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...
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 Biden 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.