Homeworks:
Homework:
Revise for the internal exams - complete the revision booklets to help you prepare and look at the websites as well as your own notes and the textbook.
Homework for Friday, May 29th:
1. Work your way through the revision booklets on Weather and Climate (there are digital copies on the Year 10 Page).
2. Make sure you send me the case studies (history2@runnymede-college.com).
3. Here is the link to the case studies which should download and adapt to your needs. You will also find some revision material for the summer exams on this page.
Homework for Friday, May 22nd:
1. Finish the worksheet on Equatorial and Desert climates.
2. Produce your leaflet on Tropical Rainforests or Deserts and send it to me by Thursday, May 21st at the latest.
There is a revision checklist and guide if you click on the links.
Homework for Friday, May 8th:
Make sure you have completed the worksheet on Droughts (do either Australia or the USA as the MEDC Drought case study).
Homework for Friday, April 24th:
Ensure you have finished the diagram on page of the text book on how tropical storms develop. Then produce two case studies:
1. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Aug 2005
2.Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, Nov 2013
Remember to include place-specific details and data. Mention why the storm developed, what effects it had and what the response was.
There are a series of videos on the YouTube Channel in the Weather and Climate playlist that will help.
Homework for Friday, April 17th:
Cloud types and extent
Page 179-184
1. What are clouds?
2. What are the three main classifications of clouds and how are they formed?
3. How can the three main types of cloud be further sub-divided (see p181)
4. Copy out Fig 7.26 on p181.
5. Explain what Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds are and draw Fig 7.31.
6. Glue in the sheet you have been given on cloud characteristics and their associated weather.
7. Make your own cloud wheel using the material you have been given.
8. Explain what oktas are?
Books to be collected Friday, April 17th
Homework for Friday, March 27th:
Finish the worksheet on Weather and Climate.
Homework for Friday, March 13th:
To finish off the coasts topic you should put together a couple more case studies:
1. Put together some case study notes on the Holderness Coast on the east coast of England, looking at the threats to the area and the conflicts of interest. You should consult the following sites:
Greenfield Geography - scroll down the page to the section on the Holderness Coast.
You Tube video
BBC Bitesize
2. Case Study on what are the advantage and disadvantage of living on a delta: you can use the Bangladesh example we looked at before or the Mekong Delta (see Greenfield Geography).
Homework for Friday, March 6th:
1. Finish the worksheet you have been given on salt marshes, mangroves, dunes and coral reefs.
2. Revise for the test on Rivers, Flooding and Coasts (the revision booklet for coasts is on the website in the Geography section). The test will be on Friday, March 6th.
Homework due in Feb 27th:
Do your tourist guide to the South West Coastal Path following the advice on the guide sheet.
Homework for Feb 6th:
1. You should have finished the worksheet on Marine Processes and Features.
2. Title: Marine Deposition
Read page 144 and turn the text on Marine Deposition into a series of diagrams to explain the process.
3. Title: Landforms created by Marine Deposition.
Explain how the following features are formed, include diagrams:
a) Beaches (see page 151)
b) Spits (p153 and my presentation on the Geography page - Year 10)
c) Bars and Lagoons (p 153 and my presentation)
d) Tombolos (see presentation)
e) Salt Marsh (p155)
The Greenfield Geography site will also help you with this work.
Books to be collected in next Friday.
Homework for Jan 23rd:
1. For those of you who missed lessons at the end of last term, please ensure your work is up to date and that your book is handed into me next week.
2. Highlight and note the sheets on the Mississippi case study.
3. Finish the Rivers revision booklet.
4. Do a title page on the Coasts topic and answer questions 1-6 on the Coasts worksheet.
Homework for Jan 9th:
1. Finish the exercises on the storm hydrographs.
2. Produce two case study reports on flooding:
a) Flooding in an MEDC: either Tewkesbury in England (see this site) or the Somerset Levels in England (see this slideshare presentation)
b) Flooding in an LEDC: Bangladesh 1998 (see Greenfield Geography and BBC Bitesize)
3. Do the Revision booklet - section on Rivers.
For Monday, Dec 15th:
1. You should have finished the diagrams explaining the formation of meanders, levees and deltas. Use the text on page 129 of the text book to help with this.
2. Read pages 131-132 of the text books and then do the following:
a) Draw and label the diagram showing what happens to water when it reaches the ground.
b) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of living on a flood plain or a river delta.
c) What is discharge and what factors affect it? (draw a spider diagram to show this)
d) Explain what a storm hydrograph is and draw a labelled diagram of one.
Remember to bring the books to me in then Y Pod on Monday morning before registration.
For Friday, Dec 12th:
Ensure you have finished the diagrams and explanations of the different river features: rapids, pot holes, waterfalls, long profile, interlocking spurs, meanders etc.
For Friday, Nov 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the box on waterfalls and the advantages they can bring.
2. Revision for the exams.
For Friday, Nov 21st:
Finish the worksheet on River processes, then on your A3 sheet fill in two squares showing how potholes and rapids are formed (see page 125) - include a bullet point explanation and a diagram for each one.
