Geography

Teaching activity

Powerful Geography Questions

Geoff Riley

13th October 2017

I wanted to share with you the growing series of powerful Geography questions that our subject-lead Andy Day has been sharing with us through his twitter feed.

There are some great questions here to encourage discussion and deeper enquiry.

Powerful Geog Qs: On maps there's a border line between England & Scotland. But no physical entity on the ground. So what is a 'border'? #9
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) October 13, 2017

Powerful Geog Qs: Is it possible, somewhere along their course, for rivers to erode their channel below sea level? #8
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) October 12, 2017

Powerful Geog Qs: CO2 is pumped into glasshouses to promote growth. So will the earth's veg. be stimulated by rising levels- & absorb it? #7
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) October 11, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: As nations develop economically, the DR goes down. So how come Germany's DR is over double that of Morocco? #6
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) October 10, 2017

Powerful Geog Qs: CO2 is pumped into glasshouses to promote growth. So will the earth's veg. be stimulated by rising levels- & absorb it? #7
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) October 11, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: Why is it some countries rich in mineral resources are poor, & why are some that lack minerals, wealthy? #5
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) September 29, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: if there are more, & more intense hurricanes, will there be more, &/or more intense areas of High Pressure? #4 pic.twitter.com/pXKGM3aaOV
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) September 28, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: Why are capital cities not always the largest city in a country? #3
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) September 27, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: on an emergent coastline, how would you know if the sea-level had fallen, or the land had risen? #2
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) September 26, 2017

Powerful Geography Questions: In physical & human geog there is cause and effect. Is every effect a cause; & is every cause an effect? #1
— Andy Day (@Andyphilipday) September 25, 2017

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff