Aid reaches Libya

A World Food Programme relief ship carrying 30 tonnes of UK aid including food, medical supplies and water purification tablets have arrived in Misrata, Libya.

To find out more about how the UK is helping people in need in Libya, visit
www.dfid.gov.uk/libyaunrest

Google begins Amazon river Street View project

Google has adapted its existing Street View equipment to be effective in the vast Amazon terrain

To read more have a look at the link to the article..


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14592184

Hurricane Irene

More than two million people on the US east coast have been told to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Irene nears, packing winds of 90mph (150km/h).

Photography source: BBC

Track the hurricane: http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201109.html

Read more:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14690942

How do hurricanes form?

GCSE Results 2011

A massive congratulations to last years, year 11 Geographers who achieved an amazing 97% A* to C.  The best results ever for Geography at Aston Manor.  So well done for all your hard work and determination.

Mrs. Cordon

Michael Palin: geography students hold the key to the world's problems

Very interesting article, have a read, what do you think?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/aug/18/geography-top-10-alevel-subjects

What Geography have you experienced this summer?

Tell us what Geography you have seen, done or experienced this summer, we would love to know?

The Geography of Crime

The police map crimes and look for patterns of behaviour when tracking suspects and within the year 7 settlement unit we consider patterns, influences, impacts and communities. But does our opinion change when it’s on our on door step. Here are two articles on the Birmingham riots from August 2011. What do you think?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14458254
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-14452468
 
Photo from AOL news

East Africa Food Crisis Appeal

  

Famine, drought and conflict have left millions of people needing food, water and healthcare. The UN says that in the last few months, tens of thousands of Somalis have died of causes related to malnutrition. Most of them were children.

Very poor rainfall in the region (which includes Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Uganda) has led to the driest period in 60 years for some areas, leading to crop failures and deaths of livestock.

High and increasing staple food prices, as well as regional conflict, are combining with the weather to make a bad situation even worse.

The rate of refugees from Somalia arriving in southern Ethiopia has increased from 5,000 a month to more than 30,000 in the second week in June. Almost half the children arriving in Ethiopia from Somalia are malnourished.

Want to donate to the help the famine crisis
http://www.unicef.org.uk/landing-pages/donate-east-africa/?gclid=CI3N55ys2aoCFQENtAod92LU7A&sissr=1

Photo from the BBC, Red Cross, Unicef