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 * LENT TERM** **2009**

 7MP Geography Prep 31 March 2009

Complete your work on your cloud standalone freeplaying presentations. You should also print out on one page, a summary (small size) reduced set of your slides, so this can be glued into your book. Next lesson you will set your presentations up and then go around the room and look at them. You will mark the other students' work as an example of peer assessment. You will be given criteria to measure by. Some of you are having difficulty with adding sound that plays through the show using PowerPoint. If you are having difficulty, don't worry about the music. Remember that if you are adding music, that it needs to either be wistful in sound if instrumental, or cloud or rain related if vocal.

Good luck.

7AL Geography Prep 27 March 2009

Complete the microclimate work begun in class.

Draw a poster, in your book to support Earth Hour. You might need to do some internet research to support what your poster says.

This work is due next lesson.

7GS Geography Prep 26 March 2009

Complete the microclimate work we began in class. You need to have a map, the microclimate page, the excel worksheet and the writing which has two sentences per location. Scroll down for further information (listed under different classes, if you need more detail).

Begin working on your standalone Powerpoint or Keynote on different kinds of clouds. You should have images of the cloud plus basic information about it. You can add some music that has a cloud theme. You should include cumulus, cirrus, nimbus and stratus. You can have an extra 'strange' kind of cloud such as mammatus. See the cloud appreciation society website. []

Remember that I showed you an example in class.

 9RM Geography Prep 26 March 2009

Read pages 26-27 in New Interactions. Be ready to answer questions on this two page spread. We might even have a quick quiz! (Ten questions). You should also finish your work on soil erosion, as was largely complete in class.

Classwork for 7SH 24 March 2009

Make a cloud fact powerpoint. Include on each page a range of different photographs of each kind of cloud. On each page show what weather is associated with that kind of cloud. Also make sure each page shows the height of that kind of cloud. Make your powerpoint have a heading page, and make it play automatically. Make sure you include the main kinds of clouds, such as Nimbus, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, but if you Google clouds you will also find some rarer ones. Look at the cloud appreciation society website: [] You will have this lesson and next lesson to complete this exercise.

Keep working on this for prep.

8AW Geography Prep 23 March 2009

Do some research on both geothermal energy and nuclear power. Find a picture of a geothermal plant, and a nuclear reactor, and locate these on a map in your document. You can use the same map. Get some information about how these plants work. You might be able to find a good diagram. For each, select a number of images that are useful, giving each image a caption. Then, write a paragraph, of your own words explaining simply how each kind of power station works, and with a little more detail, giving the advantages and disadvantages of each, particularly with respect to the environment. Which one do you think belongs to a better energy strategy for the world and why.

If you played a game in class, you need to write a short review of the game. Give the URL detail whether the gameplay was enjoyable, and whether you feel you learnt anything as a result.

7MP Geography Prep 23 March 2009 In your books draw a map of the school showing the 5 locations in which we measured microclimates today. Show which direction is North, and indicate main features such as Lan An Lu, Slice etc. Add a title to the map saying Dulwich Microclimate Map. Show each of the 5 locations: Slice, Field, Porch, Lane, Quad. Don't write the measures, just the labels. Colour the map and make it neat so that it is of presentation standard.

Please also TRIM and glue in your microclimate investigation sheet. Do not glue it in without trimming it, and take some time so it is not a mess. Rule a line, trim it carefully, glue it in straight!

7GS Geography Prep 19 Mar 09 Here is the document we discussed in class. Complete the last section using a fair estimate of the data collected from each of the groups. The data is attached:

(Sorry for posting this so late I was having some difficulty with Wikispaces) If you are unable to get it done this evening don't worry, we will make time for this work.

[|Microclimate 7GS.xls]

Cover for Dr Lee away until Thursday 19 March.

