There is always a lot of geography in the news, but the following links might be a good starting point.
Dharavi slum in Mumbai
http://geographyalevelslc.wordpress.com/2013/03/
Slumming it, Kevin McCloud in Dharavi
- Effects of rapid urbanisation and industrialisation.
- Difficulties of disposal of waste, much of which is toxic.
- Effects and management of air and water pollution.
A great revision for all the Unit 3 topics covered in Year 13.
http://coolgeography.co.uk/A-level/AQA/AQA%20A%20level.htm
If you click here youe will be taken to an excellent, and often updated blogspot. It has first class further reading opportunities for you. If you click here then you will find a lovely site from Wycombe High School. It has some excellent geography animations. Whilst we are on the topic, you might like to click on this BBC graphic page. It shows how earthquakes happen. In addition it has links to similar pages on hurricanes, tornadoes,volcanoes and tsunamies.
Weather and Climate
Have a look at the following website.
It is something to watch to help you with the more complex parts of weather and climate, and includes links on the following.
Weather videos
- How to spot clouds
- What are air masses?
- What are hurricanes?
- How to measure rainfall part one
- How to measure rainfall part two
- What is precipitation?
- What are weather fronts?
- Why does it rain?
- Why are clouds black?
- Scott’s Antarctic adventure
Weather experiments
Mrs Park.
Mrs Park.