Geography IGCSE photos

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Exam revision sheets

Exams are approaching and you need to know what you must study for your Geography exam. Check your Year group page on the blog here for the revision list.

Learn your map for the exam with these games!

Summer exams will be here before you know it! Practice your maps with these games.

Year 8 – European countries, capital and EU membership

Learn the European countries 

Test your European countries

Learn the European capitals

Test your European capitals

Year 9 – Map of Africa

Learn the African countries

Test your African countries  

 

Young Geographer of the Year 2017

Massive congratulations to all Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils for their superb formal assessments entitled ‘My favourite place’. We are especially proud of these 10 that we have sent off to the Royal Geographical Society to enter their annual competition. There were produced by: Gregory Petropoulos, Poppy Dardanis, Nikolas Demenopoulos, Anna Sokolova, Delfin Saygi, Elise Kyriakos, Evelina Ioakeimidou,  Leda Persidi, Harry Courts and Marina Vassiliades.

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Good luck with your revision…

The Year 7, 8 and 9 revision lists for the 2017 summer exams are available from your year group page from today!

Year 7, 8 and 9 November Exam revision lists

The revision lists for the November Exams for Year 7, 8 and 9 are now on the year group pages of this blog. You can see which topics and vocabulary words you need to study. Good luck!

Why study Geography at AS/A Level?

WHY CHOOSE GEOGRAPHY?

Geography is not only dynamic, up-to-date and relevant, it is one of the most exciting, adventurous and valuable subjects to study today. So many of the world’s current problems boil down to Geography and need the Geographers of the future to help us understand them. Global warming, sustainable food production, natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, the spread of disease, the reasons for migration and the future of energy resources are just some of the great challenges facing the next generation of Geographers.

A knowledge of Geography can enrich your life by stimulating your mind and as a subject possibly even encourages you to have the attitude to go out and see for yourself, rather than be told by others. Choosing Geography at A-Level can open the doors to a university degree, either specifically in Geography or by combining Geography with other A-Levels to gain a place on a degree programme in another subject. A-Level Geography is recognised for its academic ‘robustness’ and the Guardian newspaper’s view on Geography is that ‘it’s the must-have A-Level’ (August 2015). Regarding Geography the Guardian reports that ‘a star is born. Geography is soaring in popularity. According to the Royal Geographical Society, 13% more took the subject at A-Level this year than last, up to 37,100 – the biggest jump of any of the major subjects.’

Most importantly, it also helps people into the world of work. So many employers prize the knowledge and skills that studying Geography can provide, be it knowing how the world works, planning research and report writing, working in a team, using new technologies and communication skills – and much more. You will find Geographers working in a wide range of jobs, from cartography to planning, working in the environment to travel and tourism, or in international charities or retail. Studying Geography can help young people achieve careers that are professionally and financially rewarding and also enjoyable.

WHAT IS THE COURSE CONTENT?

At St. Lawrence College we study the Cambridge International AS and A Level for Geography. In the Lower Sixth the course encompasses both physical and human Geography. The physical focus is on hydrology and fluvial geomorphology, atmosphere and weather as well as rocks and weathering. This is accompanied by the human core topics of population, migration and settlement dynamics. The following year, in Upper Sixth, studies of coastal and hazardous environments are undertaken.  Two human topics of environmental management and global interdependence complete the course. Fieldwork is an important aspect of the course that enhances understanding of the syllabus. Destinations in past years have included Zakynthos, Pireaus and Anavyssos.

HOW IS THE SUBJECT ASSESSED?

For the AS-Level there is one exam in mid-May to examine your knowledge and understanding of the syllabus. It is 100% of total marks at AS-Level and 50% of marks at A Level. Then at A-Level there are two exams (Advanced Physical Options and Advanced Human Options). Each comprise 25% of the final grade.

More information can be found on the school A Level blog at https://geographyalevelslc.com/

 

Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 Geography Summer Exam Revision lists

The revision lists for the June exams are now available for all pupils in Years 7 -10 on your pages of the blog. There are also games for Year 8 about the European map and Year 9 about the map of Africa.

How we map and perceive the world

Thanks to Mr Oates in Singapore for sharing this interesting video with us:

Year 10 in Arachova and Mt Parnassos

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Revision lists – November exams

The revision lists for the Year 7-9 Geography November exams can be found on the page of this blog for your year group.  Good luck with the revision!

An artist raising awareness about the world’s clean water crisis

Welcome back for a new exciting academic year of Geography!

We hope you have enjoyed your long Summer holiday and that you feel ready to learn plenty of exciting Geography about the world around you.  We are sure that you will enjoy all that we have planned for the year ahead!

Believe in yourself and you will succeed.

Year 7-9 revisions lists for the summer exams

The Year 7-9 revision lists for the summer exams are now available on the pages for each year group.  There are also some games for Year 8 to learn the countries and capitals of Europe and others for Year 9 to learn the countries of Africa.  Get revising!

Year 3 researching animals from different ecosystems….great Geography!

Some lovely Year 3 pupils popped over to the Geography department today to show us their holiday research about animals from different ecosystems.  Look at these amazing pieces of work about panthers and polar bears. Well done Theodora and Penny!

What could Vari look like if sea level rises?

Climate change is likely to cause sea level rise if we carry on ‘business as usual’.  One website suggests Vari could look like this:

For other places put the address in here

St Lawrence College Geography Department is now on Instagram

See what is happening in our department on Instagram….geogslc 

Have a wonderful Easter holiday

Best wishes for the holiday from all the Geography department. Have a good rest and enjoy the time with your families!