We are working on status. Write a script for a short play for 3 characters which involves an identification and/or a change of status. Remember to write stage directions. You will need to ask your cover teacher to provide some paper. He/She can send a runner to the warehouse to get some. Make a cloud fact powerpoint. Include on each page a range of different photographs of each kind of cloud. On each page show what weather is associated with that kind of cloud. Also make sure each page shows the height of that kind of cloud. Make your powerpoint have a heading page, and make it play automatically. Make sure you include the main kinds of clouds, such as Nimbus, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, but if you Google clouds you will also find some rarer ones. Look at the cloud appreciation society website: [] You will have this lesson and next lesson to complete this exercise. We started an exercise where you were finding information about the environmental record of oil companies. You should continue to work on this. You might also have a look at the exxonsecrets webpage. Make sure you have looked at a number of sites, and you have noted where you got the information from. Remember to read a number of sites before you write down what you have found. This should be done in a Word document. If you finish you can play the geography game. The URL is available at the top of this webpage. We have done a microclimate study around the school grounds and we have produced some data, which we have shared by memory stick. Using the data write an assessment of how microclimates might have affected each reading. Set it out so that each location is listed ie. 1. Slice; 2. Field; 3. Porch; 4. Lane; 5; Courtyard. Under each section make a bold, but simply drawn icon which shows which microclimate factor (aspect, building, shelter, physical features, surface), and explain how any of these factors might have affected the temperature/wind speed or direction, of that place. You should do one set (as below) for each of the 5 areas. Illustrate each one carefully with a pencil drawing showing the impact of the microclimate feature. Example (one we did not do) 1. Roof ASPECT SHELTER BUILDING (Drawn picture of where we might have measured on the roof) //The roof’s temperature was affected by ASPECT and SHELTER. Aspect because where we measured was facing the sun, and because of the walls around the roof, it was also sheltered. This meant the temperature was warmer than it might otherwise have been.// //The temperature was also possibly made warmer by the impact of the Heat Island Effect (BUILDING).// //If you finish you can play the geography game. The URL is available at the top of this webpage.//
 * Monday**
 * 3 Year 8 Drama***
 * 4 7MP Geography***
 * 5 8AW Geography***
 * Tuesday**
 * 2 7SH Geography***

We have been working on the final part of a story where a man is put in an impossible situation. You have been put into groups to work out your solution. Sit together in your groups, brainstorm your ideas, and make a written plan for your presentation next lesson. Remember that each person in the group is in charge of a different thing: story, shape, mime, movement. You will need to ask the cover teacher for some paper to write on. They can send a runner to get it from the warehouse. __This is an article that is too complicated for you__. Don’t read it all, just read the abstract at the beginning, to see how complicated this kind of science can become. [] [] [] [] [] __And follow the links.__ Write a couple of paragraphs about the relationship between money, sport and development using the information from what you have read. You can write this in your books. They are on the side.
 * 3 7AL Drama***
 * 4 9RM Geography***
 * Read the following**

We are working on status. Write a script for a short play for 3 characters which involves an identification and/or a change of status. For example you might look at a group in a party where people realize all of a sudden that someone is much more important there, and then they realize that they have been disgraced.
 * 5 8AW Drama***

Carry on with and finish cloud Powerpoint project. If you finish go on with the geography game, the URL of which is at the top of this page.
 * Wednesday**
 * 1 7MP Geography***

Carry on with your work on oil companies. If you feel you have finished, download a map from worldatlas.com and put on it the places that have featured in your research. Make sure that it is complete, and print your work out, and glue it into your book. No excuses for not being able to print… sort it out.
 * 4 8NP Geography***

Make a cloud fact powerpoint. Include on each page a range of different photographs of each kind of cloud. On each page show what weather is associated with that kind of cloud. Also make sure each page shows the height of that kind of cloud. Make your powerpoint have a heading page, and make it play automatically. Make sure you include the main kinds of clouds, such as Nimbus, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, but if you Google clouds you will also find some rarer ones. Look at the cloud appreciation society website: [] You will have this lesson and next lesson to complete this exercise. Make a cloud fact powerpoint. Include on each page a range of different photographs of each kind of cloud. On each page show what weather is associated with that kind of cloud. Also make sure each page shows the height of that kind of cloud. Make your powerpoint have a heading page, and make it play automatically. Make sure you include the main kinds of clouds, such as Nimbus, Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus, but if you Google clouds you will also find some rarer ones. Look at the cloud appreciation society website: [] You will have this lesson and next lesson to complete this exercise.
 * 5 7AL Geography***
 * Thursday**
 * 3 7SH Geography***

 **Thursday 12 March 2009 Prep for 9RM ** Use the global location game above and try to improve your score. You can use an atlas inbetween games (not during rounds) to learn the location of places. Try to lift your score between one or two levels.

