Ecotourism in the News

Botswana is planning to make the world's largest animal park as a conservation area in the hope of attracting more tourists. They are hoping that by doing this it will make their tourism sustainable by creating 100's of jobs and attracting tourists from all over the world. The park will also span Zambia and Zimbabwe whic has one of the largest waterfalls (by width) in the world - Victoria Falls (shown below). This is one of the continents biggest tourist attractions.
To read more click on the link below.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6250264.stm#graphic

S2 Ecotourism

Did you enjoy the Ecotourism game in class? Think you can do better yourself? Click on the link below to play again - Maybe you could challenge a parent to do better than you?


•http://www.eduweb.com/ecotourism/eco1.html

Summer Weather??

I hope you have all been watching the news to see the what only can be described as tragic effect of weather on people and the landscape that Britain has seen for a long time. To see more pictures of the effect these heavy rains have had on Yorkshire click here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6240038.stm this will also give you links to articles on the flooding.

S3 Homework

Your homework is due on TUESDAY 3rd JULY. If you can't make this date you should hand it in EARLY. You have to answer the ENQUIRY SKILLS questions 1-3 on the back of your worksheet into your jotter.

Remember when answering these type of questions to describe everything in detail and there will be NO QUIZ mentioned.

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Changing World Geography?

The Amazon now 6800km?

S3 may be interested in this as your next topic will be rivers. Scientists in Brazil are claiming that the Amazon is the longest river in the world, up to now it has been firmly believed that this title goes to the Nile (in Africa). Keep your eyes on this story - it could be interesting!

To read about this in more detail, click on the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6759291.stm

S5 Population Homework

Your first PINK SHEET homework is due in on Friday 22nd of June.

Remember you are aiming to write one point for every mark.

Homework can be handed in EARLY, but there is no excuse for handing it in LATE!!

S5 Population

Here are some of the links from todays lesson for you to look at in more detail:

World Population counter:
http://opr.princeton.edu/popclock/ OR
http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

Minature Earth
http://www.miniature-earth.com/

Statistics:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/,
UN. http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/

Make Poverty History (yellow dress film)
http://www.makepovertyhistory.org/video/


These are mainly all for your own personal interest, but you may need the statistics from the UN occasionally.

Welcome to Higher Geography

Welcome to the new S5 and S6 to a new year of hard work and sweat. You will be given the course outline in class and this is your guide to what you will be studying over the next year. Basically you have to do double the work of Standard Grade in half the time!

There is no one website for you to look at but bitesize is a good starting point:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/geography/index.shtml

As we go through the year, I will keep you up to date with Geography news, homework and NAB deadlines and some revision websites.

Your first topic with Mrs Stevenson is Population, the website below is a good place to start your revision and we will be using it for some class work also.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/