Year 14 Geography thoughts

hey everyone!

2007-01-29T23:15:00.000Z

i just thought it was about time someone wrote up on this thing...it took me a while to figure out how to log in, its been that long since ive been on! and now im on i dont really know what to write!

...must say i quite like the new geogwiki idea...that could prove fun and this tourism stuff isnt too bad either...tho iv a feelin its all gna get very fast and furious over the next few weeks!!! its not long till those exams in MAY!!!!

Please someone livein this up a wee bit... throw up a few thoughts or somethin...i just decided to throw up this wee pic of AP at fieldwork last year, happy memories... hope you dont mind chum? lol!!

"geography is vaguely about the world"
griffith2005... xo

Check out the new web site!

2006-11-07T23:54:00.000Z

Over the last few weeks I have been working hard to update some of the A2 geography resources that I have on my Think Geography website. I have been having problems with the site and have changed programme and have been transferring my information over and trying to reorganise it as I go.

I know you have been using www.thinkgeography.org.uk and the A2 content is still there - however, i have new stuff for you if you now go to the new site at http://info.thinkgeography.org.uk. At present I only have some AS and A2 work moved over to the new site but more will be coming over the next few weeks.

So - check out the new site to help you through the next bit of the course.

2006-11-07T23:35:00.000Z

guysssssss wer ave we all been no ones sayin anythin these days??? tell use sum crack lads????

Where are ewe?

2006-10-05T23:28:00.000+01:00

So where are ewe all then? So far, only one comment in relation to the agriculture section. I want you to think about some of the changes that we have been thinking about in class and write up a comment or two in the blog for others to feedback to.

Think about this - do you think the role of the CAP in Northern Ireland is a good thing or a bad thing? Who for? As a consumer - what do you think? But, if you were a farmers would you have a different opinion? Do you agree that the CAP encouraged farmers to forget about their environmental responsibilities?

Tell me what you think and try to answer at least one of the questions above!

Its over to ewe!

my thoughts...

2006-10-03T19:38:00.000+01:00

well, im just getin around to putin somethin up on this thing now...so im gona start by doin the reflect on last yr task if thats ok. ?
last yr...well well... i dont honestly remember much about it apart from we talked alot about ballyclare in human geography. (sorry stef, had to mention it!) i definately enjoyed the human geography alot more than the physical. i just found it more interesting. i really enjoyed the population distribution and movement bit, like why people move in and out of cities, and where they move to, and what affects their choice? all that craic about resources and stuff. the way that people think really interested me... the urbanisation, counter urbanisation, sub urbanisation, spiral of decline and distribution of resources. the china case study wasnt too bad, but for the population distribution over space question it was definately easier to use NI.
i did enjoy our wee trip to the north coast. (see the pic! how technically talented am i?!?) it was good to have a bonding session and it definately helped me alot to understand the physical stuff that we covered in class. otherwise i think i wouldnt have had much of a clue about most of it! i liked writing up the fieldwork report and i would have to say that the yr14's did help me with that. esp the ones that were repeating and doing the exam with us. the techniques paper was actully quite fun, if thats possible. i found that because i had done the fieldwork myself that i could easily write about it, because i was able to imagine doing it again in my head. i got a C in january and repeated it in june and ended up with an A. i think i just knew what to expect more the second time round and there was no ridiculous questions about dot maps in june. to be quite frank i hadnt a clue what that was about during the exam in january! that perhaps, was a hole in my revision!
overall, i am glad i picked geography up for A level. (that is mostly Mr.M's fault!) tho after i picked it i was worried about not having GCSE. but i found i got into the way of it and actully did quite enjoy it. there were times when i could have seen it far enough and it did take me abit of time to get into the way of writing essays, but i look back with fond memories...
i think thats probably enough about the past for now...roll on yr14!
just as i go i would like to leave you with the legendary quote that i myself did come of with last year, it will never be forgotten...
"geography is vaguely about the world"
what else is left to say???
over and out ;-) xo

2006-10-02T21:13:00.000+01:00

I thought i'd give this - 'changes to agriculture' a go, im going to look at...changes in 'transport' in the recent years. well to start off this is an economic factor and is a key part of the farmer getting his produce to the market. years ago markets were close to the farming communities, such as in ballymena, when everyone met on a particular day to sell that weeks fresh meat/vegetables etc etc. however more recently, due to the introduction of the 'supermarket' farmers are now experiencing competition from further a-field, as the supermarkets buy it in at the cheapest price. they also do not give local farmers a fair price for their products.

