Monday, 14 April 2008

Year 11- Weather Hazards



As well as covering floods this section of the syllabus also includes hurricanes.




This animated guide of hurricane formation is a good starting point. Go to this BBC webpage and click on the first short clip to show how a hurricane is formed. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4588149.stm






More revision notes can be found here http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/gcse/tropical.html and here






For our LEDC case study we looked at cyclones in Bangladesh and there is a podcast here http://geocrest.podomatic.com/entry/2007-03-15T09_53_21-07_00




Watch this You Tube video as it compares Hurricane Katrina (which hit MEDC) and Hurricane Mitch (which hit LEDCs). You would need more information for your case studies but the film will go with your (hopefully) completed case studies in class! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbHlMOvQ7Wk&eurl=http://geographygcse.blogspot.com/search/label/Weather%20hazards




There is also an indepth look at Hurricane Katrina on the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/americas/2005/hurricane_katrina/default.stm




Also play this Hurricane Katrina match up game http://www.games4geog.com/cg/mississippimatchup.swf


and this walk the plank game too http://www.games4geog.com/cg/neworleans.swf