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Now found a home for my pirate resources on R.G. that don’t fit presently under the thematic organisation.

I’ve just finished updating some Pilot resources for the 2009 exam that we’ll be using.

For the exam students need to be able to explain how a physical feature in Antarctica is formed, with the aid of a labelled diagram. As repetition is king when it comes to memory, I’ve adapted a technique I’ve used before when revising sketch maps.

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Students have a piece A3 of paper which they fold into four. They watch the PowerPoint and copy the diagram and labels, when complete, they change their paper with another student who completes a second diagram on a new square of the paper, to promote a bit of challenge the PowerPoint increases in speed with each new attempt, this one is timed nicely to the William Tell Overture. Finally, after repeating the process until all four boxes are complete, students turn over their sheet and produce a diagram from memory.

Not sure how much learning takes place, but it’s fun to watch.

Please do not worry, the textbook was not injured during this accident.

I thought we hadn’t covered much, it seems we have

Had an email from Dan E at ActionAid about a forthcoming event.

With possibly the most important decision ever to be made by humanity at Copenhagen this December, ActionAid has teamed up with Queen Mary University to create Teach climate action! This teachers’ event is purposefully timed after KS4 and KS5 exams but ahead of the autumn term.

11:00 – 16:00, 19 June 2009
Queen Mary, University London, Mile End
Tickets £10

Buy a ticket now

Take part in Teach climate action! to:

• act on climate change issues in school
• hear from experts about the fight against climate change
• consider the moral implications of (not) teaching climate action
• discover the new stories and case studies for your classroom
• explore ways to teach climate change across the global dimension
• develop ideas for your teaching
• pick up a free PowerDown toolkit
• meet and create links with like minded teachers and academics

A wide range of speakers have confirmed they are speaking and the list is growing. Confirmed speakers include:

• Yasmin Mcdonnell, Emergencies and Conflict Team, ActionAid on Copenhagen, climatic hazards and responding to climate change
• Professor Susan Buckingham, Director of Centre for Human Geography and Environmental Issues, Brunel University on the gendered nature of climate change and how mitigation and adaptation strategies need to be socially and environmentally just
• Lizzie Gillett, Producer, The Age of Stupid on communicating and acting on climate change
• Dr Victoria Johnson, New Economics Foundation on climate change and interdependence
• Professor David Lambert, Geographical Association and the Institute of Education, London on the moral implications of teaching climate action
• Dr Robbie Sutton, Department of Psychology, University of Kent on the psychological obstacles to the fight against climate change and the prospects for overcoming them
• Dan Box, Journalist and winner of the RGS/IBG and BBC Journey of a Lifetime Award on his trip to the Carteret Islands in the Pacific to meet the world’s first official climate refugee

As part of my ‘role’, I’ve been working with the GAT coordinator to develop a year 7 evening. I’ll do a short session on memory, I’m going to look at mind maps in more detail and if time go over the loci method for memorising information. Might be useful for those developing revision presentations, though the Shake and Vac starter might need adapting.

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As part of my ‘role’, I’ve been working with the GAT coordinator to develop a year 7 evening. I’ll do a short session on memory, I’m going to look at mind maps in more detail and if time go over the loci method for memorising information. Might be useful for those developing revision presentations, though the Shake and Vac starter might need adapting.

[slideshare id=1341371&doc=memory-090425112917-phpapp01]

I’ve produced a lesson about piracy which has been in the news recently again, which might come in handy for a one off topical lesson. Nothing special- I thought the topic was just inherently fascinating.

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The PowerPoint can be downloaded here (1.5 mb) and the associated task sheets here (1.8 mb).

In my world piracy comes over as privacy so let me know if any mistakes need amending.