Wednesday 31st January

Sorry that I am missing today's lesson. You will have an opportunity to complete your 'expert cards' for topics covered in the trial exams & to otherwise 'dot the i's & cross the t's'. There will be paper cards available & 'virtual' ones can be found on the previous post. If you look on the latest posts on the Geobytes blog you will find some fantastic resources on earthquakes -you could use San Fransisco as an MEDC example (instead of Kobe). It was featured on the 'Ring of Fire' DVD that you watched at the beginning of the unit. Friday pd 3 is planner period so see you next week! If you have any questions, just post them as 'comments' on this post & I will get back to you as quickly as I can.

Expert cards

If you wish to make additional 'expert cards' or produce them on the PC, you can download the Publisher document from here. If you do not have Publisher then there are copies on this powerpoint, plus a list of the 'expert cards' needed for the trial exam material. Please make sure that you complete the cards correctly & in an appropriate amount of detail.

feedback ready!

Expect to receive detailed feedback on both papers & to take action! Please bring all exercise books & textbook to the lesson.

An Inconvienient Truth

For more information on the DVD we watched today go to this website. National Geographic News checked with Eric Steig, an earth scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle, who saw An Inconvenient Truth at a preview screening to assess the validity of the claims made in the film.

Paper 2!

The final words of wisdom....... watch the time! Assume 20 minutes reading & planning the 1 mark per minute! 4 mark bit.... 4 minutes, 9 marks..... 9 minutes! Make sure that your language is precise & that you use the correct case studies. Read back over the 'command words' post & the Paper 2 case studies post. Rehearse the key details & check that you know what they are examples of! Do the questions we have studied i.e. Managing hazards & Managing Tourism! Do NOT attempt the other two questions!!!!!! Good Luck to you all!

From the examiners report... about case studies.

This is a quote from the Examiners Report for the 2006 June Exam for paper 3H (Paper 1, Higher tier): "
The examiner states "A typical C candidate would be expected to write several level two responses for Q1(d), Q2(c), Q4(b)(iii) and Q4(d) but it was my experience that this was not often the case. Many of the answers are very general without any specific case study material andhave remained at level one even when their theory has been good." The examiner goes on to write "Similarly the typical A candidate would be expected to write several level three responses but this is not always the case."

I have been careful to teach & highlight the case studies required in the specification. Make sure that you recognise the opportunities to use this knowledge & understanding. You will have seen this school based GCSE site during lessons. If you click here it will take you to their revision site, which is great (wish I could do this-but at least I found it!). This will remind you again where the case studies are & give you some additional material to help you review your learning.

Rio de Janerio

We spent quite a while today reviewing the patterns of land use in an MEDC city, especially in relation to Leeds but made little reference to Rio de Janeiro as the LEDC case study. Whilst revising Rio you may want to look at the Wikepedia entry for Rio & to follow the link to Favelas. It is pretty good on the different zones within Rio although lacks a detailed map.