For Friday, Nov 14th:
1. Complete activities 1-5 on the River Processes worksheet.
For Friday, Nov 7th:
Complete the revision booklet and revise for a test on plate tectonics.
For Friday, Oct 24th:
Make sure you have finished your case study, print it out or send it to your group members and also send me a copy too.
Earthquake case studies:
a) Haiti, 2010
b) Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 2011
Resources:
MrB's Geography Blog
BBC site on the Haiti earthquake
BBC site on the Tohoku earthquake
Homework to be handed in on Monday, Oct 13th together with the textbook:
Make sure you have finished all the volcano work and have done the report on volcanic activity in Iceland
1. What causes earthquakes - both natural and man-made (p62 Hodder and p105 Oxford)?
2. What factors influence earthquake damage (Hodder p62, Oxford 106)? Give a brief explanation of each one.
3. Draw out a series of cartoons on the five ways of dealing with earthquakes (p62-63 Hodder)
4. How can buildings be designed to minimise earthquake damage?
5. Look a the sheet you have been given and explain with examples the 3Ps: Predict, Protect and Prepare.
Homework for Friday, Oct 10th:
1, Make sure you finish the case studies on the volcanic eruptions in Mount St Helens and Mount Pinatubo and the work on recent volcanic activity in Iceland.
Homework for Friday, Sept 19th:
1. Write a paragraph with examples to explain what happens at each of the following plate margins (use the text book and table 3.2 on pages 96 to help you)
a) When two oceanic plates collide.
b) When two continental plates collide (collision margin)
c) When two oceanic plates move apart (constructive margin)
d) When two plates slide past each other (conservative margin)
2. Research: find out how a rift valley is formed.
Homework for Friday, Sept 12th:
1. Do a title page entitled "Plate Tectonics"
2. Cover your book with images related to any of the Physical Geography topics we are going to study this year, i.e: plate tectonics, weathering, rivers, coasts, weather, climate, vegetation etc.
3. Read pages 90-91 of your text book. Then study the following figures in the book very carefully:
b) Describe the distribution of earthquake activity.
c) Identify the similarities and any differences between the location of volcanoes and earthquakes and try to explain these.
4. Read page 94, copy diagram 3.7 and explain it in your own words.
Revise for the internal exams - complete the revision booklets to help you prepare and look at the websites as well as your own notes and the textbook.
Homework for Friday, May 29th:
1. Work your way through the revision booklets on Weather and Climate (there are digital copies on the Year 10 Page).
2. Make sure you send me the case studies (history2@runnymede-college.com).
3. Here is the link to the case studies which should download and adapt to your needs. You will also find some revision material for the summer exams on this page.
Homework for Friday, May 22nd:
1. Finish the worksheet on Equatorial and Desert climates.
2. Produce your leaflet on Tropical Rainforests or Deserts and send it to me by Thursday, May 21st at the latest.
There is a revision checklist and guide if you click on the links.
Homework for Friday, May 8th:
Make sure you have completed the worksheet on Droughts (do either Australia or the USA as the MEDC Drought case study).
Homework for Friday, April 24th:
Ensure you have finished the diagram on page of the text book on how tropical storms develop. Then produce two case studies:
1. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Aug 2005
2.Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines, Nov 2013
Remember to include place-specific details and data. Mention why the storm developed, what effects it had and what the response was.
There are a series of videos on the YouTube Channel in the Weather and Climate playlist that will help.
Homework for Friday, April 17th:
Cloud types and extent
Page 179-184
1. What are clouds?
2. What are the three main classifications of clouds and how are they formed?
3. How can the three main types of cloud be further sub-divided (see p181)
4. Copy out Fig 7.26 on p181.
5. Explain what Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds are and draw Fig 7.31.
6. Glue in the sheet you have been given on cloud characteristics and their associated weather.
7. Make your own cloud wheel using the material you have been given.
8. Explain what oktas are?
Books to be collected Friday, April 17th
Homework for Friday, March 27th:
Finish the worksheet on Weather and Climate.
Homework for Friday, March 13th:
To finish off the coasts topic you should put together a couple more case studies:
1. Put together some case study notes on the Holderness Coast on the east coast of England, looking at the threats to the area and the conflicts of interest. You should consult the following sites:
Greenfield Geography - scroll down the page to the section on the Holderness Coast.
You Tube video
BBC Bitesize
2. Case Study on what are the advantage and disadvantage of living on a delta: you can use the Bangladesh example we looked at before or the Mekong Delta (see Greenfield Geography).
Homework for Friday, March 6th:
1. Finish the worksheet you have been given on salt marshes, mangroves, dunes and coral reefs.
2. Revise for the test on Rivers, Flooding and Coasts (the revision booklet for coasts is on the website in the Geography section). The test will be on Friday, March 6th.
Homework due in Feb 27th:
Do your tourist guide to the South West Coastal Path following the advice on the guide sheet.
