Why EVERYONE should take Geography

 So . . . . YOU should take Geography because . . . .
-Geography is a humanity - and so shows an ability to understand the world around you
- It can be learnt in perfect syncronisity with a very wide variety of other subjects - for example 1 student in taking AS Geography may take Art, Psychology and RS, whereas another may take French, Maths and Chemistry :)
- The trip is a definite highlight of the course - you learn about a whole other culture, whilst at the same time embracing french cuisine, studying rivers and settlements - and participating in once in a life time oppurtunities - such as climbing to the summit of a mountain, enjoying fabulous views of things like V-shaped valleys and temperature inversions.
- The course as a whole is highly enjoyable to study.
- The class sizes in school are very small, with the average class size being 9, so the teacher has a good overview of how everyone is doing.
- If you are interested in how the surrounding human and especially physical world is how it is, you will love Geography!!!

During our Lessons . . . .

We cover physical and human geography with 2 separate teachers, so far this year we have covered:
Human : - population (factors affecting population growth, change etc.)
- differences between LEDCs and MEDCs
- migration
-population structure
- aging and youthful populations and their problems
- population pyramids
- underpopulation and overpopulation

Physical: - The drainage basin and hydrological cycle
- factors affecting river discharge
- channel processes
- valley profiles
- channel characteristics (and how they change downstream)
- Landforms of fluvial erosion and deposition
- River rejuvination
- Impact and causes of flooding

Since our Return . . . .

Since our return from the Cevennes - we have been getting very excited about our write up of the trip. We have been producing a written account which includes:
- detailed accounts of our everyday antics
- our hypothesis and methodology from our pilot study and the day we spent meant measuring the river Souteyran
- data collection for analysis of results
- analysis of results including graphs, charts, statistical analysis etc.