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Climate change could turn Ireland’s legendary emerald landscape a dusty tan, with profound effects on its society and culture, a new study reported.

Entitled Changing Shades of Green, the report by the Irish American Climate Project twins science gleaned from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the musings of a poet, a fiddler, a fisherman, a farmer and others with deep connections to Ireland.

“The lush greens could turn to brown and the soft rains that people talk about as a blessing – May the rains fall soft upon your field – those soft rains could turn harsh,” said Kevin Sweeney, an environmental consultant who directs the climate project.

The Age: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Melbourne’s leading newspaper.

Students who want to expand their understanding of coastal systems should have a look at this show.

SHARK BAY

Home to the famous Monkey Mia dolphins, the second largest population of dugongs in the world and a whole host of shark species, Shark Bay is a World Heritage listed site and one of the planet’s most important natural areas.

Saturday 22 March 2008 4.30pm
ABC1 Rating: (G, Rpt)
Duration: 30 mins

The Allies

Britain and its empire
Including Australia and New Zealand
France and its empire
Belgium
Russia (until 1917)
Serbia
Italy (from 1915)
United States of America (from 1917)
Minor participants such as Japan.

Central Powers

Germany
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria (from 1915)

Activity

Colour in the provided map to show each alliance.
Use only two colours.
Allies one colour.
Central Alliance another colour.

Schlieffen Plan

This German plan assumed it would face two enemies when war broke out.
Russia in the east.
France in the west.

The plan was to quickly defeat France before Russia could mobilise its army. With France defeated it could concentrate on fighting Russia.

Things went badly for Germany

This plan failed for a number of reasons.
Russia moved their troops more quickly than expected.
Belgium refused to allow Germany access and put up fierce resistance to German invasion.
The invasion of neutral Belgium enraged Britain who joined the war.

The Stalemate

Both sides raced to secure the ports on the British Channel.
When winter started they literally dug in and created trenches stretching from the Switzerland to the English Channel.
This was the Western Front and its position changed very little for the duration of the war.

Sandy beaches
Cliffs
Wetlands.
Eg Mangrove Swamps
Coral Reefs
Seagrass meadows
Low wave energy.

News Folio Tasks

Point Judith Corrosion Test Site & Coast Guard station by misterbisson

In the first week back after the holidays there will be an open book test for our coasts unit. You will be able to study for this using the notes and exercises from class as well as your experience on the field trip to Barwon Bluff, Ocean Grove and Point Lonsdale.

I will give a little revision time in the first week back but you’d do well to look over your notes again during the holidays.

the early bird….. by jaki good

I should mention that it was terrific to see that someone has already completed and submitted the World War One History Assignment. For the record it was exactly what I asked for an earn this student an A for this task.

Draw a picture of a beach.
List and label examples of the four systems and how you think they produced the coastline shown.

When Hydrosphere and Atmosphere meet

Waves: Erosion and Sediment.
Erosion – wearing away.
Transportation – moving from one place to another.
Deposition – leaving somewhere.

In Victoria swell is caused by the wind coming across Bass Strait and local winds.
Size of the swell is determined by the speed of the wind and the distance it has travelled.
The distance the wind moves over the water is called the fetch.

Energy transfers to the water which moves in a circular motion.
This becomes simply back and forth in shallow water.
Waves build and collapse in shallow water.
Form a breaker.
More turbulence means more sediment is moved.

The movement of water up the shore is called the swash.
The movement back in called backwash.

Constructive Waves

These build beaches.
Waves of less than 1 metre.
Less than 10 breaking per minute.
Swash is stronger than the backwash and there is a net movement of sediments onto the beach.

Destructive Waves

These take sediment away.
Larger than one metre.
Break more than fifteen per minute.
There are coastal treatments to reduce this damage.
Groynes
Some seawalls.

WW1 Assignment 2008

Coasts Excursion Worksheet

Chapter Questions (word document)

Chapter 9 Crossword (pdf)

Chapter 15 Crossword (pdf)