Dr. Poonam
Hello! My name is Dr. Poonam, and I am from India. I have completed my Bachelor Degree in Combined Sciences, Master in Environmental Biotechnology and Doctorate in Biofuel Production From M.D University, India. I have working experience of 5 and half years with School and University students. The year ahead will be probably the most important of your son or daughters academic career so far, and I see my role as supporting them at this crucial time to achieve of their very best, in close collaboration with their form tutors, with the teaching staff and with you as parents. I look forward to improving the education of your child!
This year we will have some fun and challenging tasks to help us reach our goals. We are going to work, play, and learn hard and have fun in the process. Through our daily interaction, we will learn and prove there is no "I" in "TEAM." Our class goal will be to work together towards a fantastic and successful school year! I have high expectations for all of my students and I am committed to assisting them with the expectations required of the course.
Best Regards,
Dr. Poonam
Hello! My name is Dr. Poonam, and I am from India. I have completed my Bachelor Degree in Combined Sciences, Master in Environmental Biotechnology and Doctorate in Biofuel Production From M.D University, India. I have working experience of 5 and half years with School and University students. The year ahead will be probably the most important of your son or daughters academic career so far, and I see my role as supporting them at this crucial time to achieve of their very best, in close collaboration with their form tutors, with the teaching staff and with you as parents. I look forward to improving the education of your child!
This year we will have some fun and challenging tasks to help us reach our goals. We are going to work, play, and learn hard and have fun in the process. Through our daily interaction, we will learn and prove there is no "I" in "TEAM." Our class goal will be to work together towards a fantastic and successful school year! I have high expectations for all of my students and I am committed to assisting them with the expectations required of the course.
Best Regards,
Dr. Poonam
Welcome to Grade 6 Checkpoint 1 Geographical Enquiry!
Introduction to Geography:
Through the Geography syllabus, learners can develop a 'sense of place' by looking at the world around them on a local, regional and global scale. Learners can examine a range of natural and man-made environments, and study some of the processes which affected their development. They can also look at the ways in which people interact with their environment, and the opportunities and challenges an environment can present, thereby gaining a deeper insight into the different communities and cultures that exist around the world.
Branches of Geography:
1. Physical Geography
Deals with the study of natural physical environment of human kind.
The areas covered include:
a) Geology-study of the origin, structure and composition of the earth. It includes study of rocks.
b) Geomorphology- the study of internal and external land forming processes and landforms.
c) Climatology- the study of climate and weather
d) Pedology- the study of soils
e) Biogeography - the study of soils, vegetation and animals.
f) Hydrology- the study of water bodies
g) Spatial geography-study of space
2. Human and Economic Geography
-Study of people and their activities on the earth’s surface.
The areas covered include:
a) Mining
b) Forestry
c) Agriculture
d) Fishing
e) Wildlife and tourism
f) Industry
g) Energy etc.
3. Practical Geography
-A smaller branch which equips the learner with practical skills that enhance their understanding and interpretation of human and physical geographical information.
The areas are:
a) Statistical methods
b) Map work
c) Field work
d) Photograph work
Importance of Studying Geography:
1. Facilitates good relationship among nations by studying geography of other regions of the world.
2. it’s a career subject in that it enables one to go for advanced studies in specialised fields e.g. geography teachers, meteorology, surveying etc.
3. Enables us to appreciate other people’s way of life by learning economic activities of different communities within our country and other parts of the world.
4. Enables us to conserve our environment when we learn negative and positive effects of human activities on the environment.
5. Enables us to conserve our resources when we learn wise use of resources in conservation and management of resources e.g. wildlife, forests, energy, etc.
6. Inculcates in us virtues of cooperation and patience as we work in groups.
7. Makes us to appreciate manual work as we are involved in practical geography which may lead to self employment.
8. Promotion of industry such as tourism by guiding tourists to places of interest by using maps, calculations of distances etc.
An introduction to your course
Over the course of the academic year, you will be studying :
1. Living in japan
2. Holes in the landscape
3. Is fracking all that it's cracked up to be?
4. Almost Armageddon
5. Disasters and risky places
6. Don't snatch
7. Olympic spirit
Over the course of the academic year, you will be studying :
1. Living in japan
2. Holes in the landscape
3. Is fracking all that it's cracked up to be?
4. Almost Armageddon
5. Disasters and risky places
6. Don't snatch
7. Olympic spirit
Why is seeing the world today as a geographer so important?
Where are we going to go today?
UNIT 1 - LIVING IN JAPAN
What do you know about Japan?
What kind of maps can you see below?
Artificial Island Project made by students
Chapter 2- Holes in the landscape
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Enquiry 6: Don't snatch!
Holidays Homework
Review the following Chapters:
1. Living in Japan
2. Holes in the landscape
3. Is fracking all that its cracked up to be?
4. Almost Armageddon
5. Disasters and Risky Places
1. Living in Japan
2. Holes in the landscape
3. Is fracking all that its cracked up to be?
4. Almost Armageddon
5. Disasters and Risky Places
Enquiry 6- Don't snatch!