 Using your chosen oil company do some research to find out what it does for the good of the environment, and what it does against the environment. You will need to watch out for 'greenwash' and 'blackwash.' Look at sites sponsored by the company, but also at sites that are independent. Use resources such as Greenpeace and Wikipedia to see what criticisms have been made. Remember that on both sides there may be misleading information.
 * Wednesday 11 March 2009 Prep for 8NP **

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">**Prep for 7SH** 1. Have a bath. See which way the water goes down the plughole. Do not take your geography books into the bath. 2. Complete your work on Comic Life, looking at 5 different factors affecting temperature and wind.

Look at the following webpage: []
 * <span style="color: rgb(241, 34, 34);">Prep for 8AW **

Choose a project and make a one page poster that has an image of the oil project. Try to determine the amount of oil that is being removed per year, and provide a map showing where the resource is.

You could also include a screen picture from Google Earth of this particular site if you can find it.


 * This project is about knowing the location of a real oil drilling area, and something of its size and scope.**

Work through the learning pages on "Industrial Activity" Do the test at the end of the unit. IT IS A TEST. Email me the result to andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn//**
 * <span style="color: rgb(68, 10, 240);">Classwork for 8AW **
 * //8NP - Industry (Revision)//**
 * //Visit: []
 * //If you finish this before the end of the lesson, then go onto look at the other revision sections in this area. You do not need to do the other tests.//**

But never fear, Wikispaces is here!
 * //<span style="color: rgb(167, 255, 0);">Sorry, I'm sick today. Woke up with a bug in my stomach. Eeek.

7SH - Weather and Climate Visit: [] Work through the learning pages on "Elements of Weather and Climate" Do the test at the end of the unit. IT IS A TEST. Email me the result to andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn If you finish this before the end of the lesson, then go onto look at the other revision sections in this area. You do not need to do the other tests.

PREP: Your prep is to watch the temperature on this website every half an hour. Draw a line graph showing the temperature change from when you get home to when you do your prep. []

9RM - Tectonics (Revision)//** //Visit: [] Work through the learning pages on "Plate tectonics" Do the test at the end of the unit. IT IS A TEST. Email me the result to andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn// //If you finish this before the end of the lesson, then go onto look at the other revision sections in this area. You do not need to do the other tests.//

//PREP: Work through the revision section of: [] Look at Fibres, Fabrics and Production Techniques (at the bottom). You do not have to do the tests, but you can if you like!//

//7GS -// //Weather and Climate Visit: [] Work through the learning pages on "Elements of Weather and Climate" Do the test at the end of the unit. IT IS A TEST. Email me the result to andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn// //If you finish this before the end of the lesson, then go onto look at the other revision sections in this area. You do not need to do the other tests.//

//8NP - Industry (Revision)// //Visit: [] Work through the learning pages on "Industrial Activity" Do the test at the end of the unit. IT IS A TEST. Email me the result to andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn// //If you finish this before the end of the lesson, then go onto look at the other revision sections in this area. You do not need to do the other tests.//

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 * Year 9 Assessment Revision Guide is now online. It can be accessed here.**

<span style="color: rgb(82, 224, 116);">**Year 8 Energy links** <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> <span style="color: rgb(82, 224, 116);">**[]** <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">**[]**

<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> <span style="color: rgb(250, 15, 15);">**Year 8 Energy inventory form is now available from the side bar.** <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">

<span style="color: rgb(82, 224, 116);"> <span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 14);">7RM Bangladesh Case Study 7MP **<span style="color: rgb(251, 9, 14);"> <span style="color: rgb(255, 5, 0);"> <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> See below for Bangladesh Flooding Prep, and add a carefully drawn picture that would be eye catching on the front page of a newspaper. Think about what you would want the image to 'do' and 'say' and draw something appropriate. <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> **

<span style="color: rgb(255, 41, 41);"> Year 9 (9RM) Earthquake Case Study<span style="color: rgb(255, 41, 41);"> <span style="color: rgb(15, 0, 3);">Problem? Email me at the address above. You do not need to finish it, but it should be largely complete before next lesson. We will finish it then. ; ) Dr Lee <span style="color: rgb(0, 5, 1);"> <span style="color: rgb(15, 0, 3);"> **
 * <span style="color: rgb(0, 5, 1);">We started working on the Sichuan Earthquake case study using Pages. For prep you should try to get this largely finished, so we can complete this task in the next lesson. You do need to have downloaded a functioning trial version of Pages, or you can do the work in Word - though it is not as flexible. Your case study should be interesting, and include facts such as why, what, where, how and when. Note the size and date of the earthquake, the location of the epicentre and focus (depth). How many people were killed or hurt, why so many people were hurt and how they managed help and aid after the event. Choose lots of interesting photographs and try to include at least one map.

