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Share your storm stories

Looking through the twitter postings we are following and found a really nice lesson idea from David Rogers, Share your storm stories. A great example of a collaborative venture and making geograph...

Tagged: Rogers, storms, David, weather, floatingtopicality

Started Nov 16

Plastic oceans
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A series of heartbreaking photos of the effects of mass consumption and pollution on nature. A coral island in the Pacific Ocean (the Midway Atoll) thousands of miles from human life should be a h...

Tagged: Geography, albatross, Pathways, photos, gryes

Started this discussion. Last reply by So-Shan Au Nov 2.

MapSkip - making the world a canvas for stories and photos

Got sent a tweet about a really interesting resource called MapSkip - an innovative tool for getting students to create living maps with sound, images and stories. Find out more details here. MapS...

Tagged: photos, stories, resource, maps, Twitter

Started Oct 30

Bodies in urban spaces

This would make a great starter or plenary for a geography lesson looking at human interactions, urban landscapes and cityscapes. ‘Bodies in urban spaces’ is performance art from chorographer Will...

Started Oct 20

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Share your storm stories

November 16

So-Shan Au replied to Mark Jones's discussion 'Blogs, Nings, Wikis and much, much more.'

What about the potential of twitter as a teaching and networking tool? The Hodder Humanities team are now on Twitter – Follow us at http://twitter.com/HodderHumanity Still not convinced of it's potential? - check out this really good article, 'T...

November 5

So-Shan Au replied to So-Shan Au's discussion 'Plastic oceans'

Just been alerted to a PowerPoint presentation on this topic - download it here. This topic is also featured in next year's publication of Exploring Geography in a Changing World 3.

November 2

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Plastic oceans

A series of heartbreaking photos of the effects of mass consumption and pollution on nature. A coral island in the Pacific Ocean (the Midway Atoll) thousands of miles from human life should be a haven for birds. But instead, photographer Chris Jo...

November 2

So-Shan Au replied to So-Shan Au's discussion 'Was Stratford a good place to choose for the 2012 Olympics?'

The Guardian has some really nice resources to bring this topic to life. Video - bird's eye views of the construction of the Olympic Park Interactive - Olympic Park progress

October 30

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MapSkip - making the world a canvas for stories and photos

Got sent a tweet about a really interesting resource called MapSkip - an innovative tool for getting students to create living maps with sound, images and stories. Find out more details here. MapSkip's website Follow us on Twitter at http://twit...

October 30

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October 20

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Bodies in urban spaces This would make a great starter or plenary for a geography lesson looking at human interactions, urban landscapes and cityscapes. ‘Bodies in urban spaces’ is performance art from chorographer Willi Dorner. I managed to cat...

October 20

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The art of climate change

Really nice set of watercolours drawn by Jamie Hewlett, the artist who created the cartoon band, Gorillaz, to inspire your students to think about climate change. The paintings are a result of a trip Jamie made with Oxfam to Char Atra in Banglade...

October 19

So-Shan Au is now a member of Key Stage 3 Geography Ning

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October 12