There is a new Geographer in town!!

Hi Everyone

My name is Calum Stevenson and I was born last Sunday. I am already sleeping loads but when I'm awake my Mum seems to talk an awful lot and she already has me looking at the weather and scenery so I think I will have to like Geography!! She has had me watching the power of the planet and the other night was getting very excited about ice and glaciers. Mum says everyone is to watch this programme and look at this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/earthpoweroftheplanet/.

Thank you to all Mum's pupils who have given me a present I am already playing with soft toys and rattles - I like their sound and I love my Disney blanket.

Power of the Planet - BBC 2 TONIGHT

Hello to all years.

I just couldn't contain my excitement when I saw this programme advertised and had to let you know about it:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2007/11/14/earth_from_birth_feature.shtml

It is on tonight, BBC2 at 9pm so set the DVD/video/plus box to record what looks to be a fantastic series on the Geological history of the earth. Tonight the presenter abseils into an active volcano!!

Enjoy.

Good Luck S4!!!

To all S4 Geographers

Good luck with your prelims!!

Remember Geography takes place on Thurs 29th Nov.

Use the S4 weblinks to help you with your revision.

Mrs Stone and Miss MacLeod will be available Friday lunch times for revision seminars. If you can't/don't want/don't need to come along please feel free to drop in at any time if you have any problems.

Enjoy your October Holidays

Enjoy your next two weeks - S4 it may not be so enjoyable for you but remember to use the links for pupils to take you to some good revision sites.

Best of luck to everyone for the coming year, Mrs Stone will be taking over all of my classes while I am away reversing Scotlands decling population!

I will see you all in August 2008!

Mrs Stevenson

Mrs Stevenson's S3 Fieldwork Deadlines

• 3GEC1(You went on fieldwork last Tuesday 25th Sept) - Your DEADLINE is Friday 5th October to hand in your fieldreport.
• 3GEH (You went on fieldwork last Friday 28th Sept) - Your DEADLINE is Tuesday 9th October to hand in your fieldreport.

Please remember to hand it in with your marking scheme, this should be used to give you hints on what to do.

The department will be open at lunchtimes to help anyone who needs it.

3C2 Fieldwork Report Deadline!!

Remember your fieldwork report must be handed in Wednesday 10th October!!

If you need to use maps, equipment or need a bit of help P24 is open each lunch time.


You must include:

• An annotated field sketch of Dee Valley


• An annotated field sketch of river meander


• Justifications (why you used each technique)


• Paragraph about each land use in the valley


• A annotated photograph (optional)


• Sketch map of area within Aberdeen and a sketch map of the local area

Here are some websites where you can find maps of Aberdeen:

http://www.multimap.com/

http://maps.google.com/

But REMEMBER printing out a map is NOT a geography skill, DRAWING it by hand is!!!!

S2 China's One Child Policy

China's One Child Policy was started by the government to try and limit population growth in China.







Click on the websites below to find out about China's One Child Policy:



http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4320000/newsid_4329500/4329525.stm
http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/onechild.htm


Use these websites to find out why some people argue the policy has been successful:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4972042.stm
http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/onechild.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4310000/newsid_4314400/4314477.stm
http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=771http://www.cpirc.org.cn/en/enews20060107.htm


Use these websites to find out why some people argue that the policy has not been succesful and is causing major problems for the people of China:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/941511.stm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070828084440.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/this_world/4722587.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6694135.stm

Hot Tip!!
You might want to have a look at the opposing arguments as you don't want the other side to out argue you in class!!!