Complete Assignment on P47 of your text books (answer in exercise book). When you have finished, using Youtube, download some movies of flooding in Bangladesh. Do this using zamzar.com. Copy the URL of the Youtube page you want to download then go to zamzar.com. In step 1, select URL, and paste in the complete URL. Makes sure you paste over the http: //which is already in the text box by default. In box 2, select mov file (which is QuickTime). Then enter your email address (zamzar will not contact you about anything else). Then when Zamzar has completed the conversion it will send you a link to download the video. It will end up in your downloads folder which is accessible in your dock.
 * <span style="color: rgb(250, 10, 10);">Year 7 Bangladesh Flooding Prep

Download a number of movies about flooding in Bangladesh and choose the one you think is most interesting or different. Why do you think it is good, and what can we learn from it.//

//You may also use Google Earth to track the path of the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers.

Good luck. Questions to me at the above address.//**


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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 7 (7AL) River Prep Thursday 16 January 2008 <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> <span style="color: rgb(15, 0, 0);">For your prep you need to finish the word processing document you started in class. It should contain information about your virtual journey along your river, with bullet points noting what you have noticed or seen. You should also include pictures from Google Earth/Panoramio, or Google Image search images from you river, especially if you can tell how far along the river they were taken. This work should be printed out and trimmed, by next lesson, ready to be glued into your books.

You also need to learn the Asian countries as detailed below. See below, scroll down to the list.

<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 7 (7GS) River Prep Thursday 15 January 2008

<span style="color: rgb(15, 0, 0);"> For your prep you need to take your Google Earth trip along your river. You need to open a word processing document and put your name on it, followed by the name of your river. Then write down where the mouth of the river is (country etc). Once you have done this, make bullet points about the things you see as you go up the river. Zoom out and in, so that you are able to make a reasonable journey upriver, during your 30 minutes of prep.

When you write your journal you can also include screen dumps (copied images from Google Earth), and photographs that you find along your way. Turn Panoramio on, by clicking on the triangle next to Geographic Web in the Layers section of Google Earth, and selecting Panoramio. Panoramio pictures are indicated by a small blue square. Click on the square to see local photographs. You can copy these images out and put them into your word document.

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Year 9 (9AR) Tectonics Prep Thursday 15 January 2008

For your prep you should in a new Word document, or any other word processor, make some notes about the definition of Constructive Plate Boundary Volcanoes and Destructive Plate Boundary Volcanoes. Each section should include information about how and why they form. This work is based on the pages we covered today in your text book. Then, using the examples that are in each box find some images on Google Earth that correspond to the places. I would like you to do a screen dump of images from Google Earth (Command-Shift-4+drag to select) and include these in your document (so you know where they are), as well as some more conventional photographs which you can get from a general Google Image search or from the Panoramio photographs that are embedded into Google Earth.

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 7 (7SH) Hydrology/Rivers Prep Thursday 15 January 2008

In class we looked at Google Earth and reviewed aspects of navigation including longitude and latitude. We also looked at how to track a river using Google Earth. We looked at zooming in and out, turning the side bar on and off, and how to switch on and off photograph overlays (Panoramio) and encyclopedia entries (Wikipedia).

We also allocated each person a river. Your prep is to find the mouth of the river and to take yourself up a 'virtual field trip' of that river. In a new Word or word processing document write down a series of bullet points of things that you have seen and include images that you have done as a screen dump (Command-Shift-4+drag to select) or from Panoramio photographs. Make sure you annotate them.

This work should be largely finished by next lesson.

If you have a problem understanding this prep, please email me on the address above.

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Read the following: See Additional Space which is on the menu of this page on the left hand side.

