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.

Y10 settlement project

Hello Y10!

So here is your summer project. Your task is to put together a short report on cities in LEDC’s. This report must contain three sections.

(1)  Typical land use in LEDC cities

For this section you will need to include a land use model for LEDC cities. Here is an example from Bitesize you could also use. Annotate your image with an accompanying explanation of each land use zone. You should consider why that land use zone might typically be found in that particular location.

(2)   Problems facing LEDC cities

You can use this worksheet to help you create a photo montage of problems facing LEDC cities. It might be helpful to categorise these problems under the social, economic and environmental headings. Below each image write a short piece of explanatory text that identifies what the problem is and why it might be an issue for people in LEDC’s

(3)  Solutions to the problems facing LEDC cities

In this section you must research case studies. Choose two locations and explain how planners are attempting to solve the problems facing LEDC cities. Here is one from the textbook on Brazil, here is another on Cairo.

Other useful sites for reseach…

BBC Special Report on Urbanisation

Save the Children – Virtual tour of life for children in Kroo Bay, Freetown in Sierra Leone

19 cities in the world with 20 million people in the 21st century

Different views and opinions on the rural urban fringe

Hello Y10 – Following our lesson today, rather than completing an exam question on paper, many of you expressed a preference for completing this as a voice thread so…

Here is the link to the voice thread for this question… Add your comments before Friday and we’ll use this at the start of the lesson.

Settlement Hierarchy Newspaper Headlines

Hello Y10! Thought you all did a great job in our first lesson back this term constructing your own settlement hierarchy. After having a quick chat about the idea behind this concept you  can use this newspaper headline generator to create a headline.

Remember I’m looking for a headline and short story about something you would certainly not find happening in a conurbation, or a headline and short story about something you would not find happening in a hamlet.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with, the stranger the better!

Heavy Industry along the River Tees

Hello Year 10!

You can access the voice thread that I showed you in the lesson today by clicking this link. You will need to register, but it is a painless process

Also of interest may be this short animoto video which shows images of the heavy industry along the Tees.

If you wanted to do some additional research before you put together your comments you might want to have a look at the Corus website and this recent BBC article which looks at the effects of the current economic downturn on the demand for steel.

Good luck!

Greenbelts!

Hello Y10 – Your homework task this week is to create single sided textbook page on green belts. Remember to include a title, text, images, diagrams and tasks that you think would help other students understand how greenbelts are used to manage the rural urban fringe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click this link for a useful BBC Question and Answer site on Greenbelts

Click this link for examples of BBC news videos on the conflcts caused over greenbelt land

This link is from another geography teachers blog which is rather amazing! Cheers for this Rob!

Describe the possible disadvantages of redevelopment in inner city areas

Hello Y10!

OK, so here it is… a small bit of preparation for next lesson.

A good, modern example of the possible disadvantages of inner city redevlopment could come from a look at the impacts of the redevelopment in London ready for the 2012 Olympics.

Take a look at the sites below for examples of stories from local people on their perception of the redevelopment. As you can see, it is not always great for everyone!

Games monitor

Local London

Dubai research

Hello Y10! Click this link to download the resource sheet that Mr Dada has produced to help you to complete your research over the next few weeks. If you find anything else out there that might be useful, please add it to the post in the comments section.  

Y10 Industry exam question

Explain the factors that have led to the decline of steel-making industry in an MEDC that you have studied.