Archive for the 'IGCSE Geography' Category

Site and Situation and Ordnance Survey Maps

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

 
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The site and situation of a settlement are really important to understanding (a) why the settlement was located in a particular place in the first place and (b) whether or not the settlement was likely to grow over time.
You need to understand:

the difference between the terms "site" and "situation"
different factors affecting [...]

Coral Reefs

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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From the IGCSE syllabus:
Describe the conditions required for the development of
coral reefs.
Describe
•  fringing and barrier reefs
• atolls
Describe the location of coral reefs, and the necessary conditions for their development:
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0125204/about/coraldist.swf
http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/coral/where.htm
http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/coral/habdiscr.html
http://www.starfish.ch/reef/reef.html
http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/04benthon/crform.htm
Understand and make brief notes on how coral reefs operate as an ecosystem:

Make notes on the different types of reef [...]

Sand Dune Processes

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

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The IGCSE Syllabus requires us to understand this:
Describe and explain the landforms associated with these processes. You should study the following coastal landforms:
□ coastal sand dunes
The action of wind in shaping coastal sand dunes should also be understood.

Here are four good websites to help you achieve this [...]

Darfur, Sudan – Crisis

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

 

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Create a case-study document about the crisis in Darfur using the following resources:
1) The Guardian – Photo/Audio summary of  the crisis.
2) Map-based interactive GIS to show the geographic situation.
3) An organisation called ARC show some possible solutions.
4) Geographyalltheway on the Sudan crisis

China’s Demographic Transition and its Population Policy

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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A population pyramid (or age sex structure) often tells a story. Detective Discussion points:

What are the unusual features of the above age-sex structure?
Can you suggest possible reasons?

So how might this story look if we plotted the birth rates and death rates on the same line [...]