1+River+environments

= Unit A1: River environments =

Special things for those taking exams in 2012
Case studies: 1 Rising demand for water: UK textbook pages:18- 20 2. Large dam or reservoir: Three Gorges: Pages 25 & 26 and also http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.8+Clean+Water and **PP from lesson 6 below**. 3. Case study of a flood defense scheme : Bangladesh P30-1 in textbook; also @https://lindym.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/bangladesh-flood-management/ a new article added to the blog that gives you enough for 9 marks in a last question =media type="youtube" key="rU7EvKK0cdU" height="315" width="420"= = **These are the lessons used by the 2011 Exam cohort - you might find some PPs useful but not specifically.** =

__**Lesson 1**__
The 'Textbook' links http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.1+Hydrological+cycle http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.2+Drainage+basin
 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== What is the course all about? ====
 * ==== How are countries organised by economic activity? ====
 * ==== What is the hydrological cycle? ====
 * ==== What is a drainage basin? ====
 * PowerPoint for the lesson**:[[file:Y10GeUA1_1 Intro+Hydrocycle.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10Ua1_a HydroC DrainageB CW.doc]]
 * Homework:**[[file:Y10UA1_a HydroC DrainageB HW.doc]]
 * Links**

This is the link for part 1 of the homework @http://bighugelabs.com/map.php the list: http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/Grouping+countries

From the lesson @http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/demo/Watershed.html

__**Lesson 2**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== What is a storm hydrograph? ====
 * ==== How is its shape affected by its immediate environment? ====
 * ==== What are the 3 main processes that change the shape of a river channel ====
 * ==== How do each of these processes work? ====

The 'Textbook' links http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.3.+hydrographs http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.4.+Processes+ There some good animations of processes there too
 * PowerPoint for this lesson**[[file:Y10GeUA1_b hydrographs Sept 14 PP.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10UA1_b Hydrographs Sept 14CW.doc]]
 * Homework sheet:**[[file:Y10UA1_b Hydrographs Sept 14HW.doc]]
 * Links**:

These 2 are the ones for homework but the the last one is the general one which will take you into more material in flash [] @http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/rivers/hydrographs/index.shtml @http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/geog/rivers/flash.shtml

HotPots no score kept Rob Chambers 1 RC 2 just about erosion RC 3 Just about transportation
 * Other peoples quizzes to help with river processes**

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__**Lesson 3**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== What are the different stages a river course passes through? ====
 * ==== What features are you likely to find in each? ====
 * ==== How were some of these features formed? ====
 * ==== Can you draw and annotate diagrams about them? ====

Textbook wiki http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.5.+River+features+
 * PowerPoint for this lesson**:[[file:Y10GeUA1.c RiveFeatures PP Sep21.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10GeUA1.c River FeaturesCWsep21.doc]]
 * Homework sheet:**[[file:Y10GeUA1.c River FeaturesHWsep21.doc]]
 * Links**:

The Durham Grand Canyon This is tiny bit of erosion I told you about in the lesson!

__**Lesson 4**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== How can water quality be tested? ====
 * ==== How can river channel features be measured? ====
 * How do I form a hypothesis?

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 * PowerPoint for the lesson** **:[[file:Y10GeUA4 Practical skills Sept28_9PP.ppt]]**
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10GeUA4 Practical skills Sept28_9CW.doc]]
 * Homework:**[[file:Y10GeUA4 Practical skills Sept28_9HW.doc]]
 * Virtual Fieldwork data for those who do not have a river: [[file:Virtual fieldwork data.doc]]**
 * Links**: the wiki link is http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.10.+River+Coursework but it needs a bit of updating so do not visit before Monday!

