Friday, 3 September 2010

Year 7/8 Geography Article

Your homework for the first two weeks is to visit the two links below and read/watch the news articles at those links. The first link is a video about how forest fires in Russia can be linked to the floods in Pakistan and the second is a newspaper article about a dam being built in Brazil.

To view these links, copy and paste the addresses below into a web browser or click on the links below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_8900000/newsid_8909900/8909983.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11101842

Be ready for a quiz on what you have seen in your next Geography lesson so make sure that you understand both of the articles.

Good Luck!
Mr. Rolin & Miss Hinde

38 comments:

  1. I think Pakistan is really suffering

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  2. my name is hadleigh and this is part of my homework. in the summer holidays i went to visit my great grandma in liverpool, and we stayed there for the night. The next day we went to warick castle and i went in a dungeons!!!!! It was really scary!!!!!!!

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  3. In my summer holidays i went to a caravan site called skegness. We went to all diffrent places like diffrent restronts, new people and diffrent aacsents! We also visited some arcades that we dont have chance to play hear, a beach that we dont have many of hear and bingo wich there is not many plces to play it hear.

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  4. In the holidays I went to Pakistan to meet my cousins,I had a lot of fun with them.
    We even went to see a famous oscean.
    We went to a zoo and I got to sit on a horse and a camel. We went to Pakistan with our other cousins and came back with them.
    By Maryam Ajaz

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  5. Although with out air we wouldn't be alive, it's surprising how much damage it can still cause...

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  6. I think pakistan really need help and that there suffering badly

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  7. my name is jack i went to weston-super-mare it was great and i loved it then i went to wokey hole it was great.after i went to brean leasuire park i went on the biggest ride there it`s like thorpe park.

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  8. i think that the video is very intresting and that i think we are very lucky that, that is not in our country also i like the news article about the dam in brazil.

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  9. the flooding in Pakistan and the forest fires in Russia are extremely worrying as it is caused by shocking weather which is natural and im greatful that we dont have this kind of weather in our country.I found the brazil article interesting as it seems that as many people are against building the dam as there are that want to build it.

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  10. Guys, what fantastic comments and well done on viewing the articles! It sounds like you all had a great time in the summer :)

    Miss Hinde

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  11. Dear miss Douglas
    I had a wicked summer holiday I went camping in diss in norfolk. i went with my mum, dad and my sister
    we went for 3 days, the weather was horrible but we still had a brilliant time x
    By hollie chambers

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  12. I think pakistan and brazil is suffering alot.

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  13. The flooding in Pakistan and the forest fires in Russia are very sad because their homes are getting destroyed and all their personal items are ruined,some of which can never be replaced.
    Brazil Article was very interesting as lots of people are against building the dam but the president has know changed his mind.

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  14. It is really worrying that all these other places in the world have had such bad floods and fires where as hear in Watford we very rarely have any thing that bad.

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  15. erm ya I dont quite understand how a current of air can cause forrest fires, floods and landslides. Like I thought all that stuff happens cuz of like the possition of the moon and the possition of the stars.

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  16. I think its a little scary, how the weather is becoming very extreme, it was and interesting video.

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  17. hi i am elise i am not sure f this is my homework but the other done it soo i hope so well i went to carnivial with my mum and sisters

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  18. i thinks a dam shoudlnt be built becuase of how many people it will make homeless.

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  19. my name is george i'm so glad i dont live in pakistan i would hate to have floods here, i feel so sorry for those who live in pakistan also they are having forest fires in russia

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  20. Wow i cant belive whats happening to pakistan AMAZING! I wish I could help them! Also they havent got any homes or food anything! EVERYONE SEND IN MONEY TO HELP PAKISTAN! THANK YOU!

    I cant belive that about the amazon! AWFUL!

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  21. I can belive that they are sufferiing like that ! how awful !

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  22. i have look at both sites i took down some notes so hope do good on the quiz ..... i wish we can do more about this stuff ...... x

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  23. They r realy suffering (reece w)

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  24. they r sufering badly (reece woodward)

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  25. I think that the floods in pakistan are really bad.I feel really sorry for the people of pakistan and think that we as a country should be gratefull that we do not have that here

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  26. it makes me feel sad for the people in pakistan as they have lost there homes and possesions

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  27. mann they all seem to be suffering so badly,and even i will admeit i do take my life nd privalegges for grantaggee ://

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  28. It is realy sad to think that people in this world could suffer so bad ! I mean its not there fault its just a natural disaster!

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  29. emz my form is awsome20 September 2010 at 09:51

    hi, I have just been viewing the website links and the storys are amazing thats why i like geography because it makes you aware of the different cultures all around us and makes us appretiate the special qualities of us and our coutry .I loved the video in the top link as it made me even more aware about climate change and the other things and changes that are going on in our world at the moment!

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  30. in the summer i went to bormwoth and i went up in a hot air balloon it was scary and exiting,also went swimming at the beach there,

    Zac Hussain...

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  31. my holiday was ok except i didnt go anywhere on holiday

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  32. I think that the suffering of the countries is related to the wind making extreme weather.

    KENNY LINOGAO

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  33. i went to ibiza in the holidays :) it was soo hott :)but when i got off the plane it was chucking it downn but thenn it brightened up :)

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  34. Oh My God! All these things happened and I was busy playing on my PSP! I feel so sorry for both of the countries and like matt said in the video it is really hard for them to get back how they where before. Lucky that us lot in UK don't get flood often.

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  35. i think it is bad in all the 2 countries because no1 one wants to suffer,also it relates to the bad weather.the video was good 2..


    Rosie mills

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  36. Omg so much suffering! I feel guilty cuz we r so luck!! I want to help! How could I help? Miss. Hinde could you give me an idea of how I could help on my own by doing small things but making big changes?
    Gabbi 7M1

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  37. It's lovely to see that the Pakistan floods have touched so many of you- we are indeed very lucky to live in the UK. If anyone is interested in helping, why not suggest to your form tutor that you have a class cake sale or a sponsored silence? All these things do make a difference and don't take too much time to organise.

    Miss Hinde

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  38. I think pakistan is suffering because they are losing lots of there family.

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