GIS in the Classroom Blog 8: How can we use GIS to investigate urban issues and challenges?
One aspect of human geography where GIS can support learning very effectively is in the study of urban issues and challenges, particularly with data visualisation and data analysis. A particular...
Geography News Quiz: 9th June 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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.
In the UK, where weather is allegedly our favourite topic of conversation, to what extent are people aware of the role of geospatial knowledge and skills in forecasting the weather? Many blogs...
GIS in the Classroom Blog 6: How can we use GIS to investigate tectonic processes and hazards?
Geospatial resources are making an increasingly significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s fundamental structure. Consequently, we need to share such developments...
Although there’s a tendency to associate glacial landscapes with upland areas, the whole of Britain and Ireland, along with many other mid-latitude countries, have been profoundly sculpted by...
Geography News Quiz: 19th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
To say that coasts are important to humanity is something of an understatement. Coastal zones enabled our ancestors survive significant climate changes. The spread of humanity frequently happens...
Geography News Quiz: 12th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
What do long profiles and cross profiles really look like? When studying rivers, GIS can help students gain a deeper understanding of how river features are created, think more deeply about the...
Geography News Quiz: 5th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
It’s very important to teach with and about GIS as early as possible in the geography curriculum. ‘But students don’t have access to IT’ is a common and understandable response to this mandate. We...
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.
In a University Challenge 2022-23 quarter final on 13th March, Jeremy Paxman asked this question: ‘Which English physician is noted for his investigations of cholera in nineteenth century London,...
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...