Year 10 Coastal Management Essay Question - Due next Day 1 (Wednesday, 18th November)

You have been asked to write a short essay (c. 500 words).

The title for the essay is:

What strategies can be put in place to control the impact of wave erosion upon human economic activity? You should give an example from an area you have studied.

I want you to come up with an essay structure before you begin writing. Here are some tips and recommendations:

Draw up a list of keywords that you think will be useful for the essay before you do anything else!

Structure:

Introduction

- Outline what the essay is going to be about

- Introduce your chosen study area (case study or case studies if you choose 2 - e.g. Scarborough / Sundarbans / Maldives etc. - you can take a look at the "Coasts" chapter in the New Wider World for extra case studies).

Main body of essay

- Discuss how wave activity causes wave erosion

- Discuss how wave erosion can impact human economic activity along coastlines.

- Discuss the solutions (management strategies, hard and soft) that people use to protect their coastlines from erosion, using the details from your chosen study area (or areas).

- You could mention the positive and negative impacts that these management strategies have on the coastline and its inhabitants.

Conclusion

- Tie together your thoughts and discuss how you feel coastlines "should" be protected (in your opinion).

The final essay is to handed in next Wednesday (DAY 1), 18th November.

Year 13 Globalisation Homework - Due next lesson

"Effects of cultural integration"

Produce a case study of a particular country/region (you will most likely need to use more than one as it is hard to focus on a single location).

Your case study must assess the positive and negative impacts that cultural integration has had on the places in question.

Word limit: 750 words (upto!).

Tip: Use the links on this blog in the right hand column (look for the heading: Year 13 Globalisation) for your research. Think carefully about your structure before you write as you don't have many words.

Year 12 Geography homework - Due Wednesday 11th Nov, Day 2

Use the "Growth, wealth and happiness" handout and the "Spearman's rank correlation coefficient" handout to tackle questions 2 (a,b), 3, 4, 6, 8-15. Answer at least 6 questions but all if possible. Make sure you answer question 9 or 12 (or both if you feel confident!).

Also, go to the following website:

Geographyalltheway

And download the "Gapminder tasksheet". Complete the sheet by using the "Gapminder.org" website. Please come and see me before the work is due if you have any problems.

Year 10 Coastal Management homework

Please visit this website:

Geographyalltheway

Download the "Scarborough Coastal Management Worksheet" and fill it in. Use the webpage to find the information.

Due next Tuesday, 10th November (Day 1).

Year 10 Sundarbans Case Study

You have been asked to write a case study on the Sundarban mangrove forests in Bangladesh. In case you have lost the handout here are the instructions! You can click on links below to research your case study (and if you have lost the handout):

You have been issued with a handout on the Sundarbans. Read it and take notes. Look at some of the extra resources online (page 4). Use the links below if you have lost the handout!

Your task is to produce a case study about the Sundarbans (2 A4 pages). I suggest you use sub-headings to help you break down your work:

• Your case study must include a hand-drawn map and description of where the Sundarbans are located.
• You must mention why the Sundarbans are important. Tip: biodiversity (physical) and human economic activity (human).
• You must mention how the Sundarbans are being threatened. Tip: climate change (physical), tourism (human), deforestation (human)
• You must mention some of the solutions introduced to save the mangrove forest.

Here are the links to useful websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundarbans

http://www.betelco.com/bd/sundar/sundar.html
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/452

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Climate-change-threatens-Sundarbans/articleshow/1907703.cms

http://www.answers.com/topic/sundarbans

Year 9 project - Ghana Fact File

You have to produce a "Ghana - Fact File" using Word or Publisher. Use the following websites to help you collect information:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html

You should include the following in your fact file:

Birth Rate, Death Rate, Fertility Rate, Adult Literacy Rate, Life Expectancy, Infant Mortality Rate Exports (what does Ghana export to other countries?) Imports (what does Ghana import from other countries?) GNP or GDP per capita Debt to other countries I would also like you to give a little history about the country (what did the country used to be called and why?). You should also include the flag of Ghana and some pictures that show the physical and human landscape of Ghana. You will have a few lessons to complete this. Have fun!