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 7 (7MP) Rivers and Flooding 12 January 2008 <span style="color: rgb(210, 25, 25);"> In Google Earth under the layers section on the sidebar there is an option called Geographic Web. Click they grey arrow next to it and then make sure that Panoramio and Wikipedia are enabled. Panoramio inserts photos into your Google Earth maps, indicating them with small blue rectangles. With your document on your journey up river, add some photographs from Panoramio into your document making sure to add captions to them explaining where they are, what they are of and why they are interesting. If Panoramio is not available or provides no photographs for your location you can search for river photographs using Google Search. <span style="color: rgb(210, 25, 25);">

<span style="color: rgb(210, 25, 25);"> Year 8 (8AW) Learn Asian Locations (See details below/Scroll down) 12 January 2008

<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 7 (7SH) Rivers and Flooding 12 January 2008 <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 7 (7MP) Rivers and Flooding 08 January 2008

In class today you were given a river. You need to find out where this river is using Wikipedia and to follow it using Google Earth. Go from its mouth towards its source. The river might get hard to follow as you go upstream and so do the best you can. In a Word document I want you to make a list of the interesting things you notice as you journey up the river.

<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 9 (9RM) Tectonics 8 January 2008u

Today in class we reviewed a large number of tectonic concepts. We then moved on to look at tectonic plate boundaries. These are detailed in your book on page 5. For prep I want you to type up the definitions and explanations of these 4 boundaries from your books and then, using internet resources, books or Wikipedia, find examples of each of these four kinds of plate boundaries. Make a note of the location of this boundary and find some images and diagrams that explain what is happening at this location. Be ready to explain one of them. Your work should be one or two pages. Don't put writing next to the edge of the page because they will need to be trimmed to be glued into your books.

This work will need to be trimmed, and pasted into your exercise books before it is regarded as submitted.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 128, 0);">There will also be a retest of Asian locations for some members of this class soon!

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 8 (8AW) Manufacturing 5 January 2008 Year 8 (8NP) Manufacturing 7 January 2008

In your books make a one page picture showing phases of manufacturing. This should be a cartoon or annotated picture. Take your time with it and make it full of information.

1. Cottage industry (small scale factory where one item might be built at a time or where there may be a small scale of operations) 2. Production line factory (Fordism) 3. Managed time and motion factory (Taylorism)

From today's lesson:

Fordism: Henry Ford was the founder of the Ford Motor Company. He was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles. This achievement revolutionized production, and had such a tremendous influence over modern culture that this phase of economic and social history is now known as "Fordism."

Taylorism: Frederick Taylor (1856-1915), was an engineer and efficiency expert. He conducted experiments to determine the maximum efficiency of people and machines. The best-known part of his research is the time and motion study. Here an expert clocks each step in a job and looks for ways to reduce the time and manpower needed to do it. Over time the pursuit of efficiency became known as Taylorism.

The main point of this exercise is for you to represent visually the principles we covered in the lesson today and for there to be a record of them in the book. Try to show how work has become dehumanised, becomes monotonous, and that power shifts from the worker to the factory owner.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 107, 0);">Remember that there will soon be a (retest) quiz on Asian locations as detailed below (from last term). This is new work for 8NP, please look down on this page to see the notes.

<span style="color: rgb(45, 154, 125);"> <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 7 (7MP) Water Cycle 5 January 2009 Year 7 (7GS) Water Cycle 6 January 2009 Year 7 (7AL) Water Cycle 7 January 2009 Year 7 (7SH) Water Cycle 8 January 2009

There are 2 parts to your prep. The first is to construct an mnemonic that helps you to remember the process words in the water cycle.

(E)vaporation (T)ranspiration (C)ondensation (P)recipitation (S)urface Water (G)roundwater

eg: (E)ven (t)he (c)raziest (p)erson (s)ees (g)hosts.

The second part of your prep is to produce a one page print out showing each of these words with their descriptive sentences (from page 35 of your book) and a photograph from Google Image Search that well illustrates the process. Reduce the images on the page so that they fit on one page, and use the title The Water Cycle Process. Your prep has to be printed, and glued into your books (which you will be given next lesson), to be considered complete.

