A reduced revision Guide

This has no lovely pictures, but does cover each part of the specification. For place it does focus on Barking and Dagenham rather than Rainham, but this shouldn't be an issue.

OCR A Revision Guide

I can get these printed if you would like a hard copy - However, due to colour printing costs there will be a £1 charge

Year 10 Fracking project

1. What is sustainable energy?

2. http://10unsolvables.org/ Go to this website - have a look at each of the 'unsolvable' problems

a) which is the most urgent problem do you think and why?
b) can you come up with a solution for 1 of them? 3?

  To solve the “unsolvable,” we challenge you to transcend the limitations of your comfort zone. While this site includes Conventional Solutions that are currently being pursued, we also propose Progressive Solutions which are intended to think outside the box. As you read our at times outrageous and controversial solutions and think to yourself “that will never work” or “that’s impossible to implement,” examine the basis of your resistance. Changing public perceptions to internalize the importance of sustainable energy is a catalyst to unravelling the 10 “Unsolvable” Problems.


3. Read the news reports below. This is front-line geography where you can have a say, you could influence policy, you could even come up with solutions to current problems. Just because someone else may have done the research, doesn't mean you should be passive,  you can build on it.

Below are a number of websites to recent news articles. This reading must be done by January 4th- and come on... it's FUN!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14432401

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25157239

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13507126

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/shale-gas

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/27/water-shortages-fracking-impractical-uk

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2191632/uk_fracking_industrys_pr_offensive_becoming_more_canny.html

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/dec/05/protesters-chevron-shale-gas-fracking-romania

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-25291234

http://www.conservativehome.com/thinktankcentral/2013/12/from-george-osborne-is-right-to-back-fracking-and-environmentalists-should-too.html

http://www.sott.net/article/269480-Massachusetts-seeks-10-year-ban-on-gas-fracking-after-series-of-Texas-earthquakes

Settlement and population revision resources

Settlement and Population Ppt - 
Settlement exam questions
Ageing Population

Remember that these cover Newham and not Rainham yet -you will have to adapt the powerpoint yourself

Year 10 Coltan Mining in the DRC

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The above document is a very accessible PDF from a university professor which explores the link between mobile phones and civil war very effectively. 

I would spend time watching the video clips and completing the activities to extend your learning. You will be surprised at how easy it is to gain an A* understanding (and i would go as far as to say an A' Level/early degree level understanding) of these global issues. 

Have fun 

Geography Stretch and Challenge Reading List

     Web links

General geography content covered including videos.  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography

Everything you need for OS map skills.  - http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/index.html

Summarises topics and provides lots of exam style questions - http://www.geographypods.com/map-skills.html

Revision help - http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography

National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/

Geographical Association: http://geography.org.uk/

Royal Geographical Society   http://rgs.org/HomePage.htm

 Joint Nature Conservation Committee: http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/

well done to all

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