things are rising.


Created by Poodwaddle.com

For those of you who wanted to see Yakko's World (the countries song) again here it is....

Find out the distance between two places.....

This might be useful, especially for those doing coursework.... click here to take you to a website where you can find out the distance between any two UK cities.

Maps of Guildford for Coursework

The site below has a range of maps for Guildford and the South East:

www.guildford.gov.uk/GuildfordWeb/Maps/

Climate change

A thought-provoking video I found on You Tube....

Pictures of Guildford

As we currently still don't have a shared area at school (!) I have put some pictures taken on the fieldwork day onto a powerpoint



You can also download this powerpoint at home to allow you to use any photos you wish. Download at
http://www.slideshare.net/HNurton/pictures-of-guildford

(and click on 'Download file' underneath the slideshow)

Interactive map of Surrey

A must have for coursework....
http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_RTF/Surrey+Interactive+Map#
An interactive map - zoom in / out /select areas etc etc

Urban geography

This powerpoint provides a basic outline of the characteristics of the CBD.

For year 10....

Whilst I was looking for something else I came across this site
http://home.clara.net/heureka/surrey-hants/gu-ford.htm
which may be useful to your as you write up your Introduction section of your coursework.

Pictures of the fieldwork day to follow soon.......

Chinese use fertility drugs to get round the One Child Policy

Some Chinese in rural areas have been using fertility drugs to ensure they have twins or other multiple births, the try to get round the One Child Policy. Families who have more than one child can expect fines, but multiple births are exempt from this rule. Read more about it here from the BBC.

Coursework

The documents below should help you collect information on the coursework day in Guildford. Ideally you should design your own sheets for data collection but if you are short on time these will help. You can download them and print them out by clicking on the writing at the bottom of the document. Don't forget to look further down the page for some suggestions to help you write your questionnaires!

Coursework questionnaires

Year 10 Geographers are in the process of writing their questionnaires for part of their coursework investigation. As quite a number have missed the class discussions because they are on the Spanish trip the following might help. It is a list of SOME of the sorts of questions you might want to include. They aren’t necessarily in the best order. I’m not suggesting you include them all and remember what we talked about with regards to using categories for answers etc.

TOURISM:
Gender (not a question)
Age
Where do you live?
What is your reason for being in Guildford today?
What do you consider to be Guildford’s attractions for tourists?
Which of the following do you consider to be most important for tourists? (list)
What do you consider to be the main benefits of tourists visiting Guildford?
What do you consider to be the problems associated with tourists?

TRAFFIC:
Gender (not a question)
Age
Where do you live?
What type of transport did you use to travel to Guildford today? / How do you usually travel to Guildford?
What are your reasons for visiting Guildford today?
How often do you visit Guildford?
How often do you use public transport in and around Guildford?
Can you rate Guildford’s public transport on a scale of….
Question about congestion (rate it as a problem or where worst?)
Questions about the park and ride scheme (e.g. Do you use it? How often? Can you rate it on a scale of…..)
How do you think transport in Guildford could be improved? (give suggestions as categories)

REMEMBER to look at your hypotheses and sub-hypotheses when designing your questionnaire!

Young People's Trust for the Environment

Use this link to a useful website about the environment and problems created by people. This is good for Year 9 pupils studying "Can the earth cope" this term.

http://www.yptenc.org.uk/

The site says "The Young People's Trust for the Environment is a charity which aims to encourage young people's understanding of the environment and the need for sustainability."

Happy reading!

Were you our 1000th visitor?

If you visited us over the weekend of 12th / 13th May you may have been our 1000th visitor! 1000 visitors in 7 weeks.

We've had visitors from six continents since we first started this blog on 25th March 2007. We hope you have found something useful / informative / interesting, or just something to make you think!

List of case studies for AS Human Geography

The document below is a list of suggested case studies for AS Human Geography. You can view the document online or, if you want to print it off, click on the bottom left where you can then download as a pdf or a word document. Don't forget to use the revision stuff given to you on disc. Good luck in your exams! Mrs Nurton

Missouri river floods

The Missouri River has flooded, meaning thousands of people have had to leave their homes. See more pictures here from the BBC

Queen carbon off-sets

The Queen's current visit to the USA will be the first one where she 'carbon off-sets'. Details and map below from the BBC website.

"The tour is the Queen's first carbon-offset state visit, where a donation is made to an environmental charity to offset the plane journeys made by the royal party. "

Total air miles - 13,317 km or 8,275 milesAmount of CO2 emitted based on scheduled flights - 1. 5 tonnesEstimated offset cost per person - £13.20 to £14.18 ($26.22-$28.17) depending on type of offset package
Source: The Carbon Neutral Company carbon calculator

How to revise!

This simple powerpoint shows a few ways to revise - try something different! Good luck!

