Merry Christmas!!

The Geography department would like to wish all everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Enjoy your holidays and we will see you all refreshed in the new year.

Top Tips for saving the environment over the Christmas Season

1. Switch off your Christmas lights!

2. Recycle old wrapping paper and christmas cards

3. Don't leave your oven on after your turkey is cooked!

4. Encourage your parents to buy fairtrade xmas pudding and an organic turkey.

5. Get farmers to use Rudolphs dung!!

6. Keep your left over sprouts, parsnips and potatoes for compost.

7. If going skiing keep to designated pistes and footpaths.

S4 Ocean Pollution Links

Here are the links for the ocean pollution web worksheet. click on the link that relates to each question to help you find the answers.

Q1.
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/phye7.htm

Q.2
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/phye7.htm

Q.4http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6110000/newsid_6112500/6112536.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6730000/newsid_6733100/6733117.stm

Extension
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/eei/coasts/

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.