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COP28 Teaching Activities: Three Carbon News Stories and How to Use Them
Three recent news stories about the carbon budget and climate have caught my eye. Spoiler-alert: one story features a Pacific 'island paradise'. All are useful hooks to promote students'...
GCSE Geography: Geographical Skills Halloween Quiz
Revise your students' geographical skills using this free Halloween-themed interactive quiz. It has a selection of activities to test those skills that make up 10% of the total marks at GCSE...
GCSE Geography Induction Pack
It's always tricky to know how to start the GCSE course with students - do you spend an hour relaying expectations and explaining the assessment structure and content or do you just plough straight...
A-Level Geography Induction Pack for Year 12
Gearing up for the arrival of Year 12? Grab a copy of this pack of induction activities to slot into your first few lessons of the A-level Geography course.
Geography Advent Calendar: Festive Lesson Activities
Here is an advent calendar activity that you can use with students to test their geographical knowledge in the run up to Christmas. Every window opens to a different activity! Enjoy!
Census 2021: You Can Prove Anything with Statistics
“Lies, damned lies and statistics” is a phrase describing the power of data used to bolster weak arguments. As geographers we rely on statistics to back up and exemplify our assertions, however,...
Creating a Statement of Intent for your Geography Curriculum
As a Subject Leader you have probably been asked to complete a statement of intent to highlight the aims of your geography curriculum. But what should you include?
Festive Quiz Pack 2021 for GCSE Geography
Here is a PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term. The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Festive Quiz Pack 2021 for A-Level Geography
Here are two subject-specific PowerPoint-based quizzes to use in the last few days of a challenging term! Each A level quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a...
Geography Live Revision Sessions for Autumn 2021
The second half of our series of regular livestreamed revision sessions for GCSE & A-Level Geography resumes next week.
Examining a Figure - Where’s the Geography?
This resource makes a great starter or settler activity and could be used to good effect in the introductory lesson of a new topic or term. Its purpose is to help students analyse images through a...
The Science of Wildfires: Why They're Getting Worse
A really interesting video here from the WSJ on the changing nature of wildfires.
Carbon Footprint and the Food Chain
Which apple has a higher carbon footprint? One imported from New Zealand to the UK? Or one grown in the UK?
Seaweed as a Source of Renewable Energy
Fascinating video here from the FT showcasing the research into the potential of seaweed as a source of renewable energy.
National Map Week
Are you aware you can get full U.K. OS map coverage using Bing maps 1:50000 & 1:25000
Twenty photographs of the week
Many Geography teachers will make frequent use of this resource from the Guardian especially when covering the human impact of extreme climatic events.
Powerful Geography Questions
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.
The Perfect Storm - Hurricane Science Explained
An excellent short video here from the WSJ explaining why August and September mark peak hurricane season in the Atlantic basin.
The power and purpose of geography
Geography has seen numbers at both GCSE and A level strengthen significantly this year. Increasingly, the value of the subject is being recognised, its relevance acknowledged and its capacity for...
Regional and country economic indicators for the UK
Here is a goldmine of the latest regional economic data for the UK.
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