Tornado wipes out 95% of town!

A tornado has hit the town of Greensburg in Kansas, USA, wiping out 95% of the buildings, killing at least 9 people and injuring 60 others.

Look at the links below for more information and images / video.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2007-05-05-kansas_N.htm This includes a flash animation of 'how tornadoes form'. The videos are definately worth a look.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6628613.stm

GCSE Past Papers

Special message for Year 11 students! Here's the link for the past exam papers on the AQA website. Look at the papers (you can choose Higher or Foundation as appropriate), and look at the mark schemes too.

http://www.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/geo_c_assess.php

Remember, Paper 1 is the Decision Making Paper, and Paper 2 is the one which tests your knowledge of the topics we have covered in the last two years.

The topic for Paper 1 this year is as follows:

“Paper 1 will consider different indicators used to compare
economic development and how levels of development reflect
general quality of life and employment opportunities. It will
then look at the issues associated with the development of
tourism in LEDCs and examine a specific example. It will also
consider the issue of managing tourism developments in
sensitive areas.”

Happy revising!

Italy and volcanoes!

How topical! Year 7 were looking at Italy and we found that Mount Etna had been erupting today. Click here to go to a BBC webpage where you can click on a video of today's eruption.

We then got talking about Mount Vesuvius and I promised some more information so here goes.....

Find out what happened to these people by using the links below:

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/pompeii/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/pompeii_portents_01.shtml



http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pompeii.html not only tells you what happened, but there is a quiz and you can build your own virtual volcano.

Minature earth

Year 9 are currently looking at Ecosystems, population and resources.
Have a look at the video below from YouTube which shows what the world would look like as 100 people......(put the sound on too!)

Earthquake hits Kent!

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale has hit Kent today (Saturday 28th April 2007) at 8.19 this morning. The map (from BBC News) shows that experts believe the epicentre to have been a few miles off the coast in the English Channel. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) measured the quake at 4.7, although the BBC news website states it measured 4.3 on the Richter scale.

Look at the following links for more information:
Earthquake strikes part of Kent from BBC News
Eyewitness accounts on the BBC News website
Lots of pictures and more details of the damage here

A huge crack in cliffs at Barton-on Sea which could cause a massive landslide could be linked to the earthquake. Read about it here.

Tour the EU in a minute!

Year 7 have just started looking at Italy. Click to Tour the EU in a minute !

Warning of bad hurricane season

The BBC reports that experts are again predicting a busy Atlantic hurricane season, with up to 17 named tropical storms forming - nine of which could become hurricanes. read the full article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6524017.stm

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm for an aminated guide on the formation of hurricanes and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm has a whole section on Hurricane Katrina, which year 10 wll find particularly useful!

Revision guidance

You can download a revision booklet (not specifically Geography - EVERYTHING revision related from
http://www.4shared.com/file/14482513/ee2ec5b4/Tips_revision_guidance_FINAL_BOOKLET.html

Landslides

A2 students are looking at mass movements as part of their Geomorphological Hazards and Processes unit. This video shows you about recent landslides in Newfoundland, Canada - not a good place to be!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/avdb/news/science_nature/video/89000/bb/89981_16x9_bb.asx

(Photo above from CBC News)

Globalisation of the car industry

Watch this video which explains the globalisation of the car industry



You might also want to look at the link in the earlier post (choose 'Globalisation' from the menu on the right)

A little bit of help for year 8 with their homework....

Year 8 need to do some research for their title page homework. The following links might help you....

http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/plate.htm is more information about plate tectonics

The map here http://www.iris.edu/seismon/ will show you where all the recent earthquakes have occurred. This one will too: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

Information about the 10 biggest earthquakes on the Guardian site at http://www.guardian.co.uk/tsunami/story/0,15671,1380312,00.html

Volcano world at http://volcano.und.edu/ has lots of information!

Ecological footprints

Year 9 are starting 'Ecosystems, Population and Resources: Can the earth cope?' this half term.
First watch the short film which explains what an 'ecological footprint is.



Then use one of the following sites to find out what your own ecological footprint is:
http://www.earthday.net/footprint/index.asp#

http://www.bestfootforward.com/carbonlife.htm

Or try this one...

Effects of climate change

The BBC has an excellent 'clickable map' to show the effects of climate change.

Go to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/6528979.stm

Hurricanes

Year 10 will shortly be studying the effects of hurricanes in LEDCs and MEDCs. Have a look at the video below from YouTube to show two such hurricanes

Geography Games

If you are going to play games, make them Geographical ones!

Darfur is Dying at http://www.darfurisdying.com/index.html

McDonalds game at http://www.mcdonaldsvideogame.com/

Stop Disasters at http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/

Sims Sweatshop at http://www.simsweatshop.com/game/

If you find another good Geographical game let me know!

