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Seeing Synopticity in the Smog

Andy Day

25th June 2015

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One of the challenges for budding geographers at A-Level is to develop an awareness of "synopticity". What does synopticity mean? We explore synopticity and offer a fine example.

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Andy Day

Andy recently finished being a classroom geographer after 35 years at two schools in East Yorkshire as head of geography, head of the humanities faculty and director of the humanities specialism. He has written extensively about teaching and geography - with articles in the TES, Geography GCSE Wideworld and Teaching Geography.

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