Blog and updates
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8 Oct 2015
Unsustainable growth degrades Asia's land
This is a superb photo blog from the Asian Development Bank that will provide a rich source of images when teaching sustainability issues and limits to growth and development for emerging...
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8 Oct 2015
Brilliant interactive volcanoes web app
This amazing web app lets you examine in detail the patterns of both the number and power of all documented volcanic eruptions from the last 2000 years. The map produced by Raphael Heath contains 4...
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8 Oct 2015
Teaching Latitude and Longitude: The Lost on Earth Game
This simple game based on battleships should make pupils confident using latitude and longitude.
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7 Oct 2015
Independent learning mapskills
This Prezi presentation on map skills https://prezi.com/3ymaxj8x2rjy/map-skills/ by Adam Bloomfield is great for independent learning or revision.
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7 Oct 2015
Outstanding Geography Student Award
The Geographical Association are running a competition to reward outstanding Geography students. The competition is aimed at KS4 pupils with the prize being a school trip to the Azores. Entrants...
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4 Oct 2015
Heavy flooding in French Riviera leaves more than a dozen people dead
10% of the average annual rainfall has fell over the past two days and has resulted in deadly floods.
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27 Sept 2015
Inspiring classrooms
Classroom displays can inspire and motivate pupils, however they are often time consuming to put together. To update your classroom you can order or print out these...
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27 Sept 2015
Ocean carbon storage becoming an issue
The levels of phytoplankton within the ocean, that take in carbon dioxide, are showing a dramatic reduction.
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23 Sept 2015
Oral Geography witnesses rapid post-glacial sea-level rise 8000 years ago
'So, can anyone recall the rapid rise in sea-level at the end of the last glaciation?' Amazingly, the answer seems to be 'Yes'. Studies by a geographer amongst indigenous Australian aboriginal...
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22 Sept 2015
Long term issues for Chile after last week's earthquake
Thousands homeless and investigations still taking place in remote regions of Chile for the dead and injured.
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17 Sept 2015
8.3 magnitude in Chile sets off tsunami warning
At least 5 people have died and 1 million coastal inhabitants have been evacuated following the major quake.
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12 Sept 2015
Heatwave in USA causes wildfires
Residents in northern California are fleeing after wildfires threaten homes.
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12 Sept 2015
Feedback on GCSE Geography Exams in Summer 2015
Welcome back to another school year and I am sure many teachers and new year 11 pupils will be thinking about how they can ensure they get the best grades possible. As an experienced examiner, with...
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8 Sept 2015
Buildings & Plastic Corsets - Retro-engineering Against Earthquake Damage
While new buildings can be designed to withstand severe earthquakes, they come with a price-tag: foundations, materials, design, all costs that don't come cheap. For existing buildings the main...
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7 Sept 2015
Mega Cities - Where the largest city hosts the most people
This chart shows the % of the populaton living in the largest metropolitan area in selected countries
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7 Sept 2015
Change your view of the world with a minimalist map
These brilliant maps show no political boundaries and just one topographic feature http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/see-the-worl...I particularly like the rivers one. One of these maps would...
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5 Sept 2015
UN climate talks moving along slowly
Ban Ki-Moon is concerned that current talks are not on track to deliver a new global deal by December.
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5 Sept 2015
Fire proof trees provide hope for many countries who suffer from forest fire risk
When a fire swept through an area of forest in Spain in 2012, a group of Mediterranean Cypress trees were unaffected.
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5 Sept 2015
Cities and Exercise
The health benefits of even a moderate level of daily exercise are well understood. However, modern living doesn't do much to encourage us to abandon our increasingly sedentary lifestyles.What can...
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