New term, new Simon Jones inspiration…
Simon Jones’ Slideshare account has become a treasure trove of visual inspiration. Here’s how I’ll be starting the new term… Welcome To Geography! from Simon Jones
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What Makes A Place? A Year 8 project inspired by Geograph
During the summer holidays I had some contact from Bob Harvey about the Geograph project. Back in 2005, I really saw the value of the whole idea, but then along came Google Street View. Bob’s message...
View ArticleAnatomy of an earthquake
Here’s an excellent new video from the NERC and my favourite geography man-crush Professor Iain Stewart that describes the causes and impacts of earthquakes using imaginative graphics. Suitable for all...
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A 17 second demonstration with no regard to quality of video or lucidity of explanation….
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Princesshay case study: Google photospheres to the rescue…
Back in 2009 I created a visual resource for GCSE students to illustrate the urban redevelopment of part of Exeter’s CBD. The case study perfectly fitted the AQA GCSE syllabus and proved very popular,...
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Rewind the Film
I’ve been teaching Year 8’s about coal mining. To find out how coal is extracted, the class recreated modern long wall mining techniques, summarised in this illustration from UK Coal (who produce some...
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Real geography…
Real geography has real purpose, real audience and real outcomes Chris Durbin (Early geography mentor) Every year I try to add a twist to the Year 8 local enquiry; previously we’ve identified happy...
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