other changes in transport include, some successful, large scale farmers being able to purchase their own trucks to keep up with the change in the rural society. although a few farmers markets are returning in some parts, modern transport methods such as the large refridgerator lorries, are likely to put even more pressure on local farmers, as it means supermarkets can import more food and from even further way.

i hope i was on the right lines there, and at least making some sence, or was i totally off the mark!?

first post

2006-09-28T17:42:00.000+01:00

i think i began year 13 not expecting it to be so hard compared to the gcse.
but by our january exam i realised it was.. very hard indeed. i consistently got E's and U's on my tests and essays until january when i managed to pull a B out of the hat, somehow. so i think after january i started to work alot harder, now im sitting on a C. and this year i hope to pull it up to a B. i think im much more on the ball this year anyway (apart from that time i fell asleep) so hopefully i'll get that B

New Activity: Key changes in agriculture

2006-09-18T23:00:00.000+01:00

There is no doubt that the world of agriculture has changed massivley over the last 100 years. In fact, these changes have sped up in recent years as new farming methods such as GM crops and organic farming have become increasingly popular. BSE and Foot and Mouth disease have eroded much confidence in the agricultural product and farmers needed to change to survive.

In the web blog - try to identify as many of the different changes that agriculture has had to cope with recently. When you post - choose one agricultural change and try to explain it in as much detail as possible. Dont forget that you can add comments to other student's work as well.

Last year!!

2006-09-18T20:54:00.000+01:00

Last year I realised how much work is actually involved in geog, especially with the number of essays we had to do. It seem that we covered so much stuff that now its quite hard to remember it all!

I thought the past paper questions we got were very useful as it showed the amount of detail needed for the short questions. Also the practice essay questions were useful as they enabled me to break the question down so that it made more sense and then I knew exactly what the question was asking for!

This year I intend on doing the same thing as last year, which is just making sure the work that needs done is done, and keepin notes detailed but not too long cos then u cant be bothered to read over them!
Amy

me and last year!!!

2006-09-18T18:54:00.000+01:00

well hello there every1 i finally decided to get connected as i felt i was missin out lol but any way me and last year
wer do i begin????
last year i started the intention of workin really hard revising for tests and all but ya no the hard work never really took off- i sorta turned up at class and well basically slept. i can honestly say i didnt work last year to the best of my ability never mind half of it!! this can be seen from my results inwhich i would love to say im disapointed in but because i didnt really do anythin for them i cant really say im disapointed when i expected what i got!!!
so anyway throughout the summer i did sum hard thinkin and decided that when im in geography especially mr mansons geog i would make notes and doya no i afta say soo far its worked- its really helped me with the last 2 questions and im actually understanding wats happenin in the class- soo hopefully i intend to stay focus, stop messin about in class- do these resists actually pass one to a standard that i am proud of instead of having to run to mr m and say ehhh sir can i ave another resist!!!
so basically thats the reality lets hope sumit good comes outa this year!!!

and steffers i can understand y u and mr m like this its pretty cool lol im likin it

love yas lots like jelly tots!!!!
aShErS!!!

A Duck Walks into a Bar..........

2006-09-16T02:48:00.000+01:00

..........And asks: "Got any bread?"

Barman says: "No."

Duck says: "Got any bread?"

Barman says: "No."

Duck says: "Got any bread?"

Barman says: "No, we have no bread."

Duck says: "Got any bread?"

Barman says: "No, we haven't got any bread."

Duck says: "Got any bread?"

Barman says: "No, are you deaf?! We haven't got any bread, ask again and I'll nail your beak to the bar!"

Duck says: "Got any nails?"

Barman says: "No."

Duck says: "Got any bread?

yr13 geog reflections

2006-09-14T22:46:00.000+01:00

Ok so what did i do last year in geog. well it seemed to go all so fast and seems such a big blur now lol.
Well i think last year made me realise that there is so much work to be done, not just for geog but for all subjects, but back to the point of what did i learn and all that from last year in GEOG.
Last year in geog i learnt about poplation, settlements and another topic which at this moment in time has went totally out of my head probably cause its nearly 11pm agh
I enjoyed learning about China for a case study, i was actually quite interested in this case study as it is interesting how other people live in the world.
This year i hope to build on my as level result and acheive my best in geog by plenty more revision and by doing my revision and my notes in more detail
I am pretty sure this year will be as stressful as the last, funfun!! lol ->
Serena

last year

2006-09-07T16:50:00.000+01:00

Think back to last year. Reflect on what you did well at and what you need to improve at!

