Welcome to Geography at SMA!
Homework - 7.3
Choose an amazing place on Earth and find an amazing fact about it. The website to do this on isn't working at the moment so simply write your place and fact on a piece of paper for use in the next few lessons.Due Monday 7th October
Enjoy your weekend.
Miss Richmond
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7.1 and 7.5 Weather and Climate Revision
For your end of unit test, you will need to revise:
Types of rainfall
Types of Cloud
Forecasting and recording the weather
Local Factors (7.5 you do not need to revise this)
Air Pressure
Here are some diagrams and information to help you:
British Weather
Why is it warmer in the south than the north in summer?
Why is it warmer in the west than the east in summer?
Why is there more rain in the west?
The most common wind direction is from the south west bringing in warm air to the west of the country. This area also has the most mountainous and upland areas such as the Pennines therefore there is a lot of relief rainfall (see below).
Types of Rainfall
Use this to help you with your leaflet!
Types of Cloud
Look up the characteristics and types of weather associated with them
Forecasting and Recording the Weather
What each of these are measured in:
Temperature
Precipitation
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Wind direction
Air Pressure
What is air pressure?
What do low and high pressure mean and what sorts of weather do they bring?
Here is a link to help to explain air pressure:
The term for a low pressure system is called a depression.
The term for a high pressure system is an anticyclone.
Revise what sorts of weather each system brings.
Good Luck!
Miss Richmond
Revision List For End of Year Seven Assessment
Section 1; What is Geography?
- What are physical and human Geography and what do we learn about within each?
- Drawing graphs. How would you draw a bar graph? Remembering to label axes add a title and draw the graph accurately.
Section 2; Map Skills
- Ordnance survey maps and symbols
- Using scale lines to measure distance
- Giving four and six figure grid references
- Extinction and endangerment what is the difference?
- What are we doing to protect these fragile animals and environments?
- Which exmple have you studied? Learn your case study of an animal or place.
- What are resources?
- What are fossil fuels
- What does non-renewable and renewable mean?
- Reduce, reuse, recycle
- What is sustainability and how can we live our lives in a more sustainable way?
Well done with your revision and Good Luck to everyone
Mrs Williams
Mersey Tidal Power: Yes or No?
Situation
You work for the Liverpool Echo and have been asked to investigate the proposal by Peel Holdings for a tidal power station to be built on the River Mersey in the estuary (the tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream).
Task
You need to produce EITHER a newspaper article, a script for a news report or a filmed news report to tell people the positives and negatives to tidal power in the River Mersey.
Time Allowed
You will have this lesson to plan your assessment carefully, and over Easter to complete this piece of work
Read the level descriptors carefully to help you achieve your target level
Here is the link to the website which includes lots of information about the proposal. You can also watch the Fred Talbot clip again from this website.
Do your best and good luck!
Miss Richmond
Coral Reef Game!
Click on Nemo to learn more about the threats to the coral reefs by playing this game online.
This will help you with the threatened environment topic!
If you would like to practice your map skills for revision this is a really good website from Ordnance Survey
Homework for Miss Richmond's classes:
Model of a treasure map to help you comple this piece of work.
The most important part of this homework is to write the four figure grid references for your symbols correctly!
Use colour and be creative!!!
Miss Richmond :-)
7.1
Homework - due Friday 28/09/12
Click on the link below and follow the instructions to add an amazing fact about Svalbard!
DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR NAME
Miss Richmond :-)
So, What is Geography?
Welcome to all of our Year 7 Geographers!
