A-Levels Online – Geography

                                

All subjects: Intute – excellent virtual training and resources by subject  

The Professionals: Royal Geographical Society ,  Royal Scottish Geographical Society , Manchester Geographical Society , Economic Geography Group , Geography Association , European Geography Association for Students , Geography Discipline Network

Magazines: Geographical ,  National Geographic , Focus + Scientific American + Geography Review + Weather  (all in library)

Blogs

Sites: Give Geography Its Place ,   Geography Fieldwork , Geography by Teachers , Geo Information Gateway , BUBL ,  US Map Info , Geography Pages , Statistics , BBC Byte Size , Physical Geography , Historical Mapping   ,

Glossary     News     Jobs

Find more A level Geography resources in the library @ shelf 910

(We have checked all these links and the resources should be FREE. If any of the sites are unsuitable, let us know and we will remove the links.)

Red Cross – News Think!

 

Sun, sand and sea ….. what happened when two very different worlds came into sudden, direct contact on the Canary Islands

Green Gals and Guys

Creature Discomforts – Change Your View of (Dis)Ability

Aardman Site                           Creature Discomforts Site

Leonard Cheshire Homes

Ouch Internet Magazine – see life from a different point of view

Llandrillo Equality & Diversity Schemes

Conwy Council Equality Schemes 

Disability Challengers

National Youth Agency

 English Federation of Disability Sport

Aidis Trust

 

 

 

Red Cross – NewsThink!

 

The real stories from behind the headlines

Tutors are encouraged to use these links as a “Thought for the Day” or to start a class discussion…..

23rd November 2007 – Bangladesh Cyclone, Living with HIV, Closing Guantanamo Bay, Creature Comforts Disability Awareness

 9th November 2007 – Warwickshire Warehouse Blaze, Children’s Charity Kidnapping Accusation, Unfair Redundancy for Disabled Workers, World Toilet Summit

Lets Hear It For The Girls

***NEW***

***Just In***

What’s the difference between a crush and an obsession? Mattie is unfortunately about to find out …..

WPC Bloggs claims to be a real Police woman. Besides making tea, gossiping, getting buried under paperwork and flirting with the male officers, she occasionally arrests people…

 Kelly Ann and Chris are finally together, but if he thinks he’s getting any further than that he’s got another think coming…..

Young Lives

Modern inner city life is the dramatic setting for both of these fictional novels, but the stories could have come straight from the headlines we see every day ….

 

Based on the hit film by the same name, this book follows a group of teenagers and describes their everyday lives.  The reason they have been allowed off school exposes the true and terrifying effects of bullying and gang culture. This is a book about choices and what influences people to make decisions for the best or for the worst……..

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The main character in this book witnesses his teachers’ murder by two pupils in his school. Jackson can’t talk to a counsellor but is filled with a need to understand why this happened and begins his own investigation. The more he finds out about the boys who did it, the more he comes to understand the reasons why this terrible crime happened….

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There are many organizations in the UK that understand young people and try to help them break away from a life of crime and give them a voice. A few starting points would be - Da Vision , Citizenship Foundation , GameOver , NCH , UK Youth Parliment .

Graphic Novels – Stock Review IV

Graphic Novels aren’t just for the boys sez

  

Getting sent to stay with your stuffy grandparents for the Summer as a punishment turns out to be a lot more exciting than Lottie imagined – especially as a murder mystery needs to be solved……

When family life turns upside down a girl needs to talk about it , but will Tasha’s blog Blabbermouth be the weapon she needs to get to the truth about Jed?

Moving house and changing schools is hard enough, but as the new girl making friends is the real problem. Jane finds hers at the reject table in the cafeteria. And they just all happen to be called Jane too……….

There’s a lot of new GN out there just for girls too – let us know what you want to see in the library

A Levels Online – Law

                                         

All subjects: Intute – excellent virtual training and resources by subject  

The Professionals: Law Society, Assoc of Law Teachers, Charity Law Assoc. , Commonwealth Lawyers Assoc. , Employment Lawyers Assoc. , International Bar Assoc. , Law Commission

Sites: Infolaw , HM Court Service, Revision Notes , A-Level-Law , Statute Law , BUBL ,

Law Blogs 

Glossary      Latin Glossary     Law News

Magazines: All England Law Reports, Criminal Law Review, Croner Employment Law,  The Gazette, IDS Employment Law, Legal Executive, New Law Journal, Solicitors Journal – all in the library. Also Electronic Law Journal.

 

Find more A level law resources in the library @ shelf 340

(We have checked all these links and the resources should be FREE. If any of the sites are unsuitable, let us know and we will remove the links.)

A Levels Online – Physics

All subjects: Intute – excellent virtual training and resources by subject 

  

The Professionals: Institute of Physics, The Royal Society, BSSM, Physics Olympiad, SET

 

S-cool, Matter, Edexcel , Sounds Amazing, PhysicsFactory , Physics.org , BUBL, TRUMP, NASA Podcasts

 

Glossary                                                    Blogs and LibeRaCe posts

News

Magazines – Physics Review (in the library + back issues). You will need an ATHENS password to access Online Journals – ask at desk for details.

 

Find other Physics material in the library @ shelf No. 530

(We have checked all these links and the resources should be FREE. If any of the sites are unsuitable, let us know and we will remove the links.)