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In the News
UK Infrastructure Developments - Time for an Update!
Most of us teaching the AQA GCSE spec will agree that the UK section of Changing Economic World is a thorn in our sides and very tricky to make remotely engaging to students. And then you add in...
Space and Place - A-Level Changing Places
Having met my Year 12s for the first time last week we launched ourselves into the Changing Places unit of the specification. We have learned that a space is a place without meaning, whereas a...
A-Level Geography Results Analysis 2023
Grading of students this summer was trailed as being similar to that of students in 2019, prior to the pandemic. In fact, across all subjects A results were up, from 7.7% to 8.9%, as were A-A...
Educational rationale: Decision making exercises are common in GCSE courses, notably AQA, and also included in some A Level courses too. It is a critical thinking skill held in high regard by...
With record-breaking temperatures across most of southern Europe, but downpour after downpour across the UK, lots of students may be questioning whether climate change is anything to be worried...
Geography News Quiz: 7th July 2023
Here's our final weekly 'Geography in the News' Quiz for this academic year.
Geography News Quiz: 30th June 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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...
Geography News Quiz: 23rd June 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 16th June 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 9th June 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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.
Geography News Quiz: 19th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 12th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Geography News Quiz: 5th May 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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...
Geography News Quiz: 28th April 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
Many of us find the GCSE Resource Management unit a bit dry to teach, so although most of us would be against plans for large scale energy developments in the UK due to their environmental impacts,...
Flag of the Week - 24th April 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...
Geography News Quiz: 21st April 2023
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.