June 22nd-29th is National Recycling Week. What can you do to encourage your family or friends at school to recycle more? Have a look at
www.recyclenow.com/ for some ideas!
Sunday, 14 June 2009
Saturday, 6 June 2009
The Box
Last November the BBC fitted a 40 ft cargo container with a GPS tracking device to follow its movements for a year. The results can be seen on the website shown above on The Box, including a map showing its progress around the world. This shows globalisation in practice with many different products being transported to far away locations.
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Thousands flee Australian floods
Large areas of New South Wales and Queensland on Australia's east coast have been declared disaster zones following strong winds and torrential rain. This has caused massive floods, killing at least two people and cutting off 20,000. Beaches have been closed due to dangerous swells caused by the strong winds.
Monday, 4 May 2009
The Geography of swine flu
The spread of diseases like swine flu provides an interesting case study for geographers on how the increase in long-haul flights means that isolated cases can soon become global pandemics. See the interactive map at: http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-swineflu-flash,0,5444368.htmlstory
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Happy Easter
Enjoy your three weeks holiday and good luck with starting your coursework. If you have any questions you can contact me at geography@belvoirhigh.leics.sch.uk. Don't forget to look out for Geography in the News stories - I need some to start a display in my new classroom!
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Earth hour
At 8.30 on Saturday night thousands of people across the world switched off their lights as a symbolic gesture to draw attention to the issue of climate change. Were you one of them? To see pictures and videos of this event go to http://earthhour.org
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Undersea volcano erupts
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