Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Is this History? Kobe Earthquake 1995




Try georesources for a whole host of material. The link I have provided links you to information I shall be giving you in lesson about the Kobe Earthquake that struck Japan in 1995.

Other good links for information:
ce washington
BBC "On this day"
Wikipedia on the Great Hanshin Earthquake (another name for this earthquake.)
A time magazine report (taken from another schools' website.)

Revision! EXAM 11th JUNE!




I stumbled across a school website that covers a different course, however with some careful reading has lots of information that is useful to us. For example, the case study on Kobe; the key exam words. Have a look for yourself here.

Like blogs?





Blogs can be great! Like this one! (ahem...) One that I occasionally take a look at is the Daily Telegraph's

Take a look - recent posts about Global Warming and pistachio nuts took my eye!

It's getting hot here...




April this year is expected to be announced as the hottest for 140 years. Read here about it!

Lying politicians?




Not relating to our syllabus, but something I feel is important. George Monbiot in the Guardian newspaper has a strongly held opinion, click on his name to read more.

Champagne Tourism??




A colleague from another school highlighted the following article to me - is this yet another tourist trend that may have serious environmental consequences. Read about it here