AS and A LEVEL FURTHER READINGHOME | AS/A LEVEL | GCSE | YEAR 9 | YEAR 8 | YEAR 7 AS and A2 GEOGRAPHY SYLLABUS - Please check this for the units you are studying and make sure that you know what to expect in the exam! Examiners are always looking for evidence of extra reading around your topics for those extra marks... We are not suggesting that you read all of these but you should try and look at some of them. |
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Further Reading Suggestions for January 2012 |
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| 1. Climate Change causing massive movement of tree species (US data) | Research done within the US but could be relevant for European patterns too |
| 2. Exploring Geographies of the super rich | not strictly curriculum linked but useful as an extra thought for the World Cities topic. |
| 3. Google Earth Blog | The main news features, physical and human geography from space. Amazing images. Fascinating |
| 4. New Island forming in the Red Sea | ...Including new island volcano forming in the Red Sea |
| 5. Climate Change Vulnerability Index map. | Where in the world will climate change affect more adversely? |
| 6. University Of London College Student’s hand drawn map of London | . Could we draw one for Gloucester? |
7. World Dencity |
... Each circle denotes the number of people in that area. Larger, darker circles show areas with less people; smaller, brighter circles highlight crowds. White outline circles mark the top twenty cities. |
| 8. Istanbul prepares for major earthquake | Istanbul prepares for major earthquake |
| 9. Climate Change monitoring | Taking the pulse of a shrinking glacier |
| 10. Alternative ways of mapping cities. | A human view of London |
| 11. How segregated is your city? | Innovative mapping showing ethnicity of Chicago |
