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6 Dec 2022
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!
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6 Dec 2022
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,...
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4 Dec 2022
Flag of the Week - 5th December 2022
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 China...
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2 Dec 2022
Geography News Quiz: 2nd December 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz. There are 8 multi-choice questions on news stories from the past seven days. We are unable to provide an online quiz this week - but have a...
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30 Nov 2022
Sense of Place: Evocative Exhibition Depicts Farming Lives in Cumbria
Forty Farms is a collection of photographs (and film), created in 2020 by photographer (and farmer) Amy Bateman and conveys a real sense of place. It features farms from across Cumbria, many of...
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29 Nov 2022
Place Representation: It's Grim Up North?
English National Opera (ENO) has been told that it could have its Art Council England funding cut if it doesn't leave London, but will receive a three year grant of £17 million if it relocates;...
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26 Nov 2022
Flag of the Week - 28th November 2022
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.
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25 Nov 2022
Geography News Quiz: 25th November 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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21 Nov 2022
Can’t See the Wood for The Trees: Rethinking Rainforest Sustainability
Today, the tropical rainforest ecosystem is home to half the living species on this planet while only covering about 5% of the Earth’s surface. And yet, go back a few thousand years it is thought...
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21 Nov 2022
What’s the Carbon Footprint of Qatar 2022?
The emissions reporting linked to the FIFA World Cup, which kicked off yesterday in Qatar, provides us with a valuable lesson about the need for scrutiny of all things carbon.
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20 Nov 2022
Flag of the Week - 21st November 2022
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.
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18 Nov 2022
Flag of the Week - a New and Regular Feature!
We are launching our new weekly feature - Flag of the Week. This powerpoint will be available to download Sunday evening each week - and will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part...
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18 Nov 2022
Geography News Quiz: 18th November 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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16 Nov 2022
India Projected to Overtake China as the World’s Most Populous Country in 2023
India faces a deepening demographic divide as it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country - with the north-south divide growing as its population changes, with serious social...
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15 Nov 2022
Today is 8 billion day - but how did we get here?
The global population has hit eight billion, the UN has announced. Demographers chose 15 November to mark this milestone - though it could be up to a year or two on either side.
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14 Nov 2022
COP27: Fears of compromise on key 1.5C global temperature issue
At Paris 2015 it was agreed that countries would try to limit the average rise in temperatures to 1.5C - this key target was reinforced at COP26. However, this target is under threat with senior...
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11 Nov 2022
Geography News Quiz: 11th November 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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10 Nov 2022
AQA A-Level Geography Exam Paper 2 Topic Tracker
This resource provides a detailed, topic-by-topic breakdown of how the Paper 2 Human Geography topics have been examined in the papers set so far for AQA A-Level. Included in this tracker is a map...
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10 Nov 2022
AQA A-Level Geography Exam Paper 1 Topic Tracker
This resource provides a detailed, topic-by-topic breakdown of how the Paper 1 Physical Geography topics have been examined in the papers set so far for AQA A-Level Geography. Included in this...
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10 Nov 2022
Travelling to COP27 by private jet - is this the best choice of transport to travel a climate change summit?
There has been criticism on social media of delegates arriving at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - and quite rightly so! But just how bad is this form...
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