Active learning - Rivers

A few photos here of ways we try to encourage kinaesthetic learning in Geography and make the most of a day when most of the class were away elsewhere. pupils enjoyed getting outside even although it was only to the school grounds. Geography Active Learning in Action on PhotoPeach

Limestone coastal erosion

Nice example here of erosion at the coast and of how limestone reacts naturally to water.

These 12 rocks are named after the Apostles in the Bible but the name is not strictly true now. Can you find out how many are left? They are in the Port Campbell National Park near Melbourne, Australia.

How to make a house virtually worthless.

Twenty years ago the house above was about 500 metres from the sea. Now it is only 65 m from the 80ft high cliffs at Happisburgh, Norfolk. The reason? - 'chronic coastal erosion'. Happisburgh has fallen victim to 'managed retreat', under which the Government is saving money by surrendering some areas to the sea. Read the whole article here.

Glaciation revision

Glaciation Basic features
Thanks to Mark Cowan for sharing his geography poems – anything that helps you learn this stuff folk! See his blog here http://poemsforgeography.blogspot.com

Hoderness coastal erosion

Find more videos like this on Key Stage 3 Geography Ning

Rock on!

Another good article from tonight’s One Show but this time all about limestone landscapes. Check this out on BBC iPlayer if you missed it. Great pics of Malham Cove for Higher and Int 2 and fabulous aerial photography. You can see this from tomorrow. Link here

When rockets go bad

How can you miss a 17 feet long crack?!!!!
Nothing to do with geography but …………….wow! This one melted car tyres and the tarmac too.

Coastal Erosion

Look at the excellent photos on the guardian here to show this process and read about what is proposed for the future here – very controversial!

Global Warming worse than Stern report said.
Listen to the podcast here on this as a bit of S4 revision and good for everyone else too or you can read the article here.

Higher, S grade revision

Some good animations here for revision of S grade river features. (Ignore all the rest S4 as your course is different. Highers / Int 2 - Look at the rivers and coast links and Higher only - use the Atmosphere links too. Plenty to keep you out of those Kirkmichael parties!

Link here

This one is good too although again a slightly different syllabus to ours.

A reminder also of S-cool here and the English GSCE Bitesize site as well as the Standard Grade and Higher Bitesize sites for Scotland. Use them all folks!

Coasts S1

In the coastal section there is short youtube video below about Old Harry. Good for S1 to look at.

Estonias waterfall

Freezing temperatures in Estonia have turned the country's famous Valaste waterfall, into stunning ice sculptures. Look at the pics here.

Coastal Geography

This video shows some good examples of coastal erosion.
Coastal Erosion - the quiet crisis

Rivers revision

Oxbow Lakes

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More help. Watch carefully how the river changes.

Rivers revision

Niagara Falls

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Good for S1 to use before your landscapes test or perhaps this will help with your homework.

Niagara Formation

Geography - Niagara Falls

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Coastal Erosion

A fellow Geography teacher in England has a lot of Stuff on coastal erosion on his blog here
http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/08/coastal-erosion-landforms-features-and.html
including a podcast and a few videos. This is a lot more than you need in S1 but you should look at some of the movies at least and check out some of the links. Make sure you also explore the coastal deposition link on the right with the animations to help you eg this one on longshore drift and this one on the formation of a spit.

Desert Landscapes

Desert Introduction

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Introduction to hot deserts. Some good photos here as a reminder of desert conditions

Coastal erosion

Coastal Landforms

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Coastal Erosion

Coastal Erosion

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Coastal Erosion

Watch the flags go! Bawdsey is a village in Suffolk, England near Felixstowe.
See a map of this area here