Blog and updates
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28 Feb 2023
The 15-minute city
Have you heard of the 15-minute city? It’s a concept that has sparked much interest and some controversy in the last few months. If you are teaching (or studying) Changing places or Contemporary...
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26 Feb 2023
Flag of the Week - 27th February 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...
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24 Feb 2023
Geography News Quiz: 24th February 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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23 Feb 2023
Has the Hungry Gap Caused a Supermarket Sweep?
If anyone in the UK was planning to give up fresh salad for Lent then they might have been dealt a helping hand. This week supermarkets such as ASDA, Tesco and ALDI announced that they have...
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19 Feb 2023
Flag of the Week - 20th February 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 Mexico...
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17 Feb 2023
Geography News Quiz: 17th February 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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16 Feb 2023
Podcast Recommendation - Reasons to be Cheerful: How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier
One of the things I miss now that I am working from home is listening to podcasts as I drove to and from school, so this week I decided it was time to catch up with some episodes of one of my...
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12 Feb 2023
Flag of the Week - 13th February 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 Turkey...
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10 Feb 2023
Geography News Quiz: 10th February 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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7 Feb 2023
The Turkey/Syria earthquake - not just a new case study!
As geographers we often find it handy when a natural hazard event takes place during our hazards scheme of work - it can make what you are teaching much more relevant to the students, and obviously...
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5 Feb 2023
Flag of the Week - 6th February 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 Peru and...
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31 Jan 2023
Forces for Change – Bank of Dave
My Year 12 “wider reading” recommendation for Changing Places this week was simple and straightforward. Go on Netflix and watch ‘Bank of Dave’. I watched it myself on Sunday afternoon and it was a...
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29 Jan 2023
Flag of the Week - 30th January 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 Japan...
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26 Jan 2023
Japan - a population in crisis!
Japan's birth rate has plummeted to 1.3 babies per woman, with births dropping to a record-low of 800,000 last year. A birth rate of 2.1 is needed to keep the population stable. But what has...
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25 Jan 2023
Futuristic Japan heading for the history books?
Earlier I read an article about Japan's 'population crisis' and just as I was about to blog about that, I stumbled across a really interesting piece about how Japan is stuck in a time warp and...
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24 Jan 2023
The Rapidly Growing Magic of the Washing Machine
After ten days without a working washing machine, yesterday, a new machine arrived! I’m tempted to watch it like TV, such is the positive impact it has had on my family already. Momentarily gazing,...
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22 Jan 2023
Flag of the Week - 23rd January 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 New...
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