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Friday, 6 January 2017
The River Ribble Spearman's Rank
Why does the volume of water that flows through the River Ribble change from month to month? Is it based on rainfall? Or is it influenced by sunshine? Which factor do you think would have the greatest impact?
Monday, 26 December 2016
Water and Carbon in the Arctic Tundra
Sunday, 4 December 2016
Water and Carbon in the Amazon Rainforest
For the past 6 years teaching geography A-level I've had to choose between ecosystems and plate tectonics so sadly I haven't taught much on tropical rainforests for quite a while (you can guess which of the two aforementioned topics is more popular!). So I was excited to see the Amazon rainforest as one of the core case studies in the textbook for this new OCR spec.
Sunday, 6 November 2016
The Importance of Water and Carbon
Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Teaching Migration with Paddington Bear :)
In 2015 I attended a lecture entitled 'Borders, Migration and Globalisation: Changing Geographies of Mobility' by Dr Jonathan Darling at the GA's Annual Meeting in Manchester. I have summarized some of the key points below (with a few bits of my own research thrown in too!).
It contains some useful ideas for the new Geography A-level - I especially like the idea of using Paddington Bear to introduce the topic of migration - check out the article linked under the first photo as a possible teaching resource.
It contains some useful ideas for the new Geography A-level - I especially like the idea of using Paddington Bear to introduce the topic of migration - check out the article linked under the first photo as a possible teaching resource.
An Immigration Lawyer Reviews Paddington - Article |
What would happen to Paddington Bear if he was a real stowaway from
‘darkest Peru’?