= Still Struggling? Look here for 2 good examples of what is required =

__**Lesson 5**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== What water is available? ====
 * ==== Why are some places short of water? ====
 * ==== What is potable water? ====
 * ==== How will water use change in India? ====


 * PowerPoint for the lesson**[[file:Y10Ge U1A_4 Water Use_Oct5_6 PP.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[file:Y10GeUA5Water Use Oct 5_6CW.doc
 * Homework:**[[file:Y10Ge U1A_5 Water usage Oct 5_6 HW.doc]]
 * Links**:


 * Textbook wiki**:

http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.6.+Uses+of+water http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.7.+Water+Use Here is an article and a video about Burkino Faso media type="youtube" key="JVPTpT2KbSA" height="344" width="425"

__**Lesson 6**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== What do we use water for? ====
 * ==== Why is water use changing in India? ====
 * ==== Why does water pollution happen? ====
 * How can we keep water clean?
 * ==== What is the Three Gorges Dam for? ====

Short youtube showing the impact from the sir of the Three Gorges Dam //Optional:// a note about this edit for the page history log
 * PowerPoint for the lesson**[[file:Y10Ge U1A_5 Using water Oct9_10.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10GeUA16 Water usage Oct 9_10CW.doc]]
 * Homework:**[[file:Y10GeUA16 Water usage Oct 9_10HW.doc]]
 * Links**

__**Lesson 7**__

 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * ==== Why do floods happen? ====
 * ==== What are the impacts of floods? ====
 * ==== How can floods be prevented? ====
 * ==== How do they manage on the River Tees? ====
 * Ok, so now I have my data, what do I do with it?

No notes on fieldwork – check again with the PP. Use the wiki http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/1.10.+River+Coursework
 * PowerPoint for the lesson**:[[file:Y10GeU1A6 Floods Oct 19_20 PP.ppt]]
 * Classwork notes**:[[file:Y10Ge UA1F Flood controll Oct 19_20 CW.doc]]
 * Homework:** Each homework sheet may be a bit different as you are doing different things - please make sure you do the questionnaire, so I can ensure you have all you need
 * Links**:

Also [] is a help with describing the methods

__**Lesson 8**__
> ==== ====
 * Objectives: to answer the following questions **
 * H ow much can you remember?
 * ==== What are all the words and meaning associated with the hydraulic cycle? ====
 * ==== What are the features of a river basin? ====
 * ==== What are the flows, stores, inputs and outputs of the river basin? ====
 * ==== How does the shape of the hydrograph relate to the activity/structure of the river basin? ====


 * PowerPoint for the lesson: Please note this is also 3 weeks worth of PowerPoints - see comment below**
 * [[file:Y11GeUA1.8 River Rev 1 wk1.ppt]]

= ERROR IN HOMEWORK CORRECTIONS = In some I make a mistake in b(ii) - the correction should have said: **Before and after** the Hoover Dam, the average is changed a little as it is slightly less erratic down stream from the dam. However the variation from maximum to minimum is very much reduced. **Before and after** the Glen Canyon Dam, the variability of the average is reduced further and stays close to 1,000 cumecs.
 * Classwork notes**:Please note that this set of notes is for 3 weeks, as I am not sure how fast we will be moving through them
 * Homework: But the homework is for this week only!![[file:Y11GeUA1.8 River Rev1 HWwk1.doc]]**
 * Links**:

USEFUL THOUGHT
I am updating the textbook wiki http://ih-igcse-geography.wikispaces.com/ with new stuff but with all those pages, how can you find where I have been? On the left hand-side, there is a link called **RECENT CHANGES**. Click on that and you can see exactly which pages I have been fiddling with!

__ Lesson 9 __
As I mentioned before the PowerPoint and the class notes will run over 3 weeks. As for the homework, no written work to give in this week, but you need to learn your **KEYWORDS** for this section - see the document below. One neat way, may, is to put them in a game. Here is one example: @http://classtools.net/education-games-php/quiz/ Follow the instructions to add your questions. Save (bottom right of the screen) and then copy the address from the address bar and email me with it - I will then post it in Top Homeworks so the others can share it. **BUT** if you do not copy and save that quiz will disappear into the ether forever as there is no way to trace past quizzes without the link!
 * // The emailed River chapter may be of use here? //**

For those of you who cannot remember about drip irrigation or Zai holes - here is another example of using water carefully to look at
@http://lindym.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/making-the-most-of-the-water-you-have/