Bourton on the Water Photographs

Here is the link to the photographs that I took in  Bourton on the Water last Friday.
It is interesting to contrast these photos with this one taken on a lovely summer's day. This one really does give you an idea of what a honeypot site is like.

Top Trumps

Yesterday you started creating a set of Top Trump cards to show socio-economic inequalities in Birmingham. As a pair you need to use the instructions below to complete a set of 24 or 32 cards. Then cut them out and play top trumps.

First of all visit the census website with neighbourhood statistics. 

1. Enter the name of the ward of Birmingham you are looking at and select ‘ward’
2. Select 'census' → 'key statistics' → 'key figures for 2011 census' 
3. You are looking for information on -

• % of people unemployed            
• % of people with good health
• % of people 16+ with no qualifications

When you have completed the top trumps and played it through choose three wards that you think are the most affluent and use Zoopla.com and Google Streetview to investigate houses for sale in the area. Think about: 

• How do prices compare to Bicester?
• Do you think that your judgements are correct (at the moment}?

Now do the same but with what you think are the three most deprived wards.

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Development, Sustainability and Ecotourism Revision Resource

I came across the PowerPoint you used in the lesson today whilst looking

 for more materials to help you on this topic. I am very grate

Costa Rica Biodiversity

ful to Withernsea High School for producing such an excellent resource. Here is a link to the.PowerPoint.

Random Post

For our BTEC flora and fauna survey we have to make our survey as random as possible.

Here is a link to a random number generator you can use.

Y10 Lesson 1 Urbanisation

Spingfield - Virtual Urbanisation

In today's lesson we are looking at how the process of urbanisation has brought about changes to the planet.

Here is a copy of the PowerPoint we used in the lesson.

To find out where you are in the 7 billion plus people on the planet go here.

Here is a link to the BBC web page on urbanisation.

Here is the gapminder map link from the Powerpoint.

Here is a link to a blank world map you can use.

Exam time approaches

Although my Key Stage 4 blog looks a little bare, don't forget that Miss Cawood's blog contains all the necessary material to revise effectively. A direct link to materials that she produced is here If you get stuck, we are all here to help. So please ask and don't struggle in silence.

Past exam papers and mark schemes

It is really useful to keep practicing your exam technique using past exam papers. This link takes you to the past exam papers if you are in the current Y11.