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SQA Higher |
The physical environment, the human environment and environmental interactions |
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| This site continues to be aimed primarily at students undertaking the WJEC A-level exam. However, much of the material is suitable for Higher Grade Geography. The aim here is to make it a little bit easier for you to find. The headings are those used in the 2004 syllabus (following the 2003 review). | ||
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The physical environment | |
| reference collection | Atmosphere atmosphere, weather and climate | |
| official sources | Hydrosphere drainage basins | |
| news organisations | Lithosphere landforms glaciation coasts | |
| techniques | Biosphere ecosystems ecosystem biomes soils forests sand dune succession Macaulay notes (essential reading) | |
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The human environment | |
| Population global UK stats growth theories life expectancy migration case studies (Poland, Afghanistan & Sudan) | ||
| Rural UK farming agencies Euro stats | ||
| Industry economic | ||
| Urban UK urban counterurbanisation Brazil Newcastle housing LEDC cities transport | ||
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Environmental interactions | |
| Rural land resources national parks govt agencies rural agencies | ||
| Rural land degradation Amazon basin Sub-Saharan Africa soils disaster relief | ||
| River basin management drainage basins USA Colorado large dams | ||
| Urban change and management MEDC LEDC Brazil urban rur-urban issues housing transport | ||
| European regional inequalities Euro stats BBC site | ||
| Health and development development BBC site disaster relief | ||
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Scottish links | |
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Qualifications online by Learning and Teaching
Scotland and not to be ignored by those in Scotland.
Worth looking at the educational website listings and the
NQ e-library. The library has some downloadable
resources (including an induction guide for the Higher
exam). Geography is made to hide under the Social
Subjects heading. http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/index.asp This site is
listed, along with other geography sites, at http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/nq/weblinksdirectory.asp?topicid=999974780&levelid=2 Higher BBC Bitesize revision http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/bitesize/higher/geography/index.shtml BBC Scotland sites http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/int/ Standard Grade Geography Interactive revision. http://www.scalloway.org.uk Scottish Association of Geography Teachers http://www.sagt.org.uk/ Macaulay Institute land use research centre based in Aberdeen. http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/ http://www.macaulay.ac.uk/education/index.php St Andrews Geography and Geosciences. http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/gg/ Edinburgh School of Geosciences http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/ Dundee Department of Geography http://www.dundee.ac.uk/geography/ Glasgow Geographical and Earth Sciences http://www.ges.gla.ac.uk:443/ Aberdeen Geography and Environment http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geography/ Strathclyde Department of Geography and Sociology http://gs.strath.ac.uk/ |
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