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Request for help at the start of term... 27 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
I'm kicking off my Year 7 teaching with a unit on Adventure Landscapes based on the work that Noel Jenkins did for the RGS-IBG contribution to the Geography Teaching Today website. These resources ca...
Urban World app for iPad 26 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
"Understanding cities and their shifting demographics is critical to reaching urban consumers and to preparing for the challenges that will arise from increasing demand for natural resources (such as ...
Tweetpics 26 Aug 2013 | 02:48 pm
The latest from Russel Tarr is a new mashup which explores hashtags and images.
Picture this.... 26 Aug 2013 | 02:27 pm
One of the images I took this summer. I share my images in various locations, and they're all Creative Commons licensed for non-commercial use with attribution, although I've also given permission for...
Geography Paul's Emporium 25 Aug 2013 | 06:48 pm
Check out a new project by Paul Turner for the new school year. This will develop over time to be another useful point of contact for geography teachers looking for inspiration and resources.
A world of news... 25 Aug 2013 | 05:09 pm
Ben Hennig has created a wealth of useful maps over the years, and has featured on this blog many times.. His Views of the World website is going into 'hibernation' for a while... One of his latest m...
Danny Dorling at the RSA 25 Aug 2013 | 03:31 pm
A useful homework task for GCSE / 'A' level Geographers would be to watch this presentation by Danny Dorling, accompanied by a few questions to ponder perhaps.. There is an audio download which inclu...
Project Splatter 24 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
I blogged about this project a while back... It's a citizen science project which you can get involved in if you're driving anywhere... Keep an eye out for roadkill and then report it to the website...
New VML Raster on Digimap for Schools 24 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
There are some changes being made to the popular Digimap for Schools service for the new academic year. One of them is the replacement of the 1: 10 000 level mapping with a new, sharper map layer. Se...
Back from Devon 24 Aug 2013 | 01:09 am
Back from a week in Devon in a 'notspot' to force me to pause, before preparing for my return to the classroom which starts with 3 INSET days next week... Back now, and it's a long night ahead catchi...
