Yr 11 Population Revision

Hi guys,
I just thought perhaps we could come up with the perfect answer to this question together, by using the comments function beneath this post.
What would you write in order to answer the following question worth 7 marks?
With reference to a named country which you have studied, describe attempts to influence the birth rate.

Who says Geography isn’t relevant?

The front page of Saturday’s Independent  caught my eye so I had a read. The article inside underlined how interconnected our world really is and how our actions affect people the world over. Have a read and see what you think. Leave a comment listing the number of different geographical issues you can identify.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/the-other-global-crisis-rush-to-biofuels-is-driving-up-price-of-food-808138.html
 

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Yr 7 Map skills

Hello Yr 7,
As a bit of extra help in readiness for your test on map skills, why dont you click on the link below which takes you to the Ordnance Survey’s website and play on the map skills games.
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/games.html

Yr 10 Fieldwork

Hello Yr 10,
The Geography Department would like to thank you for your excellent work and bevhaviour whilst completing your fieldwork in Leicester City Centre yesterday.
Remember to keep on top of your course work now by typing up your introduction.
 

Yr 10 Coursework Part 3

Just as a bit of a helping hand, you can find some extra information here about land use models. You may even chose to copy and paste one of the models in to your work in order to annotate (label) it.
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/landusemodels.html
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/landusezones.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentric_ring_model
http://www.geographyalltheway.com/igcse_geography/population_settlement/settlement/urban_models.htm
Remember that coursework is a fairly chunky part of your final mark. The more effort [...]

Yr 11 Coasts Revision

Guys, some of you seemed a little surprised by the exam question set today. I feel that I really can’t stress enough the importance of the revision booklets and the case study booklets that you have been given.
USE THEM!!
As an extra perhaps the following may be handy to make sure that what you are learning [...]

Yr 9 Crime and the media

To help with your survey about the types of crime which are reported nationally and locally you could use the following websites.
http://www.crimereduction.homeoffice.gov.uk/learningzone/comm_strat/cr3.htm                        Information from the home office, might be useful for an introduction.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/ Leicester Mercurys website (Local)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ Scoll through the news to look for national crime stories
Use the links to the national newspaper websites on the [...]

Yr 10 Fieldwork

Yr 10,
As you know, you will be going to Leicester city centre on Thursday in order to collect your data for your coursework. Please get yourselves in to groups of 4 in readiness for the day.
Cheers

Google Earth

You have to get this in your life, whether its simply finding out where a place is, showing your mates where you went on holiday, navigating to your favourite football clubs or looking at river meanders and coastal formations. Google Earth has many, many uses so download it and have a play.
http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
Enjoy!