What I learnt in Geography this week.....

My Geography teacher has started an experiment which involves me writing about what I have learnt in my lessons and about any geographical news that interests me. My Geography teacher is also going to write a blog about what she teaches me (and therefore what I should have learnt!) and hopefully the two blogs will match up. The idea is that this will not only help me to consolidate what I learn but that it will also help fellow students do the same and keep up to date with current issues.

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Climate Modelling - [based on video notes from Earth: The Climate Wars]

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Hello everyone! I hope the revision is going well; only like 8 more weeks of hard work and then it will all be over!!! Climate modelling i...
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'Paradox of Plenty' - Myth or Reality???

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Ever since watching the film Blood Diamond , reading some of Tim Butcher's books on various African countries and revising the impacts ...
Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Quick review of basics of globalisation...

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Hello everyone - I hope the revision is going well!!! I thought I better crack on with some revision notes considering our mock is coming up...
Monday, 9 April 2012

Development and Globalisation Disussion

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Those of you that joined in the discussion last week seemed to enjoy it and I hope you learnt something from it! I must say though I wasn...

Aid - Is it working? To what extent is it helping LDCs develop?

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Hello - I hope everyone's revision is going well, it is hard work isnt it!!! I have had a few requests for this topic, and am going to l...
Friday, 6 April 2012

Reasons for low levels of development in sub-Saharan Africa - Is colonialism really to blame???

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The capturing of the Moroccan town of Ceuta in 1415, by the Portuguese, marked the beginning of European colonialism in Africa; a movement ...
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Thursday, 5 April 2012

Blogging Updates!!!

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Hello everyone! I have had countless requests about writing blogs in my other subjects and I also need to find a new method for revising in ...
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Tuesday, 3 April 2012

Development Discussion

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Hello everyone! Right, I am about to try something different, so you will have to bare with me...... after Millie suggested in our last less...
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Development revision - the basics

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Hello everyone - this is the first, of many to come, revision posts over the next few weeks, so enjoy! Development Mindmap Development Co...
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Tuesday, 20 March 2012

Iceland Fieldtrip 2012 so far....

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Iceland so far....... After what seemed like a rather long bus journey to Heathrow, before a three hour flight, we finally arrived in Icela...
Sunday, 18 March 2012

Why are us British so interested in the weather???

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Just a quick post before I am off to Iceland for a week!!! Last week we learnt all about what produces the British weather and arguably on...
Wednesday, 7 March 2012

Where would the British be without the Gulf Stream!?

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Hello everyone! Hopefully everyone is enjoying the new climate module! Millie has written a very useful and succinct summary (something I ne...
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Sunday, 4 March 2012

Atmospheric Circulation

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Global Heat Budget - Key Points: - Excess at Equator - Deficit at Poles ---> Therefore, as basic rules of thermodynamics dictates, all...
Friday, 2 March 2012

Start of the Climate module!!!

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This week we started the much anticipated climate module (at last!). Anyone who knows me will know that this is probably my favourite area w...

Intrusive Igneous Activity

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---> Not all magma makes it to the surface to be extruded, some of it solidifies underground. The igneous rocks formed can contribute t...
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Vicki The Geography Student
Whilst studying A-levels in Geography, Chemistry, Biology, Maths and History, I became completely fascinated by the Earth Sciences and found them particularly good for feeding my natural curiosity, providing answers to my never ending list of questions! Despite my relentless enthusiasm and frequent question asking, I was quite a quiet student in comparison to the rest of my class so my teacher asked me to start this blog as part of her experiment to test the benefits of incorporating social media into education. The aim was to find out if social networking can be a valuable educational tool and discover how much I actually learnt in lessons. It proved to be a huge success, for both myself and other students, with all my A-level notes still available for students use. I am currently at University studying BSc (Joint Honours) ‘Physical Geography with Oceanography’ and still asking way too many questions! In an attempt to continue to share my love for anything Earth Science-related, and to see if it can have the same benefits at Higher Education, I am trying to continue the blogging and use of social networking. I hope it proves to be a useful and interesting read!
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