Death Valley

Greetings Y8!
Following our lesson today on Death Valley, prepare for a mystery! Watch this video before next lesson…

Effects of climate change

Greetings Y11!
Following our lesson today on the relationship between Co2 and global temperature. Visit this excellent Met Office website and explore some of the possible impacts of climate change across the world. Pick one specific location and be prepared to explain to the rest of the class what the effects might be.

Why are Greenland’s glaciers speeding up?

Hello Y9!

Following our lesson Greenland’s glaciers and moulins, I thought it would be nice for you to do some of your own research into the effects of the glacial melt. Watch the BBC video below which explains what we covered in the lesson, then read this BBC website article. Stick an image of what you discover into your exercise book and write a caption containing at least one statistic about the possible effects of ice melt.

The Northern Lights

Hello Y8!

People travel from all over the world in the hope of catching a glimpse of the spectacular Northern Lights. While staying in such a cold climate they obviously need somewhere to stay! This is where the Ice Lodge in Norway comes in handy!

Watch the video below and then use the internet to find one image of the Norway Ice Lodge that you can stick into your book next to your work on the Northern Lights. Give your image a title and add any additional information about the hotel that you think is helpful.

How do people use polar environments?

Hello Y10,

Here is the link to the legendary Gazprom song.

Here is a link to the Gazprom cards

Your task is to rewrite the lyrics for the first 20 seconds of this video imagining that you are a member of a Nenet tribe. How would you view this Gazprom video if you were a reindeer herder?

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Y7 Design a city

Hello Y7.

Here is the link to the voicethread that contains the images of your work.

Just like we did in the class, please add your final comments to the picture of your work explaining what it shows.

Rivers and their physical features

Greetings Y11!

As part of our work over this last week of term we agreed we would spend some time bringing together our investigations into the physical features found along the course of a river and what processes create them. To help you revise in the future have a look at this Voice thread created by last years Y11 geography group. Your task is simple… Improve the description already featured on the Voice thread!

Why does Leicester have such a large Asian community?

Hello Y8! Below are some links to the resources that will help you to complete your research into why Leicester has such a large Asian community.

Cards

Image montage

BBC video

Ugandan Asians – Succsessful Refugees

Leicester’s Ugandan Asian succsess story

Energy from the Sahara

Hello year 10

Below is an advert for an ambitious solar energy plan for the Sahara desert.

 

You can visit the webpage of DESERTEC for further information or read this Guardian newpaper report on the project.

Desert landscapes

Hello Y10!

A simple research task for your homework this week. Following our lesson on desert landscapes this week, your homework task is to research where desert landscapes have been used in either adverts, films or other kinds of media. Stick a screenshot or image of what you find in your exercise book. Extra Renshaw respect will be awarded if you can name the desert landform in your chosen image! Good luck!

Can’t find your own…? here is a You tube video of a BBC Top Gear episode where they attempted to drive over the largest salt pan in the world.

The BBC and Top Gear boys got into trouble with environmental groups for this challege, which you can read about here.

Some images of the Top Gear team driving across the salt pan here.