Comments on: S1 Page http://jdmcd.edublogs.org A space to reflect on geography, education and the world about us. Mon, 04 May 2009 16:38:37 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: jdmcd http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-266 jdmcd Mon, 04 May 2009 16:38:37 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-266 Greg, A drumlin is a small, oval hill made of a mixture of clay and boulders. It was formed during the Ice Age.A glacier would push up the clay and boulders to make the drumlin. Drumlins are very good sites for settlements. Eg-the original site of Glasgow, where the Necropolis is now, is on a drumlin. They are good for defence, as they give you a view over the ground below. see http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=drumlins&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi for images. Greg, A drumlin is a small, oval hill made of a mixture of clay and boulders. It was formed during the Ice Age.A glacier would push up the clay and boulders to make the drumlin. Drumlins are very good sites for settlements. Eg-the original site of Glasgow, where the Necropolis is now, is on a drumlin. They are good for defence, as they give you a view over the ground below.
see http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=drumlins&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi for images.

]]> By: CHRIS LAING http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-215 CHRIS LAING Wed, 28 May 2008 12:07:13 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-215 LOVE THE SLIDE VERY INTRESTING HERE ARE SOME MORE FACTS Food transport for UK consumption accounts for around 30 billion kilometres of vehicle travel every year and accounts for around 25% of all mileage clocked up by lorries in the UK. UK food transport is responsible for around 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year. This represented 1.8 percent of the total annual UK CO2 emissions. Transport of food by air has the highest CO2 emissions per mile and is the fastest growing mode of transportation. Although air freight of food accounts for only 1% of the miles travelled, it produces 11% of all CO2 emissions from food transportation. The average UK family spend £189 every year on fuel visiting the supermarket to do their weekly shopping. Many food products are shipped to the UK despite identical varieties of fruit and vegetables being available from UK farmers. Around half of all vegetables and 95% of all fruit consumed in the United Kingdom are produced overseas. The amount of food air-freighted around the world has risen by 140% since 1992. The average number of miles travelled from farmer to plate for all vegetables for local produce and those conventionally sourced are 56 miles and 1,494 miles respectively. LOVE THE SLIDE VERY INTRESTING
HERE ARE SOME MORE FACTS
Food transport for UK consumption accounts for around 30 billion kilometres of vehicle travel every year and accounts for around 25% of all mileage clocked up by lorries in the UK.
UK food transport is responsible for around 19 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year. This represented 1.8 percent of the total annual UK CO2 emissions.
Transport of food by air has the highest CO2 emissions per mile and is the fastest growing mode of transportation. Although air freight of food accounts for only 1% of the miles travelled, it produces 11% of all CO2 emissions from food transportation.
The average UK family spend £189 every year on fuel visiting the supermarket to do their weekly shopping.
Many food products are shipped to the UK despite identical varieties of fruit and vegetables being available from UK farmers.
Around half of all vegetables and 95% of all fruit consumed in the United Kingdom are produced overseas.
The amount of food air-freighted around the world has risen by 140% since 1992.
The average number of miles travelled from farmer to plate for all vegetables for local produce and those conventionally sourced are 56 miles and 1,494 miles respectively.

]]> By: Harriet http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-205 Harriet Thu, 22 May 2008 16:05:11 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-205 hi mr mcdougall i think that the slide show about sustainable food was really good and it put across to me just how much we take our food for granted and waste so much of it. also it isn't right that Britain should get supplies like strawberries from spain, when the ones growing here aren't in season, because it wastes so much energy (which contributes to global warming) just by flying the strawberries over!! we should think about things like saving energy by walking or cycling from place to place instead of driving, not wasting food, saving electricity at home and school and thinking about other people more in general. E.G the people in Kenya hardly have enough food to survive while we waste so much. i think that the government should have a ban on wasting food and treat it more like we were in a war. O.K..............this is probably a bit too extreme but at least it might make people think before they chuck unwanted food!! hi mr mcdougall

i think that the slide show about sustainable food was really good and it put across to me just how much we take our food for granted and waste so much of it. also it isn’t right that Britain should get supplies like strawberries from spain, when the ones growing here aren’t in season, because it wastes so much energy (which contributes to global warming) just by flying the strawberries over!!
we should think about things like saving energy by walking or cycling from place to place instead of driving, not wasting food, saving electricity at home and school and thinking about other people more in general. E.G the people in Kenya hardly have enough food to survive while we waste so much. i think that the government should have a ban on wasting food and treat it more like we were in a war. O.K…………..this is probably a bit too extreme but at least it might make people think before they chuck unwanted food!!

]]> By: jdmcd http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-199 jdmcd Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:11:03 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-199 Thanks Meghan. This is what I like about blogs-instant observation and reponse. The best time to learn about something is when we experience it-you are far more interested in why we get thunder when we are in the middle of a thunderstorm, for example. However, as I write this, there is blue sky over Glasgow and calm appears to have returned. Just think, if you lived in the Amazon rain Forest, this would be a daily occurence for much of the year. (More about this in the S2 course next session!) Get the latest weather here: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ Thanks Meghan. This is what I like about blogs-instant observation and reponse. The best time to learn about something is when we experience it-you are far more interested in why we get thunder when we are in the middle of a thunderstorm, for example. However, as I write this, there is blue sky over Glasgow and calm appears to have returned. Just think, if you lived in the Amazon rain Forest, this would be a daily occurence for much of the year. (More about this in the S2 course next session!) Get the latest weather here:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/

