It's me again! It has been a long time since I updated properly. I have recently downloaded a blooging app on my iPad at school, so I am going to try and blog a bit more often. I'm not sure how many people read my blog but it's a good place to keep links of useful pages etc.
So, my attention has been drawn to this video on the BBC all out the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. You could say it is about the good, the bad and white elephant!
It is an interesting watch, and we can only hope that London 2012 won't suffer the same fate of producing a £9 billion white elephant! I'm sure we won't, but interesting none-the-less.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17695233
Miss U
Friday, 20 April 2012
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Exam Dates
Unit 1: Thursday 14th June - am
Unit 2: Monday 18th June - am
Unit 3: Monday 25th June - am
Unit 2: Monday 18th June - am
Unit 3: Monday 25th June - am
Monday, 20 February 2012
Revision guides
The work book that is for extension can be found at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1446900533/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1329774490&sr=8-1
The revision guide which isn't out yet can be found at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/144416449X/ref=mp_s_a_11?qid=1329774550&sr=8-11
Any queries, please ask!
Miss Udy
The revision guide which isn't out yet can be found at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/144416449X/ref=mp_s_a_11?qid=1329774550&sr=8-11
Any queries, please ask!
Miss Udy
Monday, 6 February 2012
Year 9 homework - mapping poverty
In class you hve been creating your own chloropleth maps and you have been analysing them.
Your homework this week is to use this map and answer a 4 mark exam question. We will mark it in class next lesson.
Figure 1: Proportional map showing the proportion of all people living on less than or equal to US$2 a day.
Question: Using figure 1, describe and explain what the map shows. (4 marks)
Hint: Absolute poverty is defined as living on the equivalent of US$2 a day or less. In 2002, 43% of the world population lived on this little. This money has to cover the basics of food, shelter and water. Medicines, new clothing, and school books would not be on the priority list.
When almost an entire population lives on this little, it is unsurprising if undernourishment is high, education levels are low, and life expectancy short. In both Nigeria and Mali, 9 of every ten people survives on less than US$2 a day. South America has a relatively small poor population, yet 39 million people have less than US$2 a day in Brazil.
Your homework this week is to use this map and answer a 4 mark exam question. We will mark it in class next lesson.
Figure 1: Proportional map showing the proportion of all people living on less than or equal to US$2 a day.
Question: Using figure 1, describe and explain what the map shows. (4 marks)
Hint: Absolute poverty is defined as living on the equivalent of US$2 a day or less. In 2002, 43% of the world population lived on this little. This money has to cover the basics of food, shelter and water. Medicines, new clothing, and school books would not be on the priority list.
When almost an entire population lives on this little, it is unsurprising if undernourishment is high, education levels are low, and life expectancy short. In both Nigeria and Mali, 9 of every ten people survives on less than US$2 a day. South America has a relatively small poor population, yet 39 million people have less than US$2 a day in Brazil.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Year 11 volcano work today....
Year 11s did their first lesson about volcanoes today... Their challenge was to draw/brain storm what they knew already! These are the results.... They then had a lesson learning about shield and composite volcanoes and tomorrow will have an exam question to test them! Good luck and well done girls!
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Plate tectonics website....
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/index.html
This is a really good interactive activity for looking at Plate tectonics... will be usefull for year 11!
Miss Udy
This is a really good interactive activity for looking at Plate tectonics... will be usefull for year 11!
Miss Udy
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Innovation?
Nigeria's plastic bottle house.
Year 9 are studying about sustainable development - what could be more sustainable than this new house that is being built alongside 25 others in Nigeria. Bullet proof, cool and eco-friendly as it is recycled used bottles, this house in my opinion is a cracking example of a sustainable development in all senses! It also employs local people, is helping children in the future by enabling them access to an education
as well as reducing carbon footprints!!!!!!! All in all, I think this is great!
Years 9, 10 and 11.... what are your thoughts?
Could this be used all around the world? What do you think of the value of this recycling? Read the news story (Click on the image!) and it would be great if some of you could comment on it!
If you find any further information, let me know and you can write a post about it for the blog and become a published (in a sense!) author!
Keep up the hard work,
Miss Udy
p.s Keep an eye out for information about the earthquake in Turkey as well as flooding in Thailand! :)
Year 9 are studying about sustainable development - what could be more sustainable than this new house that is being built alongside 25 others in Nigeria. Bullet proof, cool and eco-friendly as it is recycled used bottles, this house in my opinion is a cracking example of a sustainable development in all senses! It also employs local people, is helping children in the future by enabling them access to an education
as well as reducing carbon footprints!!!!!!! All in all, I think this is great!Years 9, 10 and 11.... what are your thoughts?
Could this be used all around the world? What do you think of the value of this recycling? Read the news story (Click on the image!) and it would be great if some of you could comment on it!
If you find any further information, let me know and you can write a post about it for the blog and become a published (in a sense!) author!
Keep up the hard work,
Miss Udy
p.s Keep an eye out for information about the earthquake in Turkey as well as flooding in Thailand! :)
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Hyrdogen Cars in the UK
Article from BBC 20th Sept 2011.
Usefull for year 10 GCSE students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14979817
Usefull for year 10 GCSE students.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14979817
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Frozen Planet
Dear Year 9, 10 and 11.
The programme that is on BBC 1 tonight at 9pm is an easy to watch programme that will help you with your studies this year. Year 9 you will be studying a unit called Pole to Pole - this will give you some info that may help you! Year 10 and 11 you will be studying a unit called Extreme Climates at somepoint soon, this series will help you understand a little about colder climates and may give you some good basic knowledge following on from the Pole to Pole unit you studied when you were in year 9!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfl7n/broadcasts/2011/11
For anyone that was really interested, you could go to the open university website and do some learning from there in a free unit they have designed! http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=406544§ion=3.3
Also, follow the BBC news, parts of America suffered over Halloween with some unexpected snow fall.... above all, get practicing for your snow dance!!!! I love snow days, I am sure you do to so we need to do the snow dance to get some snow ourselves!!!!!!
Miss Udy
The programme that is on BBC 1 tonight at 9pm is an easy to watch programme that will help you with your studies this year. Year 9 you will be studying a unit called Pole to Pole - this will give you some info that may help you! Year 10 and 11 you will be studying a unit called Extreme Climates at somepoint soon, this series will help you understand a little about colder climates and may give you some good basic knowledge following on from the Pole to Pole unit you studied when you were in year 9!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mfl7n/broadcasts/2011/11
For anyone that was really interested, you could go to the open university website and do some learning from there in a free unit they have designed! http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id=406544§ion=3.3
Also, follow the BBC news, parts of America suffered over Halloween with some unexpected snow fall.... above all, get practicing for your snow dance!!!! I love snow days, I am sure you do to so we need to do the snow dance to get some snow ourselves!!!!!!
Miss Udy
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