GCSE Geography year 10 2007/2008

inner city vs suburbs Here is the powerpoint for the first homework on comparing inner cities and suburbs

tower block homework tower block homeworktower block homeworkHere is the powerpoint for the homework on towerblocks

monday’s exam

paper 3/4 is a decision making paper and it is on the topic people and place so expect a topic about where people live.  it could be an MEDC or LEDC based question so do look at everything.

 the bit where you can pick up loads of marks is the last question where you have to write an extended piece of writing about a decision you have made. 

remember so and because

remember what sustainable means

remember to say why you didn’t choose the other options

remember to use your own knowledge – show off your geography knowledge!

Case Study Revision Notes

withernsea-coastal-protection.doc

ukdroughtcasestudy.doc

the-formation-of-waterfalls.doc

spurn-point-case-study.doc

river-tay-case-study.doc

nile-delta.doc

nile-conflict.doc

mississippi-flooding.doc

grand-canyon.doc

flamborough-head-case-study.doc

drought-in-the-sahel.doc

drought-in-ethiopia.doc

change-in-water-supply-ledc-libya.doc

carsington.doc

bangladesh-flood-2.doc

bangladesh-1998-flood.doc

need a break from revising?

Okay, I shouldn’t be encouraging this, but we all need to reward ourselves and this Climate Change Pentathlon game is educational and you may learn something.

Case Study Revision

the-climate-of-the-british-isles.docsalcey-forest.doc

rainforest-case-study-notes.doc

korup-national-park.doc

hurricane-mitch.doc

hurricane-mitch-ledc.doc

hurricane-katrina.doc

how-is-the-amazon-rainforest-used-by-people-info-sheet.doc

equatorial-climate.doc

britains-weather.doc

biomes.doc

a-tale-of-two-anticyclones-1995-medc.doc

Geography Paper 1/2 Monday 4th June

The first exam will have 6 questions – you will have to choose 3 questions, 1 from each section.  The three topics are:

• People, Work and Development (industry, jobs, aid and development)
• Climate, Environment and People (weather, climate, ecosystems)
• Water, Landforms and People (water supply, rivers and coasts)

Supermarket Sweep

You may remember in class we looked at Tesco and how they are a UK based Transnational company who are looking to expand their market abroad. Here is the powerpoint that I showed in the lesson tesco-round-the-world.ppt

Here is a website which is very anti-Tesco.  See if you can highlight the main reasons why they are so against a UK company which has been so successful worldwide.

There are numerous articles on the BBC website including this one where Tesco were refused permission to expand one of their stores leaving some of the locals elated and this one about the measures that Tesco is willing to go to in order to open new stores and win over new customers including rebuilding the local fire station, providing valuable parking and rebuilding a local community centre.

Other BBC stories about shopping include: 

• Global Growth
• Indian supermarkets
• Supermarket monopoly
• A new Tesco in Ilkeston – good or bad?
• What do supermarkets offer us?
• What’s in a doughnut?
• What makes an ideal OFT site? – some info here about greenfield vs brownfield developments
• Why have people changed their shopping habits?