Yr12 - Writing your research plan

The PowerPoint below has some guidance on how to write your research plan. This does not have to be written up in the table provided in your assessment. You can write it up yourself in a Google Doc.

Make sure you describe;

• You aim (what it is you are trying to find out!).
• What information you will collect.
• Why you want to collect it (how it will help you answer the aim).
• How you will collect it.
• Why you will collect it in this way.

Yr12 - Urban Heat Islands

Some good videos explaining the urban heat island effect.

Below are a few links to some useful websites.

Urban Heat Island Causes

What is an Urban Heat Island?

Urban Heat Island increase the speed of growth

National Geographic on Urban Heat Islands

Yr11, yr12, yr13 - Weather Maps Revision

It is possible you may get a weather map to read in your Skills paper - here is a really good video explaining how to interpret a synoptic weather map!

You need to be able to describe what the weather would be like in different places on a map.

High Pressure = Air is sinking. Unlikely to get any precipitation (rain, snow, hail, sleet). Unlikely to be cloudy. In summer = hot or warm weather with clear skies. In winter = cold clear days.

Low Pressure = Air is rising. Likely to get clouds and precipitation (rain, snow, hail, sleet). In winter = cloudy wet days but can be warmer than expected. In summer = cloudy wet days, can be colder than expected for the time of year.

Blue triangles = Cold Front 
Red semicircles = Warm Front