Year 12 ToK students

Welcome to the ToK department blog! Please feel free to browse the various ToK entries (you will also find several Geography entries) and use the links on the right hand side of this page to download resources (e.g. powerpoints from lessons) and visit websites that will help you write your ToK essay and prepare your presentation. If you have any questions please see your teacher or drop me an email (listed on this page to the right).

Happy ToK-ing!

Mr. Jonsson

P.S. If you are having trouble downloading the PowerPoints you can access them via this link:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/19322334/a11f951a/ToK_PowerPoint_files_-_Please_download.html

Year 12 - Resources for your TOK presentations

Please take a look at the following links for advice/tips in relation to your TOK presentations:

http://www.adastranet.net/forum/48/alchin48.htm

Some sample presentations from previous years (download the PDF documents) for inspiration:

http://hsprings.dsc.k12.ar.us/soccer/TOKStudent.htm

Year 12 TOK Presentations - IMPORTANT

You have all received a TOK presentations handout that contains all relevant information on your presentation and what it must include. Please ask me for a handout if you have misplaced it or not received it (very important!). You can also DOWNLOAD this handout by clicking on the link on the right side of this blog page.

I would like you to get yourselves into groups (3 max) and decide on the topic of your presentation. Once you have done this you must respond to this post (comments link below), listing your group members and topic. Deadline is Tuesday 12th May (Day 1).

I will then assign you a date for your presentation. All presentations will start after May week. The first two presentations will be on Day 1, 27th May.

Remember: This is an integral part of your assessment for TOK and if you do not complete it you risk failing the course and therefore your IB Diploma!

The deadline for doing this is: Tuesday 12th May (Day 1)

This deadline is absolute and you will not be given the opportunity to submit your proposal after this date.

Year 12 - Coastal Hazards Online Game

Please click on the following link to play the UN/ISDR "Stop Disasters" game! Choose either the "Tsunami" or "Hurricane" scenario and save the planet :)

http://www.stopdisastersgame.org/en/home.html

Have fun!

Mr. Jonsson

Year 10 Rivers Coursework

You will have received your instructions in the form of a booklet. Your homework this cycle for next Day 5 (Friday 8th May) is the following:

• Select your 2 hypotheses (one from list A, one from list B). You can do a third if you like (either select it from list A or list B or come up with your own).
  
• Write your introduction (which should contain the aim of your project, locational background and justification of hypotheses).
  
• Write your methodology.
  
• Data presentation (where you present your data in the form of graphs, fieldsketches, photographs, tables etc. - all depending on which hypotheses you have chosen).

Make sure you read the entire booklet before you start writing and follow any advice given. You can also download the booklet using the "resources download" link in the right hand column of this blog page. There you will also find advice on various hypotheses and a very good pdf document on river field-work techniques (like how to use a clinometer, measure velocity with a flow meter etc.). I encourage you all to download all of these resources and put them onto a pen-drive.

The final hand-in date for your coursework is Friday, 5th June. NO EXCEPTIONS.

Good luck and have fun! :)

Year 12 Holderness Case Study Information

Year 12 IB Geography - Coasts

You have been asked to produce a 500 word case study of the "Holderness" coastline in the UK.

Make sure that you answer the following questions within your case study:

• Outline and describe the different factors that contribute to the rapid erosion rates along the Holderness coastline (Tip: think "terrestrial", "atmospheric", etc.).
  
• Which coastal hazards dominate this coastline? Why?
  
• Outline the problems caused by the rapid erosion rates along the Holderness coastline (Tip: divide your response into "economic", "social", "environmental" etc.).
  
• What is being done to manage the coastline? (Tip: management strategies)
  
• What effects have these management strategies had on the coastline and the human settlements along it?

Due first Day 4 after the Easter break.