Exploring the Concepts and Content in IGCSE and IBDP Geography
For me, this is one of the best clips out there with regards to the nature of the destruction of tsunamis. Shot by Mr. Kenichi Kurakami, and posted by Youtube user clancy688, this unbelievable, first-hand footage gives the viewer an intense sense and understanding of the way tsunamis can approach low-lying coastal margins, and how coastal defences do not always work as intended.
Dear 11 HL,
What lies below is your work to be done in class on November 13th in my (planned) absence. Do not do it beforehand. Go through the videos and add the relevant notes to your case study which you have already started. Please pause the video as it goes along to make sure everyone gets the proper notes down. I fully expect this to be finished by the following class, so if you do not finish in class, please finish for homework.
The PDF of the lesson can be found here:
Haiti and Christchurch Case Studies
The link for the website can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/event/Haiti-earthquake-of-2010
The first video is below. For whatever reason, the other two are too large to upload on this site, so I will send them to you separately (I will send all three via google drive just in case):
Use the link below to reach a very informative article from the World Economic Forum about the technology that is being used to save lives in the aftermath of a hazard event or disaster.
Last year, my grade 12s really enjoyed this activity for their revision and it ended up being quite straight forward to run. If you don’t have one, make an account at www.padlet.com. As a teacher, on a Smartboard, projector, Prowise; whatever you use, you can copy and paste one of the questions into a padlet. Share the link to your padlet with your students, who can then via any device access it and respond to the question. I did it in groups, so in teams of 3 students could come up with their answer. Then, as a class, when all groups had answered, we looked at the responses on the big screen to analyse who did the best and compare/contrast responses.
Padlet: www.padlet.com
Hazards and Disasters Revision Questions: Hazards and Disasters Questions
Urban Environments Revision Questions: Urban Environments Questions
Global Interactions Revision Questions: Global Interactions Questions
Mind you, these questions were based on the old syllabus, but there are still many relevant and useful questions that have ties to the new syllabus. Also, some questions are quite specific to what I taught in class, so be aware that they will be of no used to you.
GIS is no longer the ‘future’ of geography, it is the now. Browsing through Linkedin jobs, it is clear that any single job related to geography makes it a baseline requirement that the applicant have experience with GIS.
Click the link for an online, free training with the world-renowned GIS company, ESRI. It is a great introduction to the mechanics and usefulness of GIS. It is a course that is helpful for students and teachers alike, and at the end you get a certificate (PD hours!). You will need to make a (free) account.
Jan Novotny’s presentation on mass movements includes many useful diagrams, definitions, annotations, and more.
Link to entire university lecture slides below:
http://www.geology.cz/projekt681900/vyukove-materialy/4_Lanslide_glossary.pdf
Taken from Jan Novotnýs lecture in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, October/November 2013.
Click the link for an all encompassing revision page on mass movements/wasting, published by the USGS.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/fs-2004-3072.html
It isn’t the most visually appealing, but there is some great data as well as some fantastic pictures which illustrate the issues Fargo, ND, has gone through with regards to slower mass movements (Creep and earthflow). Click the link below for North Dakota State University’s full published case study.
https://www.ndsu.edu/fargo_geology/mass_wasting/
Click below the image for the link to a Prezi originally created by Emina Ademovic for one of the Mass Movement Case Studies required by the Geophysical Hazards unit.
https://prezi.com/s_dvpfrkpz83/vargas-state-venezuela-1999-case-study/