Project
Choose a country in Africa from this list: Angola, Algeria, Democratic republic of Congo, South Africa
Research the colonization in that country.
Complete a project: either a large poster or a powerpoint (15 slides minimum)
-The project should include the history of colonization in that country
-What the colonist used the country for: farming, mining, political influence...
-talk about this a lot
-How the country became independent
-the consequences of colonization in that country
Research the colonization in that country.
Complete a project: either a large poster or a powerpoint (15 slides minimum)
-The project should include the history of colonization in that country
-What the colonist used the country for: farming, mining, political influence...
-talk about this a lot
-How the country became independent
-the consequences of colonization in that country
Australia's Long Drought Withering Wheat, Rice Supplies
Carolyn Barry, National Geographic News 29 May 08;
From Kenya's slums to India's rice paddies to Brazil's cafes, the skyrocketing cost of food has left no corner of the globe untouched. This is part two of a special series that explores the myriad local faces of the world's worst food crisis in decades.
Les Gordon is no stranger to Australia's harsh climate. A rice grower from the country's breadbasket region, some 512 miles (820 kilometers) southwest of Sydney, Gordon has spent almost half his three decades of farming battling drought.
But the most recent dry spell threatens to end his rice-growing days altogether.
"This is the first time we haven't had any rice since my grandfather planted his first crop in 1949," he said. "This is the worst drought in a long time."
In Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, drought punctuates the climate record with disheartening regularity.
There's not been a decade since official records began that hasn't seen severe rain shortage. Down here drought is just a part of life.
But the onset of two record-breaking droughts in the past seven years—one of them widely considered "the worst drought in a thousand years"—has had far-reaching and crippling effects.
Major river systems are drying up. The Murray-Darling River Basin—home to 40 percent of Australia's agricultural industry—is at record low levels.
The dearth of water has ravaged Australian agriculture, from wheat to dairy, meat to wine. Some industries will take years to recover.
Rice farmers have arguably faired the worst: Production has been slashed to a measly 2 percent of pre-drought totals. Exports have virtually ceased.
Though Australian rice accounts for less than one percent of the global rice trade, "normal production levels would feed 40 million people around the world every day," said Gordon, who is also president of the Rice Growers' Association of Australia.
"Now we'll be able to supply a lot of Australia pretty well, but not much beyond that."
Australia's weather woes underscore the vulnerability of the world's food production to unexpected natural crises. With reserve food supplies in many countries dwindling as supply outstrips demand, even small drops in production are enough to send prices soaring.
Adding to the concern are predictions that global warming will increase the number and intensity of such unusual climatic events.
Australia will suffer from more frequent droughts, more extreme weather, and less annual rainfall in coming years, according to a recent climate change report by scientists from government agencies, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), and the Bureau of Meteorology.
Fickle Weather
Global warming is just one factor affecting Australia's climate, however.
The immediate driver of its current bout of fickle weather is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon, which amplifies Australia's climatic variability.
El Niño is the abnormal warming of tropical waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which tends to bring hot, dry weather to Australia. The reverse—called La Niña—often brings rain.
Flaring up every three to eight years, El Niños have been associated with many of Australia's droughts. With their effect on winter rains, the weather events can strongly influence the success of wheat crops.
"The difference between a good year and bad year can halve the total production," said Mark Howden, a CSIRO climate variability and agriculture expert.
Australian wheat makes up about 15 percent of the grain's world trade, so even small changes can ripple throughout the global market.
Unfortunately, El Niño/La Niña events are themselves highly variable.
A promising shift to a La Niña pattern in 2007 brought early rains for the Australian winter wheat-planting season. After two years of severe drought, farmers "planted up big" in response, Howden said.
"But the rain stopped early and the crops failed."
Farmers Still Suffering
Despite the inflated grain export prices, "in the last two to three years a lot of small grain traders have gone broke," said Peter Wright, a wheat farmer in Cowra, a town 188 miles (300 kilometers) west of Sydney.
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that 10,636 families gave up farming during the most severe drought years, between 2001 and 2006.
Profits from the increased prices are often used to pay off debts racked up during the drought or to invest in technology to improve yields and increase water efficiency, Wright added. (See photos of drought-affected farmers.)
Record-high costs of fertilizer, fuel, and chemicals also offset export prices.
"We'll need four to five years of high prices to break even," he said.
Australia's relatively small population of 21 million consumes roughly a third of the country's agricultural products, with the rest sent overseas.
The reliance on world trade means domestic prices often mirror global prices, says Terry Sheales, chief commodity analyst at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
And those inflated prices have filtered down to retailers and consumers.
James Kidman, executive chef at Otto Ristorante, a modern Italian restaurant in inner Sydney, has noticed big increases in the cost of fruits, vegetables, and meat products, especially high-end cuts.
To protect patrons from price hikes, Kidman tries to "simplify the food," which means buying less expensive cuts of meat and "getting creative" negotiating with suppliers. Most other businesses have no choice but to pass on the extra costs to customers.
