Exam Advice (Continued)

1. Use the RESOURCES that the exam paper tells you to.
2. PRIORITISE: concentrate your time appropriately
3. JUSTIFY: if you are making a point, back it up with a particular resource
4. Don't just come to a conclusion without comparing BOTH SIDES (if there are more than one...)
5. Make sure that any key words are spelled the same on your exam script as they are on the exam paper.

You should all be aiming for a minimum grade C, and those doing the Higher Paper should be aiming for a grade A.

Pre Release 2008

The first of a series of posts which will take you through the booklet ready for the exam.

There are 3 sections which relate to the 3 pieces of work that we did.

MY PLACE
Where is Bristol ? What is Bristol ?
How is Bristol linked to the rest of the UK ?
What is Bristol like as a place to live in ? How does it compare with King's Lynn ?

PEOPLE AS CONSUMERS: the impact of our decisions
Why do people visit Cribb's Causeway ?
Where do they come from ?
What impact has the development of the mall had on the surrounding area, and the centre of Bristol ?
What fieldwork could YOU carry out to investigate opinions about the newly developed Vancouver Centre in King's Lynn ?
Why are so many of the products purchased in shops in the UK made in LEDCs ?
What is organic farming ?
Why do increasing numbers of consumers buy organic products ?
Who would you persuade people to pay a little extra to buy organic and/or Fairtrade products

Remember: organic and Fairtrade are not the same thing...

What is Fairtrade ?
How would you organise a Fairtrade campaign in school ?

EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
What is Greenland ? Where is Greenland ?
What makes Greenland / Svalbard extreme ?
Why do Greenland / Svalbard inspire awe and wonder ?
How are the landscapes of the places similar ?
What are the challenges of working and living in Greenland ?
How do plants and animals survive in Greenland ?
How have physical processes changed the landscape in Greenland and Svalbard ?
How might Greenland change in the future ? (relate to the work that we did on the Future for Svalbard ?)

THE KEY CONCEPTS...
FUGIS

FUTURES: What is the future for the Arctic ?

UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT: How are the clothing / mobile phone factory similar / different ?

GLOBALISATION: How is the future of the Gwich'n people threatened by the oil industry ? What links people in the UK with products made in cheaper locations ?

INTERDEPENDENCE: How are we as consumers linked to other people / places in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world: particularly LESOTHO, GREENLAND and the places on the map in the centre of the booklet.

SUSTAINABLE: Is the Mall / Broadmead / Growth in Organic Farming / Fairtrade sustainable ?

KEY COMMAND WORDS
DESCRIBE
EXPLAIN
DISTRIBUTION
COMPARE
CONSIDER
PRODUCT WEB
INVESTIGATE

Thanks once again to Penny Parry for the structure for this and future posts on the pre-release materials...

Some exam details...

Farewell to Year 11s - enjoy the 'prom' tonight...

Thanks to my colleague Penny Parry from Rosemary Musker School for her booklet which I shall be using over the next few weeks with Year 10s...
Remember that the exam is on the 24th of June in the AFTERNOON session
It should take place in the Sports Hall, but I'll let you know if there's any change to that...
You will need to bring a BLACK BIRO to write with...

More pre-release posts to come over the weekend...

More of Konnie

Some more Sky Learning Revision videos with Konnie Huq can be seen by following the link to SKY LEARNING.

Our Big Fairtrade Adventure for Year 10

In last week's classroom lesson, we were looking at the similarities and differences between the two factories that were in the pre-release booklet: the textiles factory in Lesotho, and the Nokia mobile phone factory.
Tomorrow, we will be using a programme that was broadcast on Channel 4 a month or so back.
It's called "Our Big Fairtrade Adventure" and follows 3 students from a school in Oxfordshire who go to India to try to source an organic and fairtrade school uniform shirt.

We'll use some resources kindly produced by two of my online colleagues: Mr. Rayner's powerpoint, and Miss Walters' question paper, as well as the programme itself.
This will get us thinking about the conditions for the producers of products that we use everyday, and what we can do about it. It demonstrates the concept of INTERDEPENDENCE: that we are connected to people in other parts of the world by our actions, and also the idea of People as Consumers: what we choose to buy makes a difference to other people.

Svalbard: Polar Bears listed as threatened

The United States has listed the Polar Bear as a threatened species due to the decline in Arctic Sea Ice according to this BBC ARTICLE.
This means that one possible FUTURE that we suggested may well be a step closer to coming true...

Konnie's Revision Tips

Got an e-mail from Sky Learning to ask me to tell you all about a new video guide to revision they've put together...
Here's a video... (but not if you're looking at school...)