Continental shift evidence

Nice video with suitable music too. Thanks for twitter link from@Volcanologist 

Geobus rocks!

S4 do Fluvial processes

Active learning - Rivers

A few photos here of ways we try to encourage kinaesthetic learning in Geography and make the most of a day when most of the class were away elsewhere. pupils enjoyed getting outside even although it was only to the school grounds. Geography Active Learning in Action on PhotoPeach

Weathering and Erosion

Weathering Introduction

Glaciation revision

Glaciation Basic features
Thanks to Mark Cowan for sharing his geography poems – anything that helps you learn this stuff folk! See his blog here http://poemsforgeography.blogspot.com

Ice Age Britain - Glaciation in the Carngorms

This is an old BBC programme which revises glaciation for S4 and S5/6. I know the programme is dated but this kind of geography never changes. Give it a go! Thanks to Val Vannet for highlighting this one. Click the photo.

Higher, S grade revision

Some good animations here for revision of S grade river features. (Ignore all the rest S4 as your course is different. Highers / Int 2 - Look at the rivers and coast links and Higher only - use the Atmosphere links too. Plenty to keep you out of those Kirkmichael parties!

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This one is good too although again a slightly different syllabus to ours.

A reminder also of S-cool here and the English GSCE Bitesize site as well as the Standard Grade and Higher Bitesize sites for Scotland. Use them all folks!

Melting glaciers start countdown to climate chaos

Good article here talking about the local and global impact of melting glaciers. Good revision for S grade and S3, who are doing this section right now.

Lithosphere Higher and Int 2 Physical Environment links

Coastal site. Just thought I’d post this while I remember about it. Use it for revision of all the topics we have now finished. Click the link above.And also this one on limestone. Brilliant stuff from the BBC for us. Use all the links on the left especially the maps. Click the link again.

Higher / Int 2 Glaciation link designed for S5/6 students in Edinburgh. In particular, you should explore the 'Glacial landscapes' section from the menu panel on the left side of the home page. Remember! You need to be able to refer to an area of upland glaciation for questions which may appear for Higher in the Rural Land Resources section of paper 2. Click the link to follow and more info here. Can you recognise some features on the map below? Good for S grade to see what they can identify too.

Glacial Erosion

Copy Of Glacial Erosion

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Glacial deposition

Glacial Deposition

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Estonias waterfall

Freezing temperatures in Estonia have turned the country's famous Valaste waterfall, into stunning ice sculptures. Look at the pics here.

Glaciation

Glacial Deposition


Glacial Erosion

Geology of the British Isles

A good site here to explore rock types of Britain for Int 2 and a little for Highers too. Explore all sections of the site. Good stuff here on corrie formation too. Try this site on Physical Geography – mostly relevant for Highers. Some amazing photos of you use the virtual tour here. Read the info too! Don’t just look at the pictures. This site shows you info on other glaciers round the world. A bit wordy but again great pics and a good site to “dip into”.

Corrie

Just thought I'd impress you with my fieldsketching techniques. I've been practising! Ask me if you want to know how I improved so fast.

Popup River Basin to make yourself!

Oh go on and try this - maybe during a wet day in the Xmas holidays when you have stuffed your face with chocolate and there is nothing good on the TV and you have lost your new ipod or fallen out with the rest of the family. It looks good and I want to see the results please.

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River processes

Geography - River Erosion

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Another to help with the Landscapes / Lithosphere units.

Landscapes starter

Geography - Weathering and Erosion

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Another fantastic resource from this Geographer. Look at these slides S3 and this will be a great tool for the Landscapes unit you will be studying later in the year. Also a good bit of revision for S4 and even a reminder for S5, who are ready to start the lithosphere next week. Yes glaciation again I'm afraid!

Planet Earth Site

Good links here for various parts of your course eg here is a link in Europe to some amazing and spectacular photography of the Alps. There is also a lot for Biology, so I’m sure you can make good use of this site. You need to ensure you pc can cope with the video however and can download the necessary software from here also.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/planetearth/flashapp/flash.shtml
Look in South America similar quality for Angel Falls – the world highest waterfall.
Here is the Blue Nile Gorge formation footage from the film of the flood.
This film shows the Arctic’s 24hrs of daylight and the impact it has on wildlife. Lovely footage of Death Valley in North America blooming with colour after the rains. Also in the Deserts section is some stunning camera work of the mesas and buttes of Utah’s canyonlands. You can also see a clip of the saguaro cactus and hear how it stores water.
The power of erosion is see in South America if you look at the kukenon tepuis. There is a wikipedia link here to explain what these are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepui