Blog and updates
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28 Jun 2023
Get Outside - it’s National Fieldwork Fortnight!
Following on from the success of last year’s Geographical Association National Fieldwork Week, it is now National Fieldwork Fortnight. The next two weeks are the perfect excuse to leave your hot...
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27 Jun 2023
Timbaaaaaa!!! (Despite the fact we are supposed to be 'saving' the planet!)
COP26 saw world leaders pledging to end deforestation in an attempt to fight climate change and protect biodiversity. But last year global tree loss surged, with an area of tropical rainforest the...
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22 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 9: How can we use GIS to investigate development?
Geographical perspectives on economic and social development are an integral part of the secondary curriculum. How can geospatial resources offer support for learning in this area? Fortunately, the...
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15 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 8: How can we use GIS to investigate urban issues and challenges?
One aspect of human geography where GIS can support learning very effectively is in the study of urban issues and challenges, particularly with data visualisation and data analysis. A particular...
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8 Jun 2023
World Oceans Day - 'Marine Identity' is officially a thing!
Todays is World Oceans Day (thanks to Stephen Schwab for the reminder!), and a perfect time to think about the concept of 'marine identity', which has been endorsed as part of the UN Ocean Decade.
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8 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 7: How can we use GIS to investigate atmospheric hazards?
In the UK, where weather is allegedly our favourite topic of conversation, to what extent are people aware of the role of geospatial knowledge and skills in forecasting the weather? Many blogs...
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1 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 6: How can we use GIS to investigate tectonic processes and hazards?
Geospatial resources are making an increasingly significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s fundamental structure. Consequently, we need to share such developments...
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25 May 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 5: How can we use GIS to investigate glaciation?
Although there’s a tendency to associate glacial landscapes with upland areas, the whole of Britain and Ireland, along with many other mid-latitude countries, have been profoundly sculpted by...
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18 May 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 4: How can we use GIS to investigate coasts?
To say that coasts are important to humanity is something of an understatement. Coastal zones enabled our ancestors survive significant climate changes. The spread of humanity frequently happens...
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11 May 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 3: How can we use GIS to investigate rivers?
What do long profiles and cross profiles really look like? When studying rivers, GIS can help students gain a deeper understanding of how river features are created, think more deeply about the...
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4 May 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 2: How can we teach with GIS and why is it important?
It’s very important to teach with and about GIS as early as possible in the geography curriculum. ‘But students don’t have access to IT’ is a common and understandable response to this mandate. We...
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30 Apr 2023
Flag of the Week - 1st May 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 the...
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25 Apr 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 1: Why should we be using GIS in our lessons?
In a University Challenge 2022-23 quarter final on 13th March, Jeremy Paxman asked this question: ‘Which English physician is noted for his investigations of cholera in nineteenth century London,...
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