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.