Yr11 - Canterbury Earthquake - useful links

Great images of the city before and after the quake.

The video below is from GNS science and describes the impact of the seismic waves on Christchurch

A documentary about the Christchurch Earthquake

Yr11 - Natural Hazards in New Zealand

Some great videos on New Zealands Natural Hazards from GNS Science.

Video on the Tsunami Hazard in New Zealand

Yr13 - Some useful links to help you look at Birth Rate as a Global Pattern

Up to date information from the world bank.

A map showing births and deaths in real time from The Atlantic

Article in the Telegraph describing how Italy is a dieing country

Link to article on Japans falling birth rate

Link to BBC Bitesize revision summarising the causes of falling birth rates

Yr11, Yr12,YR13 - Geographical Concepts

Differences in Development - What do people have for school dinner around the globe?

What do students eat at school around the globe?

Below is a link to a good article about a photographer who took pictures comparing what the wealthy and poor eat in countries across the globe. Some of it is quite shocking.

Huffington Post Link

And...what does the world eat for breakfast?

Inequality and Spatial Distribution of Wealth

Great interactive map of wealth in NZ. Where do all the wealthy live in and where are the poorest regions? Why do the poor live in these areas?

This could be a possible topic for one of the Internals and is really interesting anyway!

Article in NZ Herald on the relative earnings of the population

Toilets from around the world!

Great article on toilets around the world.

Some absolutely brilliant pictures highlighting the differences between countries and facilities around the world.

Could be useful for development and a possible topic for the internal assessment.