Taking ownership - getting pupils to embrace sustainability
Getting pupils to recognise how their lifestyles directly impact upon the Earth is difficult. By using the different calculators for carbon and eco-footprint pupils will start to have an honest...
California drought
By exploring the National Geographic's "When the snow fails" students can get a sense of the problems which led the Californian Governor Jerry Brown to order the States first ever water...
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.
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...
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.
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?
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
Here is my next blog on GCSE Geography exam technique - this time for students preparing for AQA GCSE Geography A or B.
African farmers will be given access to a wifer range of more productive food crops.
Cyclone Pam hits vulnerable island nations
Within the last 24 hours, Cyclone Pam has devastated the South Pacific Islands of Vanuatu
Carbon dioxide time lapse
2 excellent timelapse videos showing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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...
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...
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...
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)