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31 Mar 2015
Discovering the school site with geocaching
As a mum of two young children with a passion for the outdoors it's no surprise that I am a fan of geocaching. It's an exciting way for children to get more involved in their environment.
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29 Mar 2015
The New Panama Canal
What a stunning feat of engineering. The original Panama Canal handles approximately 3% of global shipping volumes. However, it is not wide enough for the latest mega-tankers. So Panama has built a...
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29 Mar 2015
Arctic children at risk from mercury poisioning
Investigations into inuit children have discovered that many have been left with significantly lower IQs than other children around the World.
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29 Mar 2015
How long will life survive on Earth?
The big question that everyone is asking - how long have we got and what will it take to kill everything off?
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23 Mar 2015
Costa Rica only uses renewable energy
So far this year Costa Rica has only used renewable energy to meet its energy needs. It is the only country in the world that has managed to achieve this impressive feat. This compares with Britain...
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20 Mar 2015
11 maps and charts to challenges your perceptions of Europe
These images are really thought provoking and provide some surprises http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/11-maps-and-charts-to-challenge-your-perceptions-of-europe--x1rXiulXAx.
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20 Mar 2015
Arctic Sea ice is now the thinnest it has ever been
Arctic ice is thinning as the decades go by. Current predictions show the ice to have disappeared within a century if current melting rates continue.
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20 Mar 2015
The UK gets ready for the solar eclipse
It's been 16 years since the last solar eclipse and the next one isn't until 2026 so many people are excited for today's phenomena.
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19 Mar 2015
Gapminder for population and global development
The gapminder website offers fantastic tools and resources for teachers and students studying the topics of population, global development and inequality. The sites teaching page contains great...
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17 Mar 2015
Live hurricane and cyclone map
I love this live hurricane tracking world map http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webm.... It makes a great starter at the beginning of the Hurricanes topic to show students what...
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15 Mar 2015
GCSE Geography Exam Technique - AQA GCSE 4 Markers and 6&8 Markers
Here is my next blog on GCSE Geography exam technique - this time for students preparing for AQA GCSE Geography A or B.
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14 Mar 2015
African smallhold farmers to improve yields and varieties of food crops.
African farmers will be given access to a wifer range of more productive food crops.
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14 Mar 2015
Cyclone Pam hits vulnerable island nations
Within the last 24 hours, Cyclone Pam has devastated the South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu
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12 Mar 2015
Carbon dioxide time lapse
2 excellent timelapse videos showing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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11 Mar 2015
Under the Dome - Air pollution in China
From time to time environmental films such as An inconvenient Truth come along and make us stop and think about our impact on the earth. The insightful Under the Dome is another such film. This...
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10 Mar 2015
Top Gear low emissions
The following Guardian article Electric cars to cut oil imports by 30% based on a study by Cambridge Econometrics shows the potential £13 Billion benefit of a shift to zero emission vehicles. Some...
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9 Mar 2015
GCSE Geography Exam Technique - Get Your Levels Right
This is my second blog about how to answer questions in your Edexcel A/B GCSE Geography exam.Questions that are worth 6 or more are marked based on the level of detail in your work. Pupils often...
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7 Mar 2015
GCSE Geography Exam Technique - Graph & Map Questions
Hi - I'm the Secret Examiner. This is the first in a series of blogs regarding how to improve your exam technique for GCSE Geography (Edexcel A or B)
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7 Mar 2015
Fracking and its impacts
Fracking has been promoted as the saviour for the energy industry. Is this the case?
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7 Mar 2015
Ideas for green living
Charity "Liter of Light" have introduced a new green solution to the electricity crisis in the developing world.
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