Boolean Searching.

Boolean searching is when uses the operating key words such as AND, OR, NOT and quotation marks. Boolean searching is used

AQA Exam.

Strengths:
My strengths in exams are explaining and describing.

Improvement:
I need to improve on my question reading skills. like reading and understanding the command words (describe, explain)

Tips:
Read the question and make sure you understand it before answering it. Don;t spend so much time on one question if you don't understand it. Use flashcards to help you revise.

Developing skills. Note taking.

Why do we need to learn the skill of note taking?
 We need to learn the skill of note taking because it might help us for future exams and classes.

Top tips for taking notes:
Keywords
Bulletpoints
Diagrams
Easy to understand
Flashcards.

Reflecting:
a) What are the issues with my note taking?
I make it to detailed which can be hard to understand.

b) How can I overcome these?
 I can try to only use keywords.


My targets for improving my note taking.
I will use K.I.S.S ( Keep it simple stupid)
I will make flashcards.

The Fold Mountain Mystery.

How did Alfred find fossilised sea creatures high up in the Alps?

Your task is to use the comments from the mystery to help you answer a ‘classic’ GCSE Geography examination question.  Think carefully about what information the evidence is giving you and how you can use this to support and develop your answer.  Your key aim is to use key terminology appropriately and effectively.

1.     Read the ‘mystery’ cards.  Think about what is relevant/irrelevant for the question “how did Alfred find fossilised seas creatures high up in the Alps?”

2.     Can you group or organise the information?  What groups are there?  Why are they relevant?

Some of the cards are irrelevant because they talk about what Alfred likes to do, what the plate tectonics are or what you are the young fold mountains are. The relevant cards are about what geosynclines, how they find fossilised sea creatures in the Alps and the process of how fossilised sea creatures are found.

3.     Answer the GCSE question at the top of the page.

How did Alfred find fossilised sea creatures high up in the Alps? 

Note: I used the terms

When sea animals die, their remains may fall to the bottom of the sea and they become covered in sediment. Over millions of years the sediments were compressed into sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone. Rivers carried sediment and deposited them into depressions known as geosynclines. There were long periods of quiet between earth movements during which sedimentary rocks, thousands of metres thick, formed huge depressions called geosynclines. Geosynclines are huge depressions which often contain seas. The sedimentary rocks were forced upwards into a series of folds by the movement of tectonic plates. In some places, the folds were pushed over on one side to give overfolds, while in some of the highest fold mountains, such as the Alps, the rocks have been severely folded and faulted into nappes. When limestone is exposed to wind, rain and chemical weathering, fossils may become exposed.

There were long periods of quiet between earth movements during which sedimentary rocks, thousands of metres thick, formed huge depressions called geosynclines.	In some places, the folds were pushed over on one side to give overfolds, while in some of the highest fold mountains, such as the Alps, the rocks have been severely folded and faulted into nappes.
Sometimes the folds were simple upfolds (anticlines) and down folds (synclines).	Geosynclines are huge depressions which often contain seas.
Over millions of years the sediments were compressed into sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone.	Rivers carried sediment and deposited them into depressions known as geosynclines.
The sedimentary rocks were forced upwards into a series of folds by the movement of tectonic plates.	Recent mountain building movements have created the Alps, Himalayas, Rockies and Andes., some of which are still rising. They are called “young fold mountains”.
Tectonic plates are sections of the earth’s crust.	Alfred is a keen geologist.
Tectonic plates float on the mantle – molten rock beneath the earth’s surface	Alfred is also a keen climber and is preparing to climb Mt Blanc. He enjoys the amazing scenery created by overfolds and nappes.
The mantle is continually moving due to convection currents.	The Alps reach great heights – the highest peak is Mt Blanc in France at 4810 m
Fold mountains occur where two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.	A compressional margin occurs when two tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
The Alps are known as “young fold mountains”	The Alps lie at a compressional margin.
Fold mountains have been formed at times in the earth’s geological history called mountain-building periods.	Early geologists suggested that the fossils of sea creatures were deposited on mountains by Noah’s flood.
When sea animals die, their remains may fall to the bottom of the sea and they become covered in sediment.	When limestone is exposed to wind, rain and chemical weathering, fossils may become exposed.

Locating Boundaries & Describing Patterns.

Name a place on Earth where two plates are converging:
Nazca Plate in South America.
Name a place where two plates are diverging:
Great Rift Valley in Northeastern Africa.
Name a place where two plates are sliding along each other:
San Andrea Fault in North America.
Which boundaries are most common? Why do you think this is?
The most common plate boundary is the divergent because it forms volcanic islands and crust.
Are there any other patterns you notice? What are they?
One of the patterns are that they usually occur on the oceanic crust or at the coast. The most common hazards are usually earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is Malaysia's tectonic setting? How does this affect us? How does this compare to New Zealand, the West coast of America or Japan?
Malaysia is located in the Ring of Fire. This is part of the destructive plate boundary. Its usually where volcanoes are located and occur.  New Zealand, the West of America and Japan are all part of the Ring of Fire.

Plate Boundaries Reflection

- What did you learn from this task?
I learned that its hard to work in a team. I also learned many new facts about the plate boundaries.

-  What skills did you use?  How did you use them?
We used our researching skills to look for the information about the plate boundaries and wrote it down on a script to read it on video.

-  How effective were your team?  Did you work well together?  Why or why not?
Our team worked together pretty well. We each had a different job since each of us is good at doing something different like researching or editing. I would say our team was pretty effective.

-  What did you think of your final product?  Why?
I think our final product was okay because we added information and pictures, but we did could have done better by making more creative and interesting.

-  Did you achieve your success criteria?  Why or why not?
Yes, I achieved my success criteria which was to work well in a team. I find this very important since we all depend on each other.

-  What would you change, or develop if you were to do this again?
I would change our presenting style. We could have been more creative. We also could have added more information to make it more specific.

Continential Drift Theory

 Pangea is also known as the super continent. Why is it called the super continent? No it does not have super powers. It in fact is a super continent due to its land mass. It's HUGE! Scientists believe that Pangea existed before our present day seven continents. Over a million years later they started separating till we have our present continents known as North America, South America, Europe,  Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.

Gondwanaland is the two most southern part of Pangea. It later separated to more continents.


Future Scenerio
In the future I believe that our present continents will separate to more continents and islands since the plate tectonics are already drawn.