Saturday, 12 September 2009

3C2 Homework

Remeber you all have homework due for Monday 14th September. Have a look at the following page if you need help to remember any O.S Skills.

http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/index.html

Welcome to the Higher Class

Welcome to the new Higher class 2009/2010. This year will be a hard one for many and you have to do a lot more work than you did in Standard Grade. At present you are all working very hard and I hope that this continues. As requested you have your star chart and up until Christmas, gold stars will be awarded for anything of a Grade B and above. After Christmas however to achieve a gold star you must achieve a grade A in class and homework's.

At present we are nearly finishing up on the Urban Unit. If you have a look at some of the following web pages to help you with your revision of this topic. If you need any help with any aspect of the course, make sure you ask as early as possible.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/geography/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/
http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/s5urban.html

You should keep checking back to the blog for help with homework exercises, NAB dates and current topical issues related to the course. Good luck with the year ahead.

4C2 Homework - Climate

4C2. Your Climate homework is due on Wednesday 16th September. Remember to DESCRIBE and not EXPLAIN the climate. Read the question carefully and make sure you check to see how many marks are awarded. The following links will help you to answer it.

http://www.scalloway.org.uk/clim2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/standard/geography/weather_climate/climate_zones_rev3.shtml

Friday, 11 September 2009

S2 Homework - Choose a Volcano or Earthquake

2BD. You have to choose a volacano or earthquake to complete a study on depending on what you have prefered learning about. You must choose a specific volcano or earthquake and note down 5 important facts about it. This will be the start of your earth forces project. Below you will find some useful links to web pages to help in your decision.

Volcanoes
http://volcanoworld.wordpress.com/
http://www.volcanolive.com/world.html
http://www.mapsofworld.com/major-volcanoes.htm
http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/

Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/2059330.stm
http://cires.colorado.edu/people/jones.craig/EQimagemap/global.html

S1 Homework

1DG have their compass directions homework due for Tuesday15th September. Pupils are to complete question 1 on the worksheet. Good Luck!http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/

Thursday, 27 August 2009

Welcome

Just a quick message to say welcome to all the new S1 pupils and wlecome back to all the others. Make sure you keep checking back to this page for useful links to revision pages and helpful hints for your homework.
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/phylcont.htm