Preparing for the Storm...

Geography in the News: Storm Sandy Homework

Below is the presentation from the lesson on Storm Sandy.

Hurricane sandy from Liz Smith

The photographs from the Starter activity, taken from the Daily Mail.

Storm Sandy from Liz Smith

Here is the story about New York from the Daily Mail. Here is the story read in class about the aftermath of the storm in Haiti from The Guardian. YouTube clip can be found here. Animation of the formation of a hurricane can be found here. Homework: -After we peer assessed your work in class, you are going to rewrite your 3 paragraphs using your best presentation skills and include information from the lesson. You can also add images, maps and diagrams to inform and improve your writing. Your work may go on display! Thanks to Beccy Pook for her contributions to this presentation.

Freeze thaw weathering causing potholes!

Here is an article that highlights freeze-thaw weathering creating potholes in roads- one of the impacts from the recent cold spell and something which year 9 were discussing today. Drove over one myself this morning on the way to work and it managed to put an end to the music i was listening to!



Well done to Ahmad for coming up with the ipothole app- tells you where these are! ;)

Snow apps for the iphone....

My year 9 class had a go with Tony Cassidy's excellent resource yesterday...

Frozen Britain 2010

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Here is some of the work that they produced:

Examples of Students Work.

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They developed some great iphone apps, including:
Sledge- informs you of of the best spots for sledging.
Hand Heater- rub the phone to generate heat.
Met Office- for up to date forecasts.
Thermometer: To check the temperature.
Games such as snowboarding to keep you occupied if bored.
Bus and Southern Rail timetables.
Facebook to keep in touch with friends if snowed in.
Heart FM- for local news and travel information.
Road Closure app.
Layer- Advises you on how many layers to wear.
Food Stock- Type in your postcode and food ingredient and it informs you of stock numbers.

Thanks to Alan Parkinson for sending me this icon based on one idea of an app for informing you about the best spots for sledging. Tom and Joe can now argue it out about who thought of it first, or share the wealth! ;)

Thanks to Tony for sharing his fantastic resources! :)

The Big Freeze: January 2010

Today, we have been discussing the continuing cold weather over the last week or so, understanding why it happened and discussing some of the impacts and responses around Britain.


(Image: NASA/GFSC, MODIS Rapid Response).

I have asked you to write about your experiences of the snow and freezing cold weather in the form of a blog post. Please leave your comments below and i look forward to reading them. Miss Smith :)

Stormy weekend...

Quite liked this image from the Daily Mail...
Storm-force winds lift this man off the ground in Dorset
Thanks to Angus Wilson via Twitter.

Rain, rain, go away...

I am spending holiday time in my hometown of Burton-Upon-Trent at the moment, where all it has done today is rain! Nice to know that Miss Johnson is spending time sunbathing on Brighton beach ;) Not sure what happened to the predicted heatwave though! The Met Office is issuing a revised forecast for more unsettled weather well into August. It is a far cry from the "barbecue summer" it predicted back in April. Read here.

Is it raining in Sicily?



It needs to stay like that for next week!

Extreme weather in India...

Is it going to rain?

Thanks to Vic Ellis via Twitter.