13 D Cold Environments Work for Monday's lesson

Hi all,
while I am away on Monday please could you complete the following. Our case study is Alaska and one of the challenges/ opportunities is the drilling for oil. We are going to look a great deal of detail about ANWR in the north but today I want you to examine the risk of oil spills as a consequence of transporting oil in this part of the world.
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - answer the questions below (bullet points are fine)
1) When did the spillage take place?
2) Why did the spillage happen?
3) What was the environmental cost of the spill?
4) How much oil leaked from the tanker?
5) How does the Exxon accident compare with other spills?
6) How big an area was affected?
7) Why was the spillage so difficult to clear up?
8) What methods were used to clean up the spill?
9) What were the estimated costs of the spill?

These websites might help:
http://www.solcomhouse.com/valdez.htm
http://www.eoearth.org/article/exxon_valdez_oil_spill
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Quarterly/jas2001/feature_jas01.htm
http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/
The last website has an excellent video which lasts about 20 mins.

Year 13 Superpowers Homework

Hi all,

below are the questions I would like you to answer for homework. Let me know if you are unsure about any of them.

1.Suggest and justify a set of criteria for defining what is a superpower

2.Examine the ways in which superpowers exert their influence

3.To what extent have the ways of maintaining power changed over time?

4.Explain and illustrate what is meant by ‘cultural imperialism’

5.In what ways are the old core countries threatened by the new superpowers

6.‘The tensions between today’s superpowers are economic rather than political’. Discuss

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

REMINDER

YEAR 11 REVISION MORNING - THIS SATURDAY (11TH) 9.30 - 11.30AM. IN ROOMS 16,17,18.