Plate tectonics

Year 8 are starting 'The Restless Earth' as a topic in the Summer Term.

Click on the link below for a lesson on plate tectonics and different plate boundaries.

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/learnpremium/tectonic/Learningobjectives/Default.htm

Click on http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids.php for lots of information and activities.

Tsunami strikes Solomon Islands

An earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale has caused a tsunami on the Solomon Islands where at least 12 people have died. The following is taken from BBC news:

"The Solomon Islands has a population of about 500,000 people - many of them living on remote and widely scattered islands. Many people live in houses made of palm and bamboo on the islands' beaches.

Reports coming in of damage on outlying islands include:

• 300 houses destroyed in Sasamungga village on Choiseul island
• four people missing on Mono island
• waves seen 200 metres inland on Simbo island
• Ranunga island also hit
• bodies seen floating in the sea

Witnesses described the water reaching 50-70 metres (164-230 feet) inland on Ghizo.

Go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6516759.stm for the full story.

Powerful tornados strike USA

A series of powerful tornados have hit America today. Click ont he link below for more pictures from the BBC like the one above

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6510000/newsid_6511100/6511159.stm

AS Economic Activity: Impact of industrial development in China and India

The following article from the Guardian (26/3/07) outlines some of the problems associated with the rapid development in India and China.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,,2042942,00.html

it is worth reading the full article but some of the main points are below:

• The city of Linfen, China lies at the heart of a 12-mile industrial belt
• For the past 5 years this city of 3.5 million people has been the most polluted place on the planet, bottom of the World Bank's air quality rankings. The New York-based Blacksmith Institute puts it alongside Chernobyl on a list of the planet's 10 most contaminated places.
• Linfen symbolises is the cost of development in China. Its economyis growing explosively, leading to a rapid expansion of the middle classes. This in turn has seen a growing appetite for power - leading to coal fired power stations on a vast scale.
• By 2009 China is predicted to overtake the United States as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
• Seventy percent of China'srivers are contaminated.
• In the southern Himalayas, ancient glaciers are melting.
• Further north, encroaching deserts threaten the livelihoods of 400 million people.
• Linfen is trying to clean up. By the end of this year, the city aims to close 160 of 196 iron foundries, and 57 of 153 coking plants.
• By replacing small, dirty and dangerous plants with large, cleaner and more carefully regulated facilities, the local government in Linfen plans to drastically reduce emissions. Central heating will be provided by gas instead of coal.

Read the full article to find out some of the effects of industrial growth and development in India!

AS Economic Activity: MG Rover

MG Rover's Chinese reincarnation

We have recently looked at the decline of UK manufacturing. Look at the link below for an update on MG Rover

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/6484337.stm

You may also want to look at the link below for more details on the Rover collapse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2005/mg_rover/default.stm

Exam hints

You should have had access to the Revision Guidance booklet for year 11 which is a comprehensive guide.
Why not check out the following advice from Mr Raven-Ellison, a Head of Geography near Reading.

Large earthquake hits Japan

An large earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the west coast of Japan's largest island, Honshu on Sunday 25th March 2007. A tsunami warning was also issued. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6492473.stm for more information and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6492931.stm for pictures from the earthquake.

Economic Activity for AS

You are shortly going to be completing a case study on Cambridge Science Park. Have a look at http://www.cambridgesciencepark.co.uk/home.htm for lots of information.

Pollution

An interesting (cynical) look at pollution... you do need sound though

Antarctica

As year 9 complete their Antarctica assessment the following two websites are well worth a visit:

http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/index.php

and

http://www.coolantarctica.com/

Mt St Helen's

For year 10 who have just been studying 'Unstable Plate Margins' have a look at this clip which shows the sideways blast from the 1980 eruption.

"Pill stops cow burps and helps save the planet"

An article in the Guardian today suggests this will help climate change. Read more at:
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2040846,00.html

GCSE Revision

A list of a few revision websites for you:
http://revisioncentre.co.uk/gcse/geography/index.html

www.georesources.co.uk

http://www.geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/ (good for case studies)

http://www.geobytes.org.uk/ (includes downloadable revision flash cards and podcasts)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/geography/index.shtml if you prefer podcasts to help you revise!

http://geocrest.podomatic.com/ three case studies here as podcasts

http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=20&d=0

http://www.bennett.karoo/net/gcse/revision.htmIl
As well as a 'revision audit' and examples of a revision card and mind map, this site contains questions, mark sheets and interactive multiple choice quizzes for foundation level.

There are probably lots more that I've missed. Why not let me know if you find a good revision site?

Globalisation

Year 12 should have a look at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2007/globalisation/default.stm
a whole section of the BBC news website devoted to globalisation, including the global car industry.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/guides/457000/457022/html/default.stm
is very useful!

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