Year 9 - Google Earth Projects

The students in Year 9 have been investigating the growth of tourism and how it has led to increased interconnections between places. For our final project, the students were asked to devise a route between Southampton, UK, and Cape Town, South Africa in the Year 1937. They had a number of considerations to think about when they were devising their routes from not being able to fly at night, only being able to go a maximum of 1200km before refueling, the politics of the time and importantly they had to land on water. The students worked hard to not only create a route but also calculate the maths and justify their choices. Please click on the links to visit the students’ projects.

Student One - Southampton to Cape Town

Student Two - Southampton to Cape Town

Student Three - Southampton to Cape Town

Student Four - Southampton to Cape Town

Student Five - Southampton to Cape Town

Student Six - Southampton to Cape Town

Year 10 - Exploring Population Pyramids

As part of the unit which explores population change the Year 10 Geography classes have been investigating population structures. To do this they were introduced to population pyramids which are graphical representations of the age and sex structure of a specific country. To try and make a series of graphs more ‘fun’ the classes used Lego to create population pyramids for various countries. The students will now use the graphs as a starting point to question why a countries age - sex structure is as it is and whether they can be used to plan for a change in resources in the future.

Year 12 - Exploring River Landforms

The Year 12 Geography classes have been studying the different fluvial landforms that are created by the processes of erosion and deposition. The class was divided up to investigate a specific landform and to create a guide to inform their peers how the landform was created.

Year 13 - Climate Change Mitigation

The Year 13 geographers have been investigation the causes and consequences of climate change. To try and off-set our impact they have explored various different methods of mitigation. While some such as the atmospheric mirror may sound like it was taken out of a James Bond film there is an element of validity and in all of the geo-technological solutions. See below for the students’ Google Slide presentations.

Year 12 - National Resource Security

The Year 12 geographers have been investigating the idea of the nexus and how it is essential for countries to be resource secure. If a country is not secure in either their food, water or energy this could have a detrimental impact on their level of development. Below are two essays which compare the UAE and Switzerland and how resource secure they are.

Year 12 Higher Level Geography - Tourism in Extreme Environments

Year 12 Higher Level geographers have been investigating how human activity can impact extreme environments. They have specifically looked at the how tourism can be utilised in hot and cold areas. To do this they focused on the town of Chamonix and the city of Dubai. To make the process more exciting the group were asked to create a presentation that would convince their teacher to buy a holiday home in one of the areas. The presentations that were created were interesting and they provoked a lively discussion. Well done Dubai.

Year 12 - Fluvial Landforms

The Year 12 geographers have been exploring how different fluvial processes can create a range of landforms. To do this the group was divided into small teams and asked to create a landform guide. They needed to describe the landform, explain how the landform was created and say how humans use them today.

Year 13 - Climate Change and the Biosphere

Year 13 have been exploring the impact that climate change has had on the biosphere and what the changes may be in the future. They have looked specifically at the impact on soil, agriculture, habitats and the changes to animal migration. The group were divided into teams to create a LucidPress guide to a specific focus area.

Year 13 - Spread of Agriculture

The DP Geography students are currently investigating how agriculture has developed and spread over time. They have explored the influences on the spread of agriculture and how it has influenced the farmers lives. To do this the group worked as a team to develop a Google Slide presentation.

Year 13 - Extended Response Questions

The students who study Geography are required to required to write Extended Response Questions to show their understanding of the concepts studied. It is important for them to write explicitly about the concepts using very specific words. This can sometimes be a challenge in the heat of the moment of an exam. An exam of how to do this well is below.