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Year 11 revision 2004 |
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General geography revision sites
BBC Bitesize
BBC Bitesize Scotland
Geography High
Scalloway High
s-cool the perfect site to make
those one-sheet A4 revision notes...... |
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Course unit links |
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A1 The Physical World
Rivers
River Tees - physical features and
long profile. High Force waterfall.
Lynmouth Flood Disaster of
1952
Yellow River - erosion of
sediments, deposition, flooding.
Coasts
case studies:
Year 9 studies - Old Harry Rocks,
Lulworth Cove, Barton-on-Sea, Holderness coasts
Glaciation
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A2 The Human World
Population
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World population growth
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Demographic Transition Model DTM
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Birth rates and death rates
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Population pyramids - interpretation of LEDC's and MEDC's
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Dependency ratios - working/dependant populations
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Ageing populations
Settlement
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Siting setlements - factors
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Warkworth - factors of siting - sketch
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Ipswich cross-section - urban zones
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Growth of Ipswich
- zones described
- housing types
- case study: Darlington
Land use - case study - Reading
LEDC city development - Bangalore - Rio de Janeiro - favelas, Rocinha, Barra
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A3 The Economic World
Classification of industry
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Primary, secondary and tertiary sectors
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Proportions of sectors in MEDC's and LEDC's
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Reading a triangular graph
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Change in employment structure over time
Agriculture
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Agriculture in a LEDC - Philippines Rice
- The Green revolution .. HYV rice
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The farmer's decisions - Brookfield Farm - fields, crops, systems.
EU and the Common Agricultural Policy
Changes in the agricultural landscape since WW2
Set-aside
Diversification
Industry
case studies:
Bracknell - hi-tech
Fiat in Brazil
Autoeuropa plant in Setubal,
Portugal Setubal;
the Autoeuropa plant of Ford/Volkeswagen/Seat
Sao Paulo,
Pepsi-Cola, informal (bar owner)
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A4 The Natural World
Weather
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depression passing over the UK - frontal rain
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reading a weather map
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factors influencing climate - air masses, latitude, distance from sea, prevailing winds, ocean currents, etc.
Forests
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forest ecosystems
- the boreal coniferous forest
- the equatorial rainforest
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Tropical forests - logging in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
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Managing Hazards
Climatic hazards -
features of tropical storms, their formation and source areas and development.
case studies: cyclones (LEDC) Cyclone One Bravo - Bangladesh 1999
hurricanes (MEDC) Hurricane Floyd 1997
impact of tropical storms on people should be features, hazard management & response
Plates, Earthquakes and Volcanoes -
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Tourism
case
studies:
Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Malham - tourism control in rural areas, footpaths, etc.
The Maldives -
sustainable tourism
Ayia Napa - Cyprus
MEDC coastal
Zanzibar - Chumbe
Island - sustainable tourism and effects on a LEDC
Machu Piccu , Peru,
LEDC and suatinable tourism problems
Yosemite NP,
California, USA - sustainable tourism
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Do
check out the sites below: |
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http://www.thegeographyportal.net/
it has everything! There is really a lot of advice here, many concepts are
explained and, of course, there are hundreds of fully-checked links!
http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/CURRIC/NEWGEOG/Index.htm
some good stuff here – one to watch
http://www.geographyjim.org/default.htm
quirky and fun
http://www.debenhamhighschool.suffolk.sch.uk/Geography/default.htm
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/
top geog, site in the UK! This is where the geography teachers go!
revision
tips .. as a Word file from
TGP.
http://www.internetgeography.co.uk/
plenty to look at here too!
http://www.georesources.co.uk/ a super site with case studies to use!
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