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In the News
Todays is World Oceans Day (thanks to Stephen Schwab for the reminder!), and a perfect time to think about the concept of 'marine identity', which has been endorsed as part of the UN Ocean Decade.
Geography News Quiz: 19th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 12th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 5th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Flag of the Week - 1st May 2023
Here is this week's Flag of the Week - hopefully this free and ready-to-go activity will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part of your lessons. This week we are looking at the...
Geography News Quiz: 28th April 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Many of us find the GCSE Resource Management unit a bit dry to teach, so although most of us would be against plans for large scale energy developments in the UK due to their environmental impacts,...
Flag of the Week - 24th April 2023
Here is this week's Flag of the Week - hopefully this free and ready-to-go activity will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part of your lessons. This week we are looking at the...
Geography News Quiz: 21st April 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Over the last few months Rishi Sunak has made it very clear what he thinks about maths in school. He has stated that he wants all pupils studying some sort of maths until the age of 18, and claims...
Flag of the Week - 27th March 2023
Here is this week's Flag of the Week - hopefully this free and ready-to-go activity will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part of your lessons. This week we are looking at Uganda...
Geography News Quiz: 24th March 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Public emergency alerts on UK phones
A new public warning system designed to alert people to the threat of natural hazards is to go on trial in the UK next month. Sent by the emergency services or the government, messages will trigger...
Flag of the Week - 20th March 2023
Here is this week's Flag of the Week - hopefully this free and ready-to-go activity will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part of your lessons. This week we are looking at Alaska...
Geography News Quiz: 17th March 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Are protected cold environments really that safe? It seems not!
At the weekend the US government announced that it was imposing limits on oil and gas drilling in 16 million acres of Alaska and the Arctic Ocean - yet on Monday President approved the highly...
A couple of weeks ago we posted a blog about the recent shortages of certain produce seen in our supermarkets.
Flag of the Week - 13th March 2023
Here is this week's Flag of the Week - hopefully this free and ready-to-go activity will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part of your lessons. This week we are looking at Yemen...
Geography News Quiz: 10th March 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Issues associated with Global Governance: Asylum 2023
Struggling to find an ‘issue associated with attempts at global governance’ to discuss in class? This week’s news has come to your rescue, with the UK Government pitted against the UN Refugee...