Updates and Water, Water Everywhere, But Not A Drop to Drink

Various updates for those out in Geography Land...

Congrats to Alice in 7L, winner of the first picture competition of this term. Well done Alice, your answer to the picture question: Anak Krakatoa was correct!

For those who check back here regularly you'll notice that the YouTube box on the left hand side of the page has changed again. This week's new hot topic in videos is the Global Water Crisis. Something Mrs. Mitchell is very passionate about is alerting all those out in geoggersland of the issue of getting sustainable, clean water supplied to everyone around the world. I came across this wonderful video of American rapper Jay-Z bringing to light this growing problem. Check it out:

Diary Of Jay-Z: Water For Life | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com

You can also find out more about the global water crisis by checking out these websites and articles dedicated to educating the public on the real problems facing the world when it comes to this vital resource:
World Water Council
Nature
Wikipedia: Water Crisis
USAID
Water for Life
WaterAid

Also, there was an enlightening documentary on the Discovery Science channel the other day called A World Without Water. I've found the same documentary on Google Video today and its really worth a watch. Just follow this link for A World Without Water. The water crisis is especially significant this year across the entire Key Stage 3 curriculum kiddos, so get yourself educated on this issue!

Enthusiasm galore!!!

I want to applaud 7L on their enthusiastic entries for past picture competitions, but sadly kiddos...those were last term's competitions and the newest picture competition has yet to be released.

Well at least until now! Below is a picture that is just crying out to be placed somewhere in the world. Can you guess where it is???

The translation of the first name of this volcano means "Child of" and it was born in the same location of one of the deadliest eruptions of the 19th century.

Year 8 India

We're starting this year with a brand new curriculum kiddos, which means we're going to try some new, exciting and interesting activities to increase your geographical knowledge. The first of these activities is all about India for Year 8. To help with your first task, the creation of a survery to see what people know/think about India in this country, here's a great article from BBC News giving you an enormous amount of information about this country on the rise. Check it out!