last year wasnt the best of years for me. i felt that i could have achieved better results. the problem was revision. i didnt know case studies well enough. i didnt learn the facts and it was shown by my results. i found it hard when it came to the exams - especially the human geography - but i tried my best on the day. this year i am planning to type out my notes in my spare time so they are readable and file them so revision will be easier for my exams. my best way to revise is to read the information a few times and then do a few qurestions on it. gradually you find you dont need 2 red it in so much detail and hopefully by the time the exams come (if you start early enough) you dont have to read it at all.
my aim this year is to meet all the deadlines and to include more detail in my work. also i want to revise as i go through the year!
i suppose a bit more organisation wouldnt go a miss either

stu!!!!

Last Year?

2006-09-07T01:33:00.000+01:00

Reflect on what you did well at and what you need to improve at.
I did well at the Census and Population Pyrimids and need to improve on Case studies

What strategies for revision worked for you and what did not work?
Note making
It worked, i didnt try others

Were you as organised as you could be?
Of course, try telling Mr B that

What things do you think that you need to do this year to make sure that you achieve the grade that you want in Geography?
A bit more effort and longer more detailed answers

Any Spanish Case studies this year?

Maybe a more detailed one tomorrow when I've calmed down a bit.

Reflections on geog AS

2006-09-06T23:06:00.000+01:00

when i think wwaaayyy back to last year, i think of so much we went over that i dont know where to start. i supose the first thing that springs to mind is the population stuff on china, which, at the time was alot to take in but after reading up on notes and books and the interent it soon became more enjoyable to learn, and was actually quite interesting!!

i found it helpful to decide on a specific case study for the longer style questions, and to also break down these essays to sections and points to remember them more easily, as learning a whole essay is jst impossible!

if there was one thing in geography that i couldnt get my head round, it was the norfolk case study in relation to the central place theory- it jst did not match the hexagon shaped things-wel in my mind anyway.lol. i jst decided to learn enough to get me through incase a question came up, but was not too confident about it at all!

anyways, to end in a positive note.....erm....geographys pretty cool, coz its 'vaguely' to do with the world!!!lol (hannah you edjit!)

paula

last year in geography...

2006-09-06T22:30:00.000+01:00

hello! ><
what did i learn last yr in geo?

well the first thing that comes to mind is the census, i can remember quite a lot from it, as i thought it was the most interesting area that we covered, i enjoyed some areas of settlement but as Ballyclare was mentioned alot i soon realised why i liked the census more!!

Tecniques confused me, altough i got a B i decided to repeat, spearmanns rank and nearest neighbour is still something i struggle with- more so nearest neighbour

for revision i went through the work booklets i highlighted key areas. i then got one note book instead of file paper and used it to take notes. spider diagrams and colour co-ordinating helped, short notes were better as i felt they were more readable!!

stef!

p.s im finally on this thing- never thought id see the day!

p.p.s N.I just beat spain!!woohoo!!

2006-09-06T17:39:00.000+01:00

What did I do well at last year?
I believe that I was particularly good at writing both the physical and human essays, I think I structured my essays well and therefore was able to obtain maximum marks. I also had a good understanding of geographical techniques as I enjoy learning about figures and statistics.

What do I need to improve?
I think I need to improve on reading the short questions better

How did I revise?
To revise all of the aspects of the AS Geography course I firstly made simplified notes, then I wrote the points down several times in order to get the material into my head, it was monotonous but effective.

Was I organised enough?
In retrospect I believe I was very well organised and always met targets.

What things do I need to do this year to maintain my B?
I would loke to think I will be able to maintain the standard of work I have been processing in both aspects of the course.

Reflections on your learning from last year

2006-09-04T21:27:00.000+01:00

For the first Blog I want you to think back to last year. Reflect on what you did well at and what you need to improve at. What strategies for revision worked for you and what did not work? Were you as organised as you could be? What things do you think that you need to do this year to make sure that you achieve the grade that you want in Geography?

Welcome!

2006-08-14T12:44:00.000+01:00

This year various educators have attempted to persuide me that blogging needs to be used more in learning. To try and see if this works I am going to start with a group of my students to try to keep an active team blog that will allow them to reflect on the things that they are learning in and through their A Level Geography course. Lets see if it works!