Keep hearing about the problems with the Euro and don't understand what it's all about. Have a read of this article it might make things clearer.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/the-learners-guide-to-the-euro-credit-crisis-20111206-1oh3v.html
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Earth from air competition
Earth from the Air is a popular collection of environmental photographs taken from the air by Yann Arthus-Bertrand. They have been published in a number of books together with text describing environmental concerns related to the photographs.
The competition: try and find your favourite earth from air photo or something similar and upload it to the blog. The most original and unusal will be the winner.
some ideas can be found on this website:
Undersea mountains march into the abyss
Startling new images from the depths of the Pacific Ocean reveal one of Earth's most violent processes: the destruction of massive underwater mountains.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16056192
What do you think this means for the future of tectonics?
What is different about the map?
Do you notice anything different about the African Map?
Take a look at this video clip to work out why people are celebrating
Join the grow campaign
Join the grow campaign find out more at
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/system/?cid=Rdt_System
Do you think his is a good idea?
Geography Jokes
See what you think?
Q:What always sits in the corner but can move all round the world?
A:A stamp.
Q:How can you tell that compasses and scales are intelligent?
A:Because they're all graduated.
Q:Why didn't the map grids go to the punk disco?
A:Because they were all squares.
Q:What's big, white, furry and always points North?
A:A Polar Bearing.
Q:What do geographers grow in their gardens?
A:Compass roses.
Q:Where do all the pencils come from?
A:Pennsylvania.
Q:What do an astrologist and a cartographer have in common?
A:They both specialise in projections.
Q:What city always cheats at exams?
A:Peking
Q:Why does the Bogie Man know all the map symbols?
A:Because he's a legend.
Q:Why is it easy to get into Florida?
A:Because there are so many keys.
Q:Why can fish measure distances so well?
A:Because they have their own scales.
Q:Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude?
A:Longitude; it's got 360 degrees!
Q:What do penguins wear on their heads?
A:Ice caps.
Q:What sort of pudding roams wild in the Arctic circle?
A:Moose.
Q:What rocks do young geologists play with?
A:Marbles.
Q:Where do fish keep their money?
A:In riverbanks.
Q:What always sits in the corner but can move all round the world?
A:A stamp.
Q:How can you tell that compasses and scales are intelligent?
A:Because they're all graduated.
Q:Why didn't the map grids go to the punk disco?
A:Because they were all squares.
Q:What's big, white, furry and always points North?
A:A Polar Bearing.
Q:What do geographers grow in their gardens?
A:Compass roses.
Q:Where do all the pencils come from?
A:Pennsylvania.
Q:What do an astrologist and a cartographer have in common?
A:They both specialise in projections.
Q:What city always cheats at exams?
A:Peking
Q:Why does the Bogie Man know all the map symbols?
A:Because he's a legend.
Q:Why is it easy to get into Florida?
A:Because there are so many keys.
Q:Why can fish measure distances so well?
A:Because they have their own scales.
Q:Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude?
A:Longitude; it's got 360 degrees!
Q:What do penguins wear on their heads?
A:Ice caps.
Q:What sort of pudding roams wild in the Arctic circle?
A:Moose.
Q:What rocks do young geologists play with?
A:Marbles.
Q:Where do fish keep their money?
A:In riverbanks.
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