Archive for May, 2008

China Quake

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Thanks to Paul Williams for this excellent and moving PowerPoint on the Chinese earthquake, hopefully we’ll have time to look at this next half-term.

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China Quake

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Thanks to Paul Williams for this excellent and moving PowerPoint on the Chinese earthquake, I added music to it and just played. Many students were just left speechless.

 

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Water and a blast from the past…

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Nice advert for exam time… we have been looking at the impact of bottled water at KS3, brings back memories of school discos. :)

Water and a blast from the past…

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Nice advert for exam time… we have been looking at the impact of bottled water at KS3, brings back memories of school discos. :)

Pre-release resource 16

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Alan at KES has blogged about fair trade and organic, read this post and visit the websites suggested.

Pre-release – what’s up with the Congo?

Saturday, May 24th, 2008

Look at the map carefully.

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We reckon this is a mistake, can you spot the problem with the mapping of the Democratic Republic of Congo?

Pre-Release Part.6 and other bits…

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Nearly there, moderator has called for the Year 10 portfolio work…

I’ve now updated the pre-release page. A word document with tasks associated with resource 16, a PowerPoint with two local issues, Stanton and Tesco (Remember our place is Ilkeston),and a shoot the hoop game on Antarctica.

Why do Americans know less about the world?

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Interesting little video, U.S. news coverage bucking the globalisation of media stories. Would this be the same for U.K. subjects?

(It’s FireFox viewing, external link here.)

Good luck and Luke’s bit of knowledge…

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Good luck for the Religious Studies exam tomorrow, whether Full Course or Short Course, my thoughts will be with you at about 2.00 p.m. . :)

Thanks Luke for informing us about the origin of Greenland’s name, there are in fact several theories, but one does suggest that it was named to attract potential settlers from Iceland. I’ve learnt something today, as well as the important Whale facts. ;)

Funky Geography….

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Added a new geography blog to the sidebar… looking forward to reading Liz Smith’s Funky Geography.


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