Wednesday, December 21, 2011

An interesting view of JC and LC geography using Word Clouds

Check out this wordle for Junior Certificate geography here


....and one here for Leaving Certificate Physical geography...note the emphasis on Processes
...and one for Regional geography here

...and one now for Core 3, the Investigation here

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Some population issues

A rather worrying article from the Economist entitled:
Will Africa's population boom end in dividend or disaster?
Click here
Another article on the 7 million mark being reached...here.

Friday, December 16, 2011

Fieldwork links

This website from the Field Studies Council in the UK has a useful section on geography fieldwork.

2013 list of topics
  1. A study of local traffic patterns.
  2. A local environmental issue.
  3. Changing land-use in a local area – a study of spatial change and change
    through time.
  4. A local demographic study.
  5. Test the hypothesis that erosion is an active process in a fluvial or glacial or
    coastal environment.
  6. Investigate how geology effects the landscape in a local area.

Thursday, December 1, 2011

New website launched

excellent new website launched yesterday for anyone doing a traffic based fieldwork investigation. Also good for those who teach Project Maths...lots of stats and maps.