Geography at BMS

Ok kids, slight hitch – the video file was too large to upload! So if you follow the link below you should find a page with some video links (it’s he sight of Millfield School). Scroll down the list to the Nairobi.wmv file, and watch the film.

Click here

When you have watched it answer these Q’s on paper and hand them in next Tuesday (16th Dec)

1. Why have so many people migrated to Nairobi from the countryside?
2. What impacts has this had on Nairobi?
3. What problems face migrants living in the squatter settlements?

Year 7’s have been asked to look into the continuing growth of the Earths human population for homework. Is it sustainable? Can it be controlled? Are we doomed? Many current predictions for the world and the UK are worrying, with population numbers reaching levels that will lead to many problems. This article on the BBC News website: ‘UK population may double by 2081′ examines some predictions for the UK. This discussion piece, from the BBC’s Viewpoint: ‘Humanity is the greatest challenge’, sets out the opinions of Professor J Feeney, an American population academic. Read through these articles and use them as a starting point for your homework – what are the potential problems being created by our populations growth?

I have also added a link to the population counter we used in class: POPULATION COUNTER

I listened to an interesting discussion on the radio this afternoon based on newly released migration figures from the Office of National Statistics. These figures suggest that future UK population growth will be driven by net migration – that means the number of migrants into the country is greater than the number of migrants out of the country. The program hosted a discussion on this contentious subject based on the question: ‘are we full?’, and included several different points of view. Those represented included the Optimum Population Trust and the Local Government Association. You can listen to this interesting topical discussion on the BBC Radio Five website: Simon Mayo’s program, Tuesday 20th November - use the ‘Listen again’ option at the top of the page and fast forward through the program to 2hours 09minutes (02:09:00).