]]> By: Meghan 1T9 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-198 Meghan 1T9 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:09:07 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-198 Hello, When I got home grom school today there was a thunderstorm. As I looked out the window I thought to myself - how do these kind of storms form. I was so frustrated as i did not know the answer so i decied to go look it up - and this is what i found out. Most thunderstorms are associated with towering clouds known as cumulonimbus. The right conditions for the formation of a thunderstorm are (a) unstable air and (b) a mechanism for causing air to rise. Air is said to be unstable when a 'parcel' of air continues to rise of its own accord after being given an upward impetus. This instability is the result of a rapid fall of temperature with height as well as a considerable amount of moisture. The mechanism may be provided by a sufficiently warm surface; the air near the surface being forced to rise over higher ground; or instability in the large-scale ascent within a front. As an example, on a summer's day, the land is warmed by the sun, and as the air just above becomes warmer it starts to rise. As it rises it cools, and, if cooled sufficiently, cumulus clouds form at the condensation level. These small, white puffy clouds grow larger and larger as the temperature of the ground increases, causing more warm air to rise. Meghan Hughes. :) Hello,
When I got home grom school today there was a thunderstorm. As I looked out the window I thought to myself – how do these kind of storms form. I was so frustrated as i did not know the answer so i decied to go look it up – and this is what i found out.

Most thunderstorms are associated with towering clouds known as cumulonimbus. The right conditions for the formation of a thunderstorm are (a) unstable air and (b) a mechanism for causing air to rise.

Air is said to be unstable when a ‘parcel’ of air continues to rise of its own accord after being given an upward impetus. This instability is the result of a rapid fall of temperature with height as well as a considerable amount of moisture. The mechanism may be provided by a sufficiently warm surface; the air near the surface being forced to rise over higher ground; or instability in the large-scale ascent within a front.

As an example, on a summer’s day, the land is warmed by the sun, and as the air just above becomes warmer it starts to rise. As it rises it cools, and, if cooled sufficiently, cumulus clouds form at the condensation level. These small, white puffy clouds grow larger and larger as the temperature of the ground increases, causing more warm air to rise.

Meghan Hughes. :)

]]> By: Ahmad 1T4 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-190 Ahmad 1T4 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:58:46 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-190 hi! i just wanted to ask could you please put all the things that are going to come up in the test. thanks hi!
i just wanted to ask could you please put all the things that are going to come up in the test.
thanks

]]> By: Meghan 1T9 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-188 Meghan 1T9 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:56:12 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-188 Hello mr Mcdougall. Today i went on a visit to Holyrood secondary school to learn about prejudice and sectarianism. We discovered that both schools have sterotypes about each other, for example some Holyrood pupils though that Hutchie pupils were going to be rich, spoilt, brats and stuck up, by the end of the lesson they had discovered that we were nothing like that ! On the other hand Hutchie pupils thought that Holyrood pupils were going to be neddy, rough, armed and not very nice. By the end we had also discovered that Holyrood pupils were nothing like that !! We found out that Holyrood pupils were funny, charming and very friendly. On the whole i enjoyed my day out at Holyrood and fund it very interesting. Also i got to catch up with some old friends of mine and i also made some new ones too. Meghan Hughes. Hello mr Mcdougall.
Today i went on a visit to Holyrood secondary school to learn about prejudice and sectarianism. We discovered that both schools have sterotypes about each other, for example some Holyrood pupils though that Hutchie pupils were going to be rich, spoilt, brats and stuck up, by the end of the lesson they had discovered that we were nothing like that ! On the other hand Hutchie pupils thought that Holyrood pupils were going to be neddy, rough, armed and not very nice. By the end we had also discovered that Holyrood pupils were nothing like that !! We found out that Holyrood pupils were funny, charming and very friendly. On the whole i enjoyed my day out at Holyrood and fund it very interesting. Also i got to catch up with some old friends of mine and i also made some new ones too.

Meghan Hughes.

]]> By: Sam 1T9 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-185 Sam 1T9 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:00:40 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-185 Today some pupils from Hutchie went to Holyrood School as part of the Mark Scott Foundation. Mark Scott was a St.Aloysius pupil who was stabbed at an old firm game. We took part in many activities and we soscialised with them. People think that the pupils from Hutcchie and Holyrood are completely different but in actual fact there is no difference at all. They are nice people and it shows that the barrier between public and private schools is not as high as one would think. I was extremley nervous this morning but there was really nothing to be nervous about. Sam Today some pupils from Hutchie went to Holyrood School as part of the Mark Scott Foundation. Mark Scott was a St.Aloysius pupil who was stabbed at an old firm game.
We took part in many activities and we soscialised with them.
People think that the pupils from Hutcchie and Holyrood are completely different but in actual fact there is no difference at all.
They are nice people and it shows that the barrier between public and private schools is not as high as one would think.
I was extremley nervous this morning but there was really nothing to be nervous about.

Sam

]]> By: Harriet http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-184 Harriet Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:30:27 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-184 Hi Mr Mcdougall i think that the opening of terminal 5 @ Heathrow was quite a good idea because the airport is rapidly growing in size and sooner or later they'd have to enlarge it because i think it is one of the biggest airports!!! but i also think that it might just cause more tourism which will make britain very crowded... from harriet Hi Mr Mcdougall

i think that the opening of terminal 5 @ Heathrow was quite a good idea because the airport is rapidly growing in size and sooner or later they’d have to enlarge it because i think it is one of the biggest airports!!!
but i also think that it might just cause more tourism which will make britain very crowded…

from harriet

]]> By: jdmcd http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/comment-page-2/#comment-183 jdmcd Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:50:54 +0000 http://jdmcd.edublogs.org/s1-page/#comment-183 Ahmad, links for revision now added. Lena, have you any comments for me about your hockey team? Ahmad, links for revision now added. Lena, have you any comments for me about your hockey team?

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