Year 8 – Making ‘globes with a difference’ for the end of term

Miss Walters’ Year 8 class spent their last Geography class of the term doing something a bit creative…….tetrahedron and cube globes!  They are now dangling from the classroom ceiling

Year 8 Coasts work

Ms. Douglas’ class made these super models of coastal defences last term.  Well done for some lovely creative ideas.

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Grade 8 Google Tundra logos

Some grade 8 pupils designed some Google logos with a Tundra theme this week.  They are displayed in Ms.Walters’ room.

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Worldometer – look up realtime world statistics!

Have you ever wondered how many people have been born or died today? How many bicycles have been made this year? How many mobile phones have been sold today?How much CO2 has been added by humans this year? And much more…..

Find out at this super link below that was sent to me by Harry Courts.  Thank you so much Harry – this is great up to date Geography!

http://www.worldometers.info/

How much water is needed to generate power for us in different ways?

How many people are killed by different animals each year in the world?

World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland now

SLC Geog A Level Blog

More than 2,500 people have flown in to take part in the annual conference in the Swiss Alps. Who are they? What are they talking? And does the event produces any tangible benefits for the world and its economy? Find out here

Davos 2015 in pictures

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2014 was the warmest year since records began in Britain

The UK’s mean temperature for the year is 9.9 °C, which is 1.1 °C above the long-term (1981-2010) average and beats the previous record of 9.7 °C set in 2006.

This year’s record means that eight of the UK’s top ten warmest years have happened since 2002.

Find out more by clicking on the photo

Grade 8 Making Coast board games

One class of Grade 8 pupils made fantastic coasts board games – and then got to test them out too!

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Autumn globe pumpkins

Back in the Autumn these fabulous pumpkins were made by our pupils at SLC:

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Fun facts about New Year’s celebrations!

How late does the world stay up on New Year’s Eve?

REVISION LISTS FOR NOVEMBER EXAMS

The revision lists for the November exams are available on the page for each grade.  Get revising!

What do most people die from in each country?

Good news: the number of people living beyond 100 is rising

The number of people living to 100 in the UK has increased by 71 per cent in the last ten years, and has shot up more than five-fold since the Eighties.

There are now more than half a million people aged 90 and above living in this country, with nearly 14,000 of them aged more than 100, compared to just 2,500 in 1980.

There are also 710 people who have lived beyond their 105th birthday, up from 340 ten years ago.

Find out more by clicking on the photo:

Who are the richest people of the European countries?

Click the map to find out more:

Finding Nemo is real – Clownfish make epic sea journeys!

It looks like Pixar got it half right. Clownfish really do make epic journeys of hundreds of kilometres, much like in Finding Nemo, but it is the larvae that migrate, not the adults. And they seem to do it purely by accident.

Clownfish are a group of fish that live in the tendrils of sea anemones. The Oman anemonefish (Amphiprion omanensis) is a clownfish, and is only found in the Arabian Sea off Oman, in two separate populations 400 kilometres apart: off the province of Ash Sharqiyah in the north and Dhofar in the south.

Steve Simpson of the University of Exeter, UK, and his colleagues captured 136 clownfish from the northern group and 260 from the southern clan and took harmless genetic samples. They found that 14 fish in the south – 5.4 per cent of the total – had migrated from the north. One fish in the north had migrated from the south.

The migrants had only recently been larvae, and must have arrived following that year’s spawning. In the film, an adult clownfish travels thousands of kilometres from the Great Barrier Reef to Sydney to find his son, says Simpson. “But that’s not what we found. It’s the larvae that move.”

Find out more here.

Grade 6 visit

Ms Douglas and Ms Walters really enjoyed the visit of the Grade 6 pupils from the Junior School.  They were really enthusiastic about the Brazil 2014 World Cup topic and there were some really interesting class discussions.  Some of them chose to design a World Cup logo or mascot in their free time afterwards.  Their efforts were superb!  See the photos below:

 

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The Fifa 2014 World Cup in Brazil

St. Lawrence College Grade 7 are learning all about the ”Geography of Sport” and the Grade 8s have been studying ”The Geography of Brazil”.  Therefore, it seemed very timely to study an extra unit on the World Cup that will be taking place from 12 June – 13 July in Brazil.  They have been looking at development statistics of the 32 countries that will be taking part and discussing matters like stadium location, eco friendly football, logos and mascots.

Below are some of their designs for logos for the 2014 Brazil World Cup:

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Mudslide in Afghanistan

Metres of mud

At least 2,000 people were in their homes when a mountain collapsed and covered the area in mud and rocks.

A further 600 people are also missing after rushing to help with the rescue effort and being caught in a second landslide.

Find out more here

Grade 7 work about rivers

Well done to members of Mr Arvanitis’ class for these top quality wall displays about rivers:

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Would you pay 155,000 pounds for 5 minutes of weightlessness in space this autumn?

SLC Geog A Level Blog

Virgin Galactic is planning the trip 62 miles up to commence this autumn. Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Angelina Jolie are among about 700 people who have paid up to £155,000 to take part in a two-hour flight aboard Branson’s SS2.
Along with the flight, those aboard will experience about five minutes of weightlessness as part of the package.
So far, three test flights of the SS2 have only managed altitude of around 13 miles.

Read more here.

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