More DME weblinks

British Sugar - some interesting ideas about Biofuels
Using Biofuels in Brazil - The Times article
Powering cars using sugar cane - The Guardian article
Eco-cars!
Pedal-powered cars

Year 10 - Decision Making Exam

Year 10 are sitting the Decision Making Exam on January 25th 2007 in the afternoon. The exam will last 1 hr 30 minutes. This year's topic is Sustainable Transport so be on the look out for anything on the TV / in the newspaper.

Some ideas to get yout thinking:

• SusTrans - a leading sustainable transport charity


• Transport 2000 - The national environment transport campaign


• TRANSform - sustainable transport in Scotland


• Congestion Charging in London


• Toll Roads e.g. M6


• Expanding Airports


• Nottingham Tram


• Food miles


• Transport for London


• Cycle routes

Year 10: Useful web links

Use the following links to help you with homework, revision, coursework and problems.

• S-cool settlement revision
• BBC bitesize settlement
• A useful overview of the topic Settlement
• More settlement ideas

If you find a useful weblink, share it here by clicking the Comment option below.

Year 10: Settlement

Welcome to GCSE Geography. Your first module is called 'Settlement' and will explore trends in settlements and the changes which are occuring.

Here will be posted information useful to your course, homework and revision.

Topics covered so far:

• Where do all the people live? (Population distribution)
  
• How are sites chosen?
• The site and development of Nottingham
• Settlement hierarchy
• Central place theory
  
• Building at the rural-urban fringe (green and brownfield sites)
  
• Counterurbanisation (- the movement of people and jobs from urban areas into rural areas)
• A case study of a suburbanised village

Year 9 - Exploring Europe

Year 9 are studying a unit called 'Exploring Europe' which looks at the natural and human features of Europe and also explores the political issues in Europe at the moment.

Year 9 - Comment here on what you have learned in your lesson today.

Welcome

Welcome to the Long Eaton School Social Sciences blog.

This blog is designed to be updated by pupils to record what you have learned during a lesson. You may be given responsibility for updating it after a particular lesson. You should think carefully about the content of your post and make sure that it is precise and carefully written.