Thursday 31 January 2008

GCSE, Industry, Cadbury Schweppes


We have been looking at the industrial process and how it applies to Cadbury Schweppes. You can find out more about the company and it's products at the company website. Just follow the link below.

Wednesday 30 January 2008

A Level - Food Miles

Part of our work on Agriculture involves the way in which food is sourced from all over the planet. This recent episode of "Costing the Earth" on Radio 4 gives and excellent overview of what is happening. Food for thought.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/mainframe.shtml?http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio4_aod.shtml?radio4/costingtheearth

Friday 18 January 2008

Higher Prelim Revision


Now that you are setting out on your preparation for your Higher you might try checking out some of the excellent revision site son the web. A good place to start is the BBC Bitesize site. Click on the link below to get there....

Friday 11 January 2008

The Cloud Appreciation Society


Here's one for the Boomers. Click on the link below and look skyward with a whole new perspective.


Monday 7 January 2008

Higher, Atmosphere, Global Climate Change


We are just about to start a new section in the Higher syllabus studying the Atmosphere. We will be looking at Global Climate Change as one aspect of this section. A recent post on the BBC website claimed that 2007 was the second warmest year on record in the UK (despite the wet summer!). The link below takes you to the article.



You can get a reminder of the chaotic weather conditions of last year by going to




... and if you want to be ahead of the game by the time that DJC and TLER get around to looking at climate change you can brush up on your GCSE notes by looking at a break down of how it all fits together at