Your prep is not considered complete until you have handed it in, glued into your exercise book.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 112, 0);"> Remember you also have an ASIA LOCATION REPEAT QUIZ COMING SOON. (Information below)

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 9 (9RM) Ecosystems: The Tropical Rainforest December 2008

We have been looking at kinds of ecosystems. In your book there is quite a lot of information about Tropical Rainforests. For this prep you are to make a one page encyclopaedia entry about tropical rainforests. This is to be written into your exercise books. This will need to include general information about tropical rainforests, such as where they are to be found, what they are like, what kinds of animals live there etc. You should also includea map and at least two significant diagrams or a diagram and a drawing which help to support your encyclopaedia entry. You should add a list of resources on your encyclopaedia page.

Make sure your work is neat.

This work is due next term. Remember that we will also have a retest of the countries in Asia. Information to learn can be found on this wikipage a little lower down the page where the prep was set. You could work on this with your parents and make it a holiday project.

Have a good holiday. Dr Lee : )

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 7 (7MP) Mapping, Countours and Models Monday 8 December 2008

Write a story about something that happened on your island. You will need to take into account the geography of the island, its steepness, its coastal cliffs. You can draw a small map of your island in your story naming the settlements and places in your story. You should also determine a scale for your island so that the distances in your writing are consistent. On the top of your story, write the name of your island. You will need to leave a space at the top of your story so that you can draw your map. Don't do the map on the computer, it will take too long. Print your story out and have it ready to glue on to the back of your island.

Key things to remember: Type your story Include the name of your island at the top of the page Add a simply drawn map of your island showing any settlements Use the geography of the island in your story Use a sense of scale to show distance with your story Print your story with your name on it, so that it can be glued onto the bottom of your model

This should be a simple and short story, don't overdo it!

You should spend no more than 30 minutes doing this prep. It should not take any longer if you work swiftly.

<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 8 (8AW) Coasts Monday 8 December 2008

Today in class we looked at Google Earth to explore parts of the coast of China. For prep I would like you to spend half an hour exploring the coastlines of different countries. Find one part of the coastline that you think is interesting, and try to find a photograph of that area of the coast. Firstly try to find the name of the location, or a place name nearby, and then enter (name) coast into Google and do an image search.

Cut and paste a satellite image from Google Earth, your picture and write a paragraph describing what the coast is like. If you can you can suggest how you think the coastline was formed at this point. Perhaps you can even find out what kind of rocks or sand make up the coast at that point.

You should spend no more than 30 minutes doing this prep. It should not take any longer if you work swiftly.

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<span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);"> Year 8 (8AW) Coasts Monday 1 December 2008

From class today, complete your summary of Agriculture in China//. (This should take 10-15 minutes)//

<span style="color: rgb(255, 113, 0);">If you haven't finished your quarry work details of this can be found below.

//Look through your photograph album at home and make a list of the coastlines you have visited. You can mark them on the map below, by putting the map on a separate document. Name the coastal areas you have visited and mark what kind of landscape is there eg, beach, cliffs etc. You can either mark it on an electronic document, or a printout of the following world map (you will want to enlarge it). It should be trimmed and ready to be glued into your books for Friday. (This should take 20 minutes or so).

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<span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);"> Year 7 (7MP) Global Locations Monday 01 December 2008 <span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);">Year 7 (7SH) Global Locations Thursday 04 December 2008 Year 7 (7AL) Global Locations Friday 12 December 2008

<span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);"> Year 8 (8NP) Global Locations Wednesday 7 December 2009 <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 8 (8AW) <span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);"> Global Locations Wednesday 12 January 2009 <span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);"> <span style="color: rgb(231, 35, 76);">Year 9 (9RM) Study and learn for a test late this term [and retest early in Lent Term] <span style="color: rgb(221, 39, 39);">

Learn the countries of Asia

You can see a map here: []

Here is a list:



There will be a quiz soon. Learn what you can! It is good information to know.

<span style="color: rgb(35, 255, 0);">Also please bring in 3 pieces of flat, clean, unglossed corrugated cardboard a little larger than A3 size.

Year 9 Geography Unit Test on Tourism

Overview This unit test covers pp 52 – 67 in Key Geography New Interactions and pp 42-43, 48-51 in Key Geography Places. It also covers the work that you did on developing tourism in Shanghai for the Expo.

This test is set to be delivered during your first lesson in the week beginning Monday 3 November.

