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Coursework - 23 April

For 23 April (Wednesday) please have completed a first draft of your coursework. Remember to write down all the references or resouces you use in full. Make sure you have at the very least 10 credible references (not websites). If you have any questions over the next two weeks contact me via this blog.

Friday 4th April

For Friday you need to have a detailed essay plan and a rough draft of your ideas. You also should have a list of at least 10 references you have consulted. You will be working on completing this over your easter holidays. I expect a first draft after Easter.

Young Geographer of the year - win an expedition to the Himalayas!!

The competition is on the theme of "Explore your world?"You should carry out a project that involves you exploring the world around you. The project must be completed somewhere in the UK, and must involve you getting out into the real world and making a geographical investigation – it could be a survey of your local streets or a study of a stretch of coastline.Your entry can take whatever form you think is most appropriate – be it a written report, a short video film, a photographic essay, an annotated map, an audio file or a mix of all of these. The important thing is that you get out of the classroom, away from your computer screen and into the outside world. Prizes for different year groups, closing date is 30 April 2008. See Geographical for full details or contact Mr Finlay

Free Magazine Download

Earthwise is a publication by the British Geological Survey and it's free! There are useful editions on sustainability and mineral exploration and exploitation in LEDCs.

Fair Trade Fortnight 26 Feb - 9 March

As part of Fair Trade fortnight More 4 are screening Black Gold an excellent ducumentary about the coffee industry ($80 billion per annum) see http://blackgold.channel4.com/?intcmp=docpage_box1 and http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/ for more details. A very useful case study.

Also check out http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/ for more details about events, information and resources on fair trade.

Homework for Friday 29th

Due to a fieldtrip on Wednesday 27th, I will not be in school, so the homework is due for Friday. To recap, you need to read both chapters; write up two case studies (1 page) on China and the Mekong Basin; complete question 1 page 246 and question 1 page 249. You can post your work to this blog.
Websites useful for this homework include http://www.ft.com/companies/asiapacific, http://www.newint.org/, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html (information on all countries), http://www.american.edu/ted/mekong.htm (case study on the Mekong Dam)