One of the relatively recent GeogLive! events was on the theme of energy, and Anthony Barlow mentioned the presence (and increasing absence) of the structures called Cooling Towers. **https://t.co/UMFxPrTiA1 ** One of the discussion points about memory related to Energy and landscape we will make on Wednesday in GeogLive Energy ** Join us ** Free Primary Educator CPD ** 17.1.24 5pm@The_GA pic.twitter.com/baN6nf7Whp — Anthony Barlow (@totalgeography) January 14, 2024 I have this print in my classroom. It's of the cooling towers which used to stand next to Tinsley Viaduct. It's by Jonathan Wilk ..read more

Rewind to 1990ish when I started teaching 'A' level glaciation and periglaciation using the book written by the late Cuchlaine A.M King. This involved periglaciation, fluvioglaciation, alases, baydjarakhs and all. Along with the meteorology topic I also taught: Rossby Waves, Ekman Spirals and all, this was proper rigorous 'A' level geography, almost all of which has been lost in present specifications. When teaching about permafrost, including a whole range of naleds, icings, active layer, pingos and ognips, we discussed the possible feedback loops if the permafrost was to start thawing ..read more

I was unable to attend the GA Conference for the first time in many years this April. As always, a range of materials from sessions are starting to appear on the GA website.  Whether you went or not, this makes a great annual resource - previous years' materials are also available. Plenty more to come as it relies on speakers sending in their slides promptly, and time for Emmalene to add them to the website. There's already materials up there from Margaret Roberts, along with Rob Chambers, Fiona Sheriff, Katie Marl of Oak and Sharon, Helen and Colin's 'Troll Wisdom' session. Severa ..read more

There is plenty of work to come throughout 2024 on consumption and the geography of our stuff. I'm working through the unit again with my Year 8 groups this year. Much of it arrives having been inside a shipping container, and travelled more miles than we might expect. Poetic . This 1931 postcard titled 'Kiss of the Oceans' was created to celebrate the powerful creation of the Panama Canal. Panama is where 'two oceans kiss': it is the narrowest strip of land between the Atlantic and the Pacific. #geography #geographyteacher pic.twitter.com/MsWA7TT4CS — Mr Das ? (@shiv_teaching) December 13, 2 ..read more

This book comes out shortly, and is a larger version of a small book that I've had for a while, which articulates Carlos Moreno's idea of the 15 minute city, which is having a powerful effect in Paris, where the Mayor Anne Hidalgo has taken on board lots of the ideas.  I used this as the basis for some work in the D3 ERASMUS project as well, and that has been picked up by a few other people. Look at the introduction to the module of our MOOC here. It introduces the concept of the 15 minute city ..read more

I've actually been writing about life's journeys and movements for a forthcoming Oak Academy resource, and this ONS visualisation was good timing. Look out for the new Oak Primary resources as they are added to the website regularly as my colleagues and I work on them for the Geographical Association. Here's one of the graphs, which can all be embedded as below: Come with us on a journey, from leaving the family home, to getting married and becoming a grandparent, and look at when we experience key life events and see how things have changed over time. Swipe through the decades to find ou ..read more

Fjord Phyto is a citizen science project relating to phytoplankton - a key part of the Antarctic ecosystem. FjordPhyto started in 2015 to investigate how melting glaciers are affecting the phytoplankton along the western Antarctic Peninsula. Data includes information on seawater temperature, conductivity, salinity, Secchi depth readings, euphotic depth, ocean color (RGB), glacial meltwater (oxygen isotope), phytoplankton abundance, carbon biomass, and species diversity (microscopy, metabarcoding). We have detected hundreds of species of phytoplankton in samples collected by travelers and w ..read more

It's always worth following authors... David Wallace Wells shared this story earlier... Fascinating story: "The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." https://t.co/QSXWda7Bb3 — Matthew Haugen (@MJHaugen) April 16, 2024 ..read more

The Economist has an Educational Foundation which shares ideas for how teachers can engage with selected articles from the magazines's output. It's also worth following the magaine on various social media accounts for all updates on content and useful articles. Topical Talk resources are a new feature. They are slightly more developed resources and include a powerpoint and some related materials. I am working on my own Taylor Swift resource ahead of your European dates, but there are some interesting ideas in this one. I shall also be making use of the debate resource shown here ..read more

A reminder of the Zoom backgrounds that the BBC has shared which include sets from sitcoms and other locations, to add a cultural sense of place to your Zoom calls... Anyone recognise this hotel bar ..read more