U7 Development

We will prepare this unit with the help of THESE presentations:

1) Presentation nº 1: Very much on the line of the contents in our book

2) Presentation nº2: More focused to population, although it is obviously related with development as well

Unit 6: The tertiary sector

We can prepare this unit with the help of these two presentantions:

1) Tertiary sector I: It follows very well the main contents of this unit

2) Tertiary sector II:  slightly shallower, but very clear and with good geographic cartography

VIDEOS:

1) A.V.E. in Spain

2) Necessary and unnecessary infrastructures in Madrid: the empty radiales 

3) Basic historical evolution of the sea transport

4) Ports as links between sea and land transportation

5) Some data about tourism in Spain in 2015

6) Cheap mass-tourism in Spain

Unit 5: The Secondary sector (mining, energy and industry)

We can prepare this unit, focused to the Secondary sector of economy, through these two presentations:

1) Presentation #1: Shorter, a good introduction

2) Presentation #2: Longer  

 

VIDEOS:

1) Mining in current Spain  

2) Coltan mining in current Africa 

3) Renewable sources of energy  

4) Fossil fuels  

5) Oil and gas formation

6) The I & II Industrial Revolutions

7) II Industrial Revolution: chain production (Charles Chaplin´s "Modern times")

8) Chinese economic growth

9) The B.R.I.C.S.

10) Detroit: a city in bankrupt

11) Reduction of the Secondary sector in Spain because the crisis 

12) Construction as a problem in Spain 

13) Recovery of construction in Spain

14) Secondary sector in Spain

Unit 4: The Primary sector

We will prepare this unit with the help of the following presentations:

1) Presentation #1: This will be very useful for the class; it is clear, not too long and includes the main contents of this unit 

2) Presentation #2: Also very good, following very much the  contents in our book.  

3) Presentation #3: Primary sector in Spain

Extra and supporting contents:


1) You can watch HERE a video about the "Mar de Plástico" en Almería; an excellent example of the innovative and highly technified agriculture

2) Video about hydroponic agriculture in Japan 

3) Video about fish farming and geodesic domes

Unit 1: Physical Geography

Here you can see a presentation partially related with the unit 1 in our book: a general overview about the Physical Geography

Pay attention because the order of the continents here is not the same than in our book. Except by that, the rest is quite similar and this presentation can be useful in order to study and understand the better this unit. 

The best way to prepare this unit, in addition of our lessons, the blog and our book, is to play with THIS WEBPAGE. Notices you can select language, so you can play the same maps in Spanish and English. Practice most as you can and have fun! ;-) 

                                


You can prepare Unit #2 with the help of two presentations:

1) Presentation #1: Available through THIS link

2) Presentation #2: Abailable through THIS link

We will prepare this unit with the help of a couple of resources:

1) HERE you can watch a presentation in Power Point related with the water cycle 

2) HERE you can watch another blog with some resources (videos, sketches, activities, etc...) related with the unit

 

Compulsory reading: Jules Verne´s "Around the world in 80 days"

As a compulsory activity for 3ro E.S.O., you have to read the famous novel "Around the world in 80 days", by Jules Verne. It is a magnificent advertures book, focused to the European vision of the world in the XIXth century. 

You can find the full text of the novel HERE

Problems with atmospheric pressure

Here you can watch some videos about problems related with the atmospheric pressure:

1) Chapter of "Desafío Extremo" with Jesús Calleja. They climb the Kilimanjaro very well-prepared, but some of the tourists suffer the altitude sickness (mal de altura).

2) El "síncope de la apnea" for scuba divers, specially those without any oxigen equiptment (inmersión por apnea)

3) Problems with the pressure in the cabin in a comercial flight

However, remember these situations are produced by incorrect human behaviors. It is necessary to respect Nature and also the limits of the human body, but it is no good to be scared neither. You can practice all these activities and sports if you want, but always been responsible and following a very correct equipment and previous preparation :-)