The Learning Cafe

This is a practice post to see if the editor is working or not.The main problem last time was that the sentences all got jammed together.Instead of separate paragraphs.Lets see if it is different this time

Use your research skills to find out what each of the following terms mean, and then write a paragraph to explain how they relate to World War One.

• Alliance
• Armistice
• Entente
• Lusitania
• Propaganda
• Shellshock
• Somme

Create your answers in “Word” and then copy and paste your answers as a comment to this postWhen you have completed the above task, you may learn what conditions were like in the trenches by playing tis game. Click here. It is mainly reading to begin with, but eventually gets into lots of decision-making.

In Term One we studied Volcanic Eruptions as a natural hazard. That information is what we will use when answering the NCEA exam. But, as good geographers we should have a working knowledge of all the main natural hazards.Your job is to work as an individual or pair and produce a resource about another natural hazard of your choice.Your final presentation should be analogue! So it can go on the wall. You should use our set of focussing questions to guide you.

• 1. What processes create the hazard (how does the natural event occur and why are people at risk)?
• 2. What events take place during the event?
• 3. How can land be affected?
• 4. How can people be affected?
• 5. How can people increase and decrease the effects of the hazard?

Hi Team,After the work we have been doing on Google Earth you should have a pretty good knowledge of countries and cities around the world.Sammy has finished first, so she is going to create a few map games to test your geographic knowledge. Click ‘comments’ to find links to her games.

Hi Team Tourism,
Our first assessment will be 18243: Demonstrate knowledge of world travel geography outside New Zealand. In this unit standard you will get to know some of the most significant destinations for world tourism. You will need to be able to locate countries and cities and describe attractions in them.

We will be getting fancy and using Google Earth for it.

So today we will start finding out what Google Earth can do.Your task over the next couple of days is to create a Google Earth Folder of some places important to you. It may be a collection of very local places, or other parts of New Zealand, or even over seas. Whatever places you choose, you need to include the following elements:

Before we start looking at the various processes that cause volcanic hazards, I would like to see what you know already.In pairs, you are to construct an answer that uses all of the following words.