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Yr 6 Transition morning resources
Yr 6 are coming up to Senior School tomorrow to get a feeling for what learning is like over on the other side of the side of the building. They are going to be finding out about a potentially world changing natural disaster which could affect millions of people – The Cumbre Vieja Volcano. […]
Constructing Earthquake-proof buildings… from spaghetti!
8CM have been investigating how buildings are made earthquake proof in countries which are close to tectonic plate boundaries. They have learnt that reinforcements such as cross bracing and the use of triangles within structures can greatlty improve their strength. To demonstrate their understanding of these concepts they were tasked with constructing 50cm high, 2 […]
A list of fantastic Geography Apps
Here is a list of educational Geography applications for Ipad. Download some of these to give your ipad maximum GeoPower!
The Kayapo Fund
Year 9 students working on their extended writing task about the future of the Kayapo people will find this video very helpful. [iframe width=”480″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/L5VZRgYfqJU” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen>
7AC Baiyoke 2 Tower Panoramic Photo Montages
Some great work completed from 7AC after their trip to Baiyoke 2 Tower. A lot of this work is also on display on the wall outside the Geography classrooms.
Year 7 Cross Section Homework
Year 7, please click here cross-section for homework to access your homework. Print out, complete and bring to the lesson. Note that the contour interval is 50m.
Yr 9 – Daming the Xingu River
Yr 9 : Please watch this video as part of your homework for this module. [iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/10459021″ width=”480″ height=”375″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen>
Baiyoke Tower 2 – Panoramic Photo Montages
7EJ have produced some great follow up work from their recent trip to Baiyoke 2 tower. The tallest building in Bangkok gave them a great view over the city, and to help them to understand the landscape they were looking at they have been tasked with producing Panoramic Photo Montages. They have even managed to […]
UPDATED Cross Continental ShareBlogging!
The Geography students of Shrewsbury International School and Durrington High School, UK are going to be working together on a very exciting new ShareBlogging project. Students at Durrington High School have produced a series of lessons and learning activities based around the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, which our Yr 9 students are going to […]