Back at the farm, average rains are predicted for the coming months and producers are hopeful of a reprieve.
"No drought has gone on forever," rice farmer Gordon said. "We'll get our turn eventually."
Carolyn Barry, National Geographic News 29 May 08;
From Kenya's slums to India's rice paddies to Brazil's cafes, the skyrocketing cost of food has left no corner of the globe untouched. This is part two of a special series that explores the myriad local faces of the world's worst food crisis in decades.
Les Gordon is no stranger to Australia's harsh climate. A rice grower from the country's breadbasket region, some 512 miles (820 kilometers) southwest of Sydney, Gordon has spent almost half his three decades of farming battling drought.
But the most recent dry spell threatens to end his rice-growing days altogether.
"This is the first time we haven't had any rice since my grandfather planted his first crop in 1949," he said. "This is the worst drought in a long time."
In Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, drought punctuates the climate record with disheartening regularity.
There's not been a decade since official records began that hasn't seen severe rain shortage. Down here drought is just a part of life.
But the onset of two record-breaking droughts in the past seven years—one of them widely considered "the worst drought in a thousand years"—has had far-reaching and crippling effects.
Major river systems are drying up. The Murray-Darling River Basin—home to 40 percent of Australia's agricultural industry—is at record low levels.
The dearth of water has ravaged Australian agriculture, from wheat to dairy, meat to wine. Some industries will take years to recover.
Rice farmers have arguably faired the worst: Production has been slashed to a measly 2 percent of pre-drought totals. Exports have virtually ceased.
Though Australian rice accounts for less than one percent of the global rice trade, "normal production levels would feed 40 million people around the world every day," said Gordon, who is also president of the Rice Growers' Association of Australia.
"Now we'll be able to supply a lot of Australia pretty well, but not much beyond that."
Australia's weather woes underscore the vulnerability of the world's food production to unexpected natural crises. With reserve food supplies in many countries dwindling as supply outstrips demand, even small drops in production are enough to send prices soaring.
Adding to the concern are predictions that global warming will increase the number and intensity of such unusual climatic events.
Australia will suffer from more frequent droughts, more extreme weather, and less annual rainfall in coming years, according to a recent climate change report by scientists from government agencies, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), and the Bureau of Meteorology.
Fickle Weather
Global warming is just one factor affecting Australia's climate, however.
The immediate driver of its current bout of fickle weather is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation phenomenon, which amplifies Australia's climatic variability.
El Niño is the abnormal warming of tropical waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which tends to bring hot, dry weather to Australia. The reverse—called La Niña—often brings rain.
Flaring up every three to eight years, El Niños have been associated with many of Australia's droughts. With their effect on winter rains, the weather events can strongly influence the success of wheat crops.
"The difference between a good year and bad year can halve the total production," said Mark Howden, a CSIRO climate variability and agriculture expert.
Australian wheat makes up about 15 percent of the grain's world trade, so even small changes can ripple throughout the global market.
Unfortunately, El Niño/La Niña events are themselves highly variable.
A promising shift to a La Niña pattern in 2007 brought early rains for the Australian winter wheat-planting season. After two years of severe drought, farmers "planted up big" in response, Howden said.
"But the rain stopped early and the crops failed."
Farmers Still Suffering
Despite the inflated grain export prices, "in the last two to three years a lot of small grain traders have gone broke," said Peter Wright, a wheat farmer in Cowra, a town 188 miles (300 kilometers) west of Sydney.
Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that 10,636 families gave up farming during the most severe drought years, between 2001 and 2006.
Profits from the increased prices are often used to pay off debts racked up during the drought or to invest in technology to improve yields and increase water efficiency, Wright added. (See photos of drought-affected farmers.)
Record-high costs of fertilizer, fuel, and chemicals also offset export prices.
"We'll need four to five years of high prices to break even," he said.
Australia's relatively small population of 21 million consumes roughly a third of the country's agricultural products, with the rest sent overseas.
The reliance on world trade means domestic prices often mirror global prices, says Terry Sheales, chief commodity analyst at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
And those inflated prices have filtered down to retailers and consumers.
James Kidman, executive chef at Otto Ristorante, a modern Italian restaurant in inner Sydney, has noticed big increases in the cost of fruits, vegetables, and meat products, especially high-end cuts.
To protect patrons from price hikes, Kidman tries to "simplify the food," which means buying less expensive cuts of meat and "getting creative" negotiating with suppliers. Most other businesses have no choice but to pass on the extra costs to customers.
Back at the farm, average rains are predicted for the coming months and producers are hopeful of a reprieve.
"No drought has gone on forever," rice farmer Gordon said. "We'll get our turn eventually."
Project
Research the changing diet of Myanmar
Complete a project: a large poster or a powerpoint presentation( 15 slides minimum)
Write about the old and new diet of Myanmar. What are the pros and cons of each
Complete a project: a large poster or a powerpoint presentation( 15 slides minimum)
Write about the old and new diet of Myanmar. What are the pros and cons of each