Year 7 - world tour!

Where is Matt dancing?

Watch this video of Matt dancing around the world. Record all 36 locations using a digital map at quikmaps.

White Flight

Watch the programme here

PART ONE



PART TWO



PART THREE

Global Warming

Year 9 - Rivers

Comment here on what
you have learned in today's lesson.

Paying the Price

One solution to the problems of traffic congestion and pollution in urban areas is charging people for each journey they make. A number of cities around the world have tried it. Follow these links to find out more:

A nice flash explanation of London's attempt to congestion charge here
New York's bridge tolls here
Transurban operates road charging in Melbourne, Australia here
Problems and solutions in Rome here

More DME weblinks

British Sugar - some interesting ideas about Biofuels
Using Biofuels in Brazil - The Times article
Powering cars using sugar cane - The Guardian article
Eco-cars!
Pedal-powered cars

Year 10 - Decision Making Exam

Year 10 are sitting the Decision Making Exam on January 25th 2007 in the afternoon. The exam will last 1 hr 30 minutes. This year's topic is Sustainable Transport so be on the look out for anything on the TV / in the newspaper.

Some ideas to get yout thinking:

• SusTrans - a leading sustainable transport charity


• Transport 2000 - The national environment transport campaign


• TRANSform - sustainable transport in Scotland


• Congestion Charging in London


• Toll Roads e.g. M6


• Expanding Airports


• Nottingham Tram


• Food miles


• Transport for London


• Cycle routes