New Zealand eathquake

The events across the world have been discussed a lot in class this week and I feel that I really should blog a few links to store them here. The photos here are good examples of how people feel the impact of earthquakes and how the experts from all over the world including Britain are going to help. Here is a link to an article on this. As ever the BBC have produced some amazing photos to compare the "before" and "after" situation and I think the best is seen here. There is an interesting video in the Telegraph newspaper online here. and lots of eyewitness stories here including the bride who was pulled from the rubble 3 days before she got married! There is also an article here about how buildings which were supposed to be "quake-proof" had in fact collapsed. Don't think ours would have been much better made of spaghetti and marshmallows!

Happy Feet Penguin dance

Don't ask! It IS for the demonstration of a geographical skill - honest!

GM crops are not the answer

A talk her on this. Not the most exciting video but there is good info here if you listen carefully.

Scottish Earthquake!

OK its not on the scale of the "big ones" we look at in class but its worth a look. I wonder if our seismometer picked this up as clearly as it has for the Pakistan 'quake last week. See the BBC site for info here. This was a 3.5 magnitude earthquake and there is a nice explanation here about British fault lines and why we suffer these tremors from time to time.

Jelly Baby population game

A dreich Friday afternoon was livenend up by use of the poulation game with Miss Muir introducing the topic. Hope you enjoyed it folks and will remember the factors affecting population structures in different countries.
Jelly Baby population game on PhotoPeach

Australian floods

I only have few minutes to post this one just now. All I can say is wow! Glad I'm not in this area. I feel really sorry for all who are suffering as a result of this.

Ice Age teaches us Continental drift..... badly!