12 November 2008

Geography Prep Year 8 (8AW due 21 November)

Read page 25

Use Google Search and or Wikipedia to find an active quarry/mine. Wikipedia gives the coordinates of each location it covers. This can be used in Google Earth to find a specific location.

Write a page on a particular quarry or mine you have found describing the kind of environmental damage that you can see using Google Earth. If you search Google Search, you may be able to find information about the environmental problems facing that particular mine/quarry.

You can print your information, and include pictures from Google Earth and or other sources you find.

Make a list of sources at the end of your document.

13 November 2008

Geography Prep Year 9

Find a weather map from the newspaper or the internet, and print it out, and glue it into your book.

Read the weather forecast. Consider who might need the information that is in the forecast. Is there anything happening in the region that might have an impact upon any industry. Write the answer to these questions in your book.

Do the work tonight. Due Tuesday next week.

17 November 2008

Year 8 Geography Test, Lesson 2 this week (ie your second lesson this week)

This test covers most of Chapter 1 in your green books. Pages 4-13 and notes that are in your exercise book.

This includes the difference between weathering and erosion and the different types of weathering. You should be able to draw the diagrams required to explain the processes.

Try to learn the name of a real place in which each kind of weathering or erosion takes place. There will be marks for this.

Revise carefully. Good luck.

Dr Lee : )

<span style="color: rgb(248, 120, 32);">Quarrying // Using Google, find an example of a mine or a quarry and write a few paragraphs about where it is, what it does, and what the environmental impact of the site is. Find where it is on Google Earth, and see if you can see any evidence of environmental damage. Paste a Google image screen dump into your page.

Monday 17 November 2008

Year 7 Geography Prep (7MP)

You were asked to write a number of geography questions and to discuss them with your parents.

In class today we spoke about how geography is useful and informs us so that we can make good decisions.

Can you make a poster which tells of the value of knowing things about geography.

Your poster should have a slogan, but it should also show that you know something about the subject and about what it can offer.

There will be a prize for the best poster. Just do half an hour's work on this, you do not have to finish it. We can work on it in class.

Dr Lee : )

Year 7 Geography Prep (7GS)

Set Tuesday 18 November

Your geography prep is to create a podcast that demonstrates the importance of studying geography. You can use images from the Internet and sound from your own music files, or public domain music.

Your prep is to do 30 minute of work on this project with the intention of trying to get it finished.

Dr Lee : )

Year 8 Geography (8AW) Monday 24 November

Find a YouTube movie which illustrates some aspect of farming. Choose shortish presentations that are interesting and that illustrate some of the principles of farming and agriculture that we have been looking at.

Year 8 Geography (8NP) 26 November 2008

Complete revision notes from Wikipedia as started in class. Answer the following question: What are the similarities and differences between agriculture in China and that in another country (you might want to use the UK examples we have been looking at in your book).

Your prep is not finished until it is printed out, trimmed and glued into your books.

Year 7 Geography (7AL) 26 November 2008

Complete Podcast and email to Dr Lee: andrew.lee@dulwich-shanghai.cn

Due this evening.

Remember to name your podcast: GeoPod 7AL Lee.

The format of your podcast needs to be changed to mp4, from m4a.

Email it to my email account using the following in the subject: Geopod 7AL Douglas, as necessary.

Year 7 Geography (7SH) 27 November 2008

1. Read and glue into your books, the atlas sheet.

2. Find one interesting geographical fact from the atlas, and write a paragraph writing what you have found.

3. Complete your podcast. Don't email it to me as we are having some problems emailing Podcasts.

4. Don't spend too much other time on the computer!

Year 9 Geography (9RM) 27 November 2008

Prep amnesty. Some members of the class have not completed set preps. I will collect and mark all remaining preps on Tuesday. There will be no more opportunities to complete your work!

You will need to ensure that you have completed the following:

National Park overview Weather map and paragraph about who would make use of weather map information and what they show Rainfall diagrams and hydrological cycle (neatly drawn) Hydrological Cycle Glossary

Some of these preps are described in the Wikispace above.

We have been doing work on Population. Create a graph that shows the populations of the world's top 10 cities (by size). Build this in an Excel document. Find images of overcrowding for each city and put this with a short annotation on your graph. Put your name on the graph with a suitable title. Print it, trim it, cut it out neatly and glue it into your books. Books are in the classroom by the door if you haven't got yours.