Friday, 12 October 2007

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

Saturday, 6 October 2007

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

Tuesday, 2 October 2007

Methods of flood control

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