Humanities

Geography

Earthquakes hit the Geography Department!

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Mrs. Fitzgerald: Head of Geography:

“All Year 7 pupils in all classes had to make a model of a specific earthquake for an individual project over the Christmas holidays. These set of models are by far the best I have ever seen in terms of information and the quality of the models. A lot of what they researched was really good. It was also nice to see such a wide range of approaches. The better ones were really specific and showed the general impact of the earthquake.

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Sophia Brown 7GFN

“Art is my favourite subject so I really enjoyed this project, as it involved making things. My Earthquake is based on the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, when the Bay Bridge collapsed. I looked at photos on the internet to see if I could get it right. I use toy cars, purchased from a shop, Styrofoam, plaster, tissue paper and spray. The toy boat belonged to my dad; he had it when he was a child.”

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The photo of the Bay Bridge after the San Francisco earthquake, which Sophia used for her research.

Dylan Rushton 7NON

“I spent the whole day on my model. I used real rubble (from a building which belonged to my uncle which we helped to knock down!) I looked on the internet to find a really bad earthquake and the Haiti one on Jan 16th 2010 was really devastating, and it’s well known, so I thought it would be a good one to do. I used toy cars which I used to have when I was younger and smashed them up with a hammer.

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Ms. Price: Head of Year 7

"Year 7 students, once again, have proved what a creative and talented Year group they really are. They have really raised the bar in terms of KS3 project work. These are some of the best models the Geography department have ever seen! I am very proud of them."

 

Geography blogspot: geoplaces.blogspot.com

Geography Field-trips

 

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Ewan Wilson 7NON

“I did this over a few days over the Christmas holidays. It’s based on a photo of an earthquake which happened in Newcastle, Australia in 1989. It’s made from smashed up bath-room tiles, rocks and card. The hardest bit was probably trying to get to all stick together. I used a lot of spray glue! There were 13 deaths in total during this earthquake. My aunt, who is Australian, was there when it happened! She was really scared as she felt the ground shake and actually drove past this ruined church.

 

Year 7 Revision

Year 8 Revision

Year 8 Revision games

 

We hope to have a comprehensive list of web sites for every topic in geography. In the meantime, here are some good sites for you to use:

 

Melting Ice - A hot topic?

Find out more about world environment day on www.unep.org/wed/2007

(resources for all topics)
www.bennett.karoo.net

(Espec GCSE Bitesize revision)
www.bbc.co.uk/education

www.schoolsnet.com

(good for coasts)
www.soton.ac.uk

(all topics)
www.learn.co.uk

(good for local research)
www.upmystreet.com

(maps, various scales, anywhere)
www.multimap.com

www.foodandfarming.org

www.geocities.com/Rainforests

(great site!)
www.junglephotos.com

(weather)
www.pubs.usgs.gov

(for volcanoes)
www.volcano.und.nodak.edu

(weather)
www.nhc.noaa.gov

(for weather; great satellite photos)
www.met-office.gov.uk