Blog and updates
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31 May 2016
Plastic coating for reservoirs helps conserve California's water supply
There is much concern about plastic in the oceans and the detrimental effect it is having on marine life. However, in a twist to the combination of the material and water, millions of plastic balls...
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25 May 2016
Time: making the most of the most pressured resource you have in your A level Geography exam
You’ve done the revision, your head is packed with the information, you have all your equipment to hand – and now it’s a case of just doing the geography exam paper. Except, how well you do is...
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23 May 2016
Teaching Resources for the new AQA A Level Geography
We are pleased to announce details of the first series of tutor2u resources to support the teaching of the new AQA A Level Geography specification.
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22 May 2016
World humanitarian summit to tackle inequality
The summit will take place on 23-24 May in Istanbul and aims to tackle global inequality on a number of matters.
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22 May 2016
Last minute tips to avoid panic revision
It's two days away from the first Geography exam and many will be feeling the stress.
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18 May 2016
Classification types: structuring your answer so that you are 'thinking like a geographer'.
Within more extended answers at both GCSE and AS/A level in geography, there is a need to organise your points. A random stream of consciousness (as the ideas occur to you in the exam hall) may...
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10 May 2016
Speed-dating: a revision, recall and checking technique
If you’re anything like me, you get to those tightening last few pre-exam lessons and face the dilemma of how to spend the remaining time. Should it be practice questions – which inevitably...
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5 May 2016
Canadian wildfire: human and physical factors contributing to the record conflagration
The Canadian state of Alberta in the north-west of the country, has been battling a vast wildfire for four days since the 1st May. It is, in fact, several separate fires which have led to the...
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2 May 2016
Most Powerful Earthquakes in History
Data produced by the US Geological Survey and reported in the Guardian finds that the 1960 Valdivia earthquake is the most powerful ever recorded with a magnitude of about 9.5. More recent events...
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1 May 2016
Using a mnemonic to remember top Geography GCSE tips in the exam hall
Trying to remember all the advice and techniques in the tension-arena of the exam hall with the clock ticking down is one of the hardest areas for students to master. But by using a mnemonic that...
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29 Apr 2016
Oxygen loss in oceans is now a real threat.
Scientists have been studying the levels of oxygen in the World's oceans and trends show that there is a noticeable and very worrying reduction.
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27 Apr 2016
Water, water, everywhere .... except when it bottles it.
The rising global demand for water is pushing this essential human requirement higher up the list of critical resource exploitation issues. A number of concepts are being applied to water that in...
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24 Apr 2016
The global impact of the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history: The Year without Summer.
In 1815, the year of the Battle of Waterloo, another event was occurring half way around the globe with a world-wide impact that would last for decades. In the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), Mount...
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24 Apr 2016
A week since the Ecuador earthquake
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed by several strong aftershocks this week has devastated Pedernales and several other towns in Ecuador.
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19 Apr 2016
Collaborative summary sheets: How to organise a whole-class GCSE geography revision session
You're getting to the end of the course with your Year 11 GCSE geography class and you want to check they're revising at home effectively.
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15 Apr 2016
Japanese earthquake devastates Mashiki near Kumamoto City
Thursday's 6.5 magnitude earthquake has caused havoc in this area of Southern Japan.
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4 Apr 2016
World Population growth rate shows signs of slowing - eventually.
Is the world's population going up or down? Well, both - the total population is going through its fastest phase of growth, but the growth rate is starting to show signs of decline, in fact we may...
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2 Apr 2016
The Great British Shut-Off. Four coal-fired power stations close in a fortnight.
With the closure of four major British coal-fired power stations in recent days, including Longannet in Scotland, Eggborough and its Yorkshire neighbour Ferrybridge, there remain just six...
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2 Apr 2016
Tectonic activity in Iceland
The processes occurring at a constructive plate boundary are constantly changing
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