This week you’ll have a look at your first journal article. If you’re planning to head to university, journal articles are one of the main ways you’ll learn and keep up to date with developments in what you’re studying.
The climate impact of COVID-19 induced contrail changes
Journal articles are written by subject specialists (usually academics) and are peer-reviewed. This means that they are checked, in detail, by other experts in the subject before they are published. This gives them an extra level of reliability.
They are also all required to accurately reference any information they state. They do this with in-text references like:
“In CESM, aviation aerosols, especially SO4, tend to mix downward to affect liquid clouds below (Gettelman and Chen, 2013).”
These in-text references can then be matched to the reference list, which gives more information about where to find the source of the information.
Journal articles can use technical language and a structure that makes it hard for non-subject specialists to access. You’ll need to read it slowly, checking your understanding regularly as you go.
Geographical Reading (Advanced Higher Geography)Geographical Study
This week we’ll round off looking at ways to display data in a graphical form with dispersion diagrams and scatter graphs.
Geographical Techniques
This week we will start work on experiencing and learning about a series of geographical techniques. Some of these might be useful for your own Geographical Study, whilst others you will need to have knowledge of for your exam.
We’ll head out to look at soil analysis this week, testing:
-
pH using an electronic meter
-
pH using a test tube and pH strips
-
temperature using an electronic probe
-
moisture using an electronic probe
-
moisture using a heating technique where we weigh the soil before and after heating
-
soil profiles where a section of soil is dug to show the different horizons and descriptions made. These include structure, texture, organic content, colour and depth
