Site Update: Key Stage 3 Geogr…

Site Update: Key Stage 3 Geography: Settlement: Future Cities: http://ow.ly/2dO

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Where in the World? Week 104

Each week a new image is added to the homepage of geographyalltheway.com. If you can name the country from the image enter the competition!

The competition is open to everybody - the winner being chosen from all the correct answers received. The winner receives a unique certificate via email.

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The Tagging Game: 7 facts about me

I have been tagged - by Alan Parkinson.  It’s a bit like the chain letters of old but without the nasty side.  The idea is to present 7 facts about yourself that others might not know.

Here we go …

1.  I lived in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery for 6 months.  It was part of my gap year before university.  I applied to go to China to teach airhostesses English but ended up in a Buddhist monastery in India instead!

Gap Year - India - Teaching at a Tibetan Monastery

2.  I recently sold my beautiful VW Campervan to buy a ’sensible’ family car.

3.  I used to climb a lot and intend to climb a lot again in the future - oh for the time!

Brimham Rocks, Yorkshire

4.  I once did a three performance stint as Carmen Miranda at a school Cabaret evening.  Sorry - no photos available.

5.  I did my first ‘Mile High’ Nappy Change yesterday.

6.  The name ‘geographyalltheway.com‘ was invented by my wife, as we brainstormed possible website addresses, while driving round a roundabout on the M60.

7. I am an International Mountain Leader - having passed my Summer Mountain Leader Assessment, completed my Winter Mountain Leader Training and built up an extensive logbook of walking experience.

Who should I ‘tag’ - I would have tagged the person that tagged me and others that have already been tagged.  I’ll add to the mix:

Rob Micallef - IB Geography Blog

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“Leading website of online Geography resources specifically tailored for IB Geography.”

Student Conferences
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InThinking has listed geographyalltheway.com as “the leading website of online Geography resources specifically tailored for IB Geography.” Fancy!

Don’t forget the February InThinking workshop for Experienced IBDP Teachers - in Paris.

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Tilt-Shift Maker: A Couple of Examples

Tilt-Shift Maker produces images that look like photos taken of models - they remind me of model railway landscapes.  Here are two that I quickly produced from some of my recent photographs - one of the Pen y Pass Hotel taken from the Pyg Track on the way up Snowdon and the second of the Barcelona skyline taken from the Sagrada Família.

They could produce interesting starter images.

Tilt-shift Maker: Barcelona from Sagrada Família

Tilt-shift Maker: Pen y Pass Hotel

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InThinking Workshop for Experienced IBDP Teachers - Workshop Agenda Now Online

The Workshop Agenda for the February InThinking Workshop for Experienced IBDP Geography Teachers is now available for download from the InThinking website - or via this link.

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The Trial Of Alfred Wegener

The Trial Of Alfred Wegener is a reworking of an idea I gleaned from the ever inventive Alan Parksinson.

The aim of this mini-site is to provide a structure for students to investigate Alfred Wegener, continental drift and an introduction to the theories of plate tectonics.

There are several ways in the lessons could work. It could be a individual task where each student produces a case for the defence and then each presents their arguments (or students could be chosen at random). The whole situation could be role-played with different students taking the role of Alfred Wegener, Judge, Jury, the prosecution and defence etc.

geographyalltheway.com - Key Stage 3 (11 - 14 yrs) - The Trial Of Alfred Wegener
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http://www.geographyalltheway.com - geographyalltheway.com - Key Stage 3 (11 - 14 yrs) - The Trial Of Alfred Wegener - The Case for the Defence
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Coastal Earth

In homage to the Urban Earth project (and to Noel’s Rural Earth!) - I have had a go at ‘Coastal Earth‘ or ‘Gower Earth‘.

It’s great to have some fantastic weather and great location to have a play with such things - this was a small tester - maybe I’ll start planning a Toulouse version of ‘Urban Earth‘.

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Site Update: AS/A2/IB Geograph…

Site Update: AS/A2/IB Geography: Resource Production and Consumption: Oil: http://ow.ly/1wm

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Useful YouTube Video - Explaining Diigo

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