Hong Kong - for Dan!

Hi Dan,

below is what I would recommend to do. It will be really, really, really hot so look out for air con opportunities!

1) Man Mo Temple on Hong Kong island - easy walk from The Peak

2) Big Buddha and Po Lin monastery - out of the city but well worth a visit, can be quite busy

3) The Peak - view over the city

4) Going up the Bank of China (but you need id to get up there)

5) We went to the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery but it is a massive set of steps to get up to it and it was soooooo hot.

I hope you have an amazing time,

Miss H

Year 12/13 Cold Environments Summer Homework

The list of links below take you to a variety of different articles about aspects of cold environments. Choose 4 to read and make notes on. Challenge yourself, don't just go for the easy option!

History of our Earth and the Quaternary Period

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/earth_timeline/quaternary_ice_age about the Quaternary period and ice ages. Don’t just read the text, also watch the 3 video clips.

http://www.dhushara.com/Biocrisis/10/sept/ice.pdf - the history of life on Earth

Climatic causes of cold environments

http://www.coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/Year%2012/Cold%20environs/Distribution/Distribution%20cold%20environments.htm- distribution of cold environments

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/B/20026267.html - impact of changing ocean currents on our climate.

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=136 – the impact of solar activity on the earths climate.

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=100 – how small changes around the world can have a dramatic impact on the earth’s climate.

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/news/story.aspx?id=788 – impact of volcanic eruptions on earth’s climate.

http://science.jrank.org/pages/47865/Milankovich-cycles-climate-change.html Detailed information about the Milankovich Theory.

http://bgrg.org/pages/education/alevel/coldenvirons/Lesson%202.htm - climate of cold environments - causes and actual climate figures

Case Study information
http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/alevel_2_2.html detailed information about Antarctica’s climate

http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/alevel_1_4.html Ice sheets and glaciation linked to Antarctica

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/features/story.aspx?id=208 the impacts of climate change on the Arctic

Cold Environments Landforms and Landscapes (in preparation for Sept work)

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=j4Icc5p5wOIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=periglacial+environents&ots=FzpLJtJPid&sig=MFMv7QrfFN_WP7RRH9mUVZ3tWWA#v=onepage&q&f=false- skim read chapters 2 and 3 about periglacial environments

http://www.devon.gov.uk/bap-periglaciallandscapes.pdf - short article on Snowdonia

http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/GEO_9/GEO_CHAPTER_9.shtml - Glaciers and glacial landforms

http://www.gg.rhul.ac.uk/MScQS/Web-projects/166/index.html - landforms in one area of Scotland, look at all the tabs on the left of the page.

http://www.the-cryosphere.net/5/13/2011/tc-5-13-2011.pdf - Pingos in Canada

http://www.journalofmaps.com/article_depository/europe/Lukas_geomorphology_1130310648.pdf - landforms in Scotland

http://www.devon.gov.uk/bap-periglaciallandscapes.pdf- Periglacial landforms in Devon