Homework for Feb 6th:
1. You should have finished the worksheet on Marine Processes and Features.
2. Title: Marine Deposition
Read page 144 and turn the text on Marine Deposition into a series of diagrams to explain the process.
3. Title: Landforms created by Marine Deposition.
Explain how the following features are formed, include diagrams:
a) Beaches (see page 151)
b) Spits (p153 and my presentation on the Geography page - Year 10)
c) Bars and Lagoons (p 153 and my presentation)
d) Tombolos (see presentation)
e) Salt Marsh (p155)
The Greenfield Geography site will also help you with this work.
Books to be collected in next Friday.
Homework for Jan 23rd:
1. For those of you who missed lessons at the end of last term, please ensure your work is up to date and that your book is handed into me next week.
2. Highlight and note the sheets on the Mississippi case study.
3. Finish the Rivers revision booklet.
4. Do a title page on the Coasts topic and answer questions 1-6 on the Coasts worksheet.
Homework for Jan 9th:
1. Finish the exercises on the storm hydrographs.
2. Produce two case study reports on flooding:
a) Flooding in an MEDC: either Tewkesbury in England (see this site) or the Somerset Levels in England (see this slideshare presentation)
b) Flooding in an LEDC: Bangladesh 1998 (see Greenfield Geography and BBC Bitesize)
3. Do the Revision booklet - section on Rivers.
For Monday, Dec 15th:
1. You should have finished the diagrams explaining the formation of meanders, levees and deltas. Use the text on page 129 of the text book to help with this.
2. Read pages 131-132 of the text books and then do the following:
a) Draw and label the diagram showing what happens to water when it reaches the ground.
b) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of living on a flood plain or a river delta.
c) What is discharge and what factors affect it? (draw a spider diagram to show this)
d) Explain what a storm hydrograph is and draw a labelled diagram of one.
Remember to bring the books to me in then Y Pod on Monday morning before registration.
For Friday, Dec 12th:
Ensure you have finished the diagrams and explanations of the different river features: rapids, pot holes, waterfalls, long profile, interlocking spurs, meanders etc.
For Friday, Nov 28th:
1. Make sure you have finished the box on waterfalls and the advantages they can bring.
2. Revision for the exams.
For Friday, Nov 21st:
Finish the worksheet on River processes, then on your A3 sheet fill in two squares showing how potholes and rapids are formed (see page 125) - include a bullet point explanation and a diagram for each one.
For Friday, Nov 14th:
1. Complete activities 1-5 on the River Processes worksheet.
For Friday, Nov 7th:
Complete the revision booklet and revise for a test on plate tectonics.
For Friday, Oct 24th:
Make sure you have finished your case study, print it out or send it to your group members and also send me a copy too.
Earthquake case studies:
a) Haiti, 2010
b) Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, 2011
- Causes
- Effects: (categorise): social, economic, environmenta
- Responses:
- Cause with diagrams
- Effects in different countries: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia
- Short-term and long-term effects:
- Shelter, schools and hospitals, jobs, tourism, transport, fear
- International response and help
- How can tsunami danger be reduced?
Resources:
MrB's Geography Blog
BBC site on the Haiti earthquake
BBC site on the Tohoku earthquake
Homework to be handed in on Monday, Oct 13th together with the textbook:
Make sure you have finished all the volcano work and have done the report on volcanic activity in Iceland
1. What causes earthquakes - both natural and man-made (p62 Hodder and p105 Oxford)?
2. What factors influence earthquake damage (Hodder p62, Oxford 106)? Give a brief explanation of each one.
3. Draw out a series of cartoons on the five ways of dealing with earthquakes (p62-63 Hodder)
4. How can buildings be designed to minimise earthquake damage?
5. Look a the sheet you have been given and explain with examples the 3Ps: Predict, Protect and Prepare.
Homework for Friday, Oct 10th:
1, Make sure you finish the case studies on the volcanic eruptions in Mount St Helens and Mount Pinatubo and the work on recent volcanic activity in Iceland.
Homework for Friday, Sept 19th:
1. Write a paragraph with examples to explain what happens at each of the following plate margins (use the text book and table 3.2 on pages 96 to help you)
a) When two oceanic plates collide.
b) When two continental plates collide (collision margin)
c) When two oceanic plates move apart (constructive margin)
d) When two plates slide past each other (conservative margin)
2. Research: find out how a rift valley is formed.
Homework for Friday, Sept 12th:
1. Do a title page entitled "Plate Tectonics"
2. Cover your book with images related to any of the Physical Geography topics we are going to study this year, i.e: plate tectonics, weathering, rivers, coasts, weather, climate, vegetation etc.
3. Read pages 90-91 of your text book. Then study the following figures in the book very carefully:
- Fig 3.8 on page 93 showing the plates and their boundaries.
- Fig 3.5 on page 91 showing the distribution of active volcanoes.
- Fig 3.6 on page 91 showing earthquake activity around the world.
b) Describe the distribution of earthquake activity.
c) Identify the similarities and any differences between the location of volcanoes and earthquakes and try to explain these.
4. Read page 94, copy diagram 3.7 and explain it in your own words.