All my Geography and History related tweets along with general teaching and learning ones, posted on twitter, useful for teaching - are sorted into categories below. They are in alphabetical order for easy navigation.
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Latest update: 27th May 2012
Geography
A
Aid
VIDEO - Aid increased to try
to prevent food crisis across Sahel
region http://t.co/ZFokYhEi #drought
#geographyteacher Jan 20, 2012
VIDEO - Slow East Africa #drought response 'cost lives': http://t.co/3IYUb9D3 #geographyteacher Jan
18, 2012
Haiti 2012: Why are half a
million people still in camps? http://t.co/KMLtOAKy #geographyteacher Jan
11, 2012
VIDEO - Cholera still rife
in Haiti
VIDEO - A look at the
shortcomings of International aid in Haiti
VIDEO - African aid: helpful
or hazardous?: http://youtu.be/H5N0p55z8vs
Interesting arguments raised
#geographyteacher Apr 17, 2012
Air pollution
Brown haze 'causing health
problems in India
VIDEO: Has India
VIDEO - Smog reaches unsafe
levels in Thailand
Amazon Rainforest
VIDEO - Children in the
#Amazon risking their lives to scrape a living http://t.co/8esjYZls Feb 12, 2012
VIDEO - Brazilian berries
pose #rainforest threat in #Amazon: http://t.co/M9f1xE0g Feb
04, 2012
Has the #Amazon Been
Saved? http://t.co/MwLW6BHc On BBC
News Channel NOW or watch on i-player #geographyteacher Feb 04, 2012
VIDEO - The real cost of Brazil
VIDEO - Children of the
Amazon rainforest: Life in the region. Views of children on development http://t.co/ncC2QXdw #geographyteacher Jan
28, 2012
VIDEO - Brazil
VIDEO - Brazil
Saving Amazonia :
Winning the war on #deforestation http://t.co/v3HdHQkn #geographyteacher Jan
02, 2012
Rising deforestation in the
heart of the Amazon - in pictures http://gu.com/p/3veaq/tf Jul
11, 2011
Amazon rainforest
deforestation rises sharply - http://bbc.in/mHg0Ly May
19, 2011
VIDEO - The Fight for Amazonia - Raids in the Rainforest: First in three part
series http://youtu.be/Sf6MHwmyt04 #geographyteacher March 1, 2012
VIDEO - Brazilian city's
boom threatens Amazon http://bbc.in/HkNOhm #geographyteacher
VIDEO - Town turns away from
#deforestation in Brazil
VIDEO - Damming the Amazon: Brazil
VIDEO - Illegal mining in Peru
VIDEO - The cost of
#sustainability: Environmental Special. Destruction of #Amazon in search of
gold #Peru
C
Climate change
Which nations are really
responsible for climate change - interactive map http://t.co/UVoZBwii Dec 08, 2011
VIDEO - How and why we have
the climate we do. Plus, the science behind changes to our #climate http://t.co/6WYVjeap #geography Sep
20, 2011
Study predicts sea level
rise may take economic toll on California
Climate change in
pictures: http://t.co/QAWCiHXK #geography Sep
15, 2011
Are our summers getting
warmer? Interactive visualisation http://t.co/h8ofYvp #geographyteacher Aug
31, 2011
INTERACTIVE - Everything you
need to know about climate change http://t.co/8eCIYec #geographyteacher Aug
15, 2011
INTERACTIVE MAP: Water
stress - The effects of climate change http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7821082.stm
#geographyteacher
Melting Arctic link to cold,
snowy UK
Warming 'may rise by 3C' by
2050 #geographyteacherhttp://t.co/uYF1gO8W via @JOHNSAYERS Mar 26, 2012
MT @thegeophyte Interactive
map - change sea levels to see which places will be affected globally http://bit.ly/INOBLT
#geographyteacher
Coastal development
VIDEO - Fears for health of Great Barrier Reef : http://youtu.be/uS4GCtLs4XY
#geographyteacher Mar 07, 2012
Coastal Management
VIDEO - Seaside
village of Overstrand
VIDEO - Britain from Above: The disappearing village of Happisburgh
Coasts – Erosion
Landslip leaves caravans
teetering http://t.co/XnukQnUR #geographyteacher Nov
01, 2011
VIDEO - CLIFF COLLAPSE:
Dramatic coastal erosion in Cornwall
VIDEO - Scientists use
technology to study coastal erosion http://t.co/SaJeSsMM Oct
12, 2011
VIDEO: Coastal erosion at
Hallsands - causes and effects http://t.co/5v8fhBP6 #alevelgeography Sep
21, 2011
VIDEO - White cliffs of Dover
Bulldozers move in on
clifftop homes at Happisburgh due to coastal erosion http://bbc.in/IkUtNl via @kjhutchinson #geographyteacher Apr 11, 2012
D
Development Issues
PRESENTATION - What do we
mean by #development?http://t.co/vbd3SnjZ #geographyteacher Jan
10, 2012
VIDEO - Digital drum solar
powered computer kiosks provide info to isolated communities in Uganda
http://t.co/xZuQodgW Brazil overtakes UK
as sixth biggest economy as Britain
World Population - The Big
Picture http://t.co/3wCT8Cbk. Great
images for discussing levels of development #geographyteacher Nov 08, 2011
Human Development Index: how
does your country compare? | Map | Datablog http://t.co/DUWUxppf #geographyteacher Nov
02, 2011
VIDEO - Is it India we should be watching and not China
What percentage of our
income goes towards food? Eating around the world http://t.co/RXMMwOm Aug 15, 2011
What role can tourism play
in development? http://t.co/Z10DNLY May
09, 2011
How things have changed -
Great animation comparing life exp and income http://t.co/wRZuZMU Feb
27, 2011
Development - Sierra Leone
Is India
Want to visualize
development indicators? Try the #WorldBank eAtlas
of Global Development! http://data.worldbank.org/atlas-global
VIDEO - The cost of
#sustainability: Environmental Special. Destruction of #Amazon in search of
gold #Peru
Desertification
250 million ppls already
have been affected by #desertification - nearly 1 billion more are at
risk http://t.co/bdFeJ7O9 #geographyteacher Dec
23, 2011
Desertification - Green wall
may keep the sand out http://t.co/9X6smS8 Jun
28, 2011
UN project shows how trees
help halt desertification - http://bbc.in/jucwmQ Jun
20, 2011
Great Green Wall to Stop
Sahel Desertification | Julio Godoy http://t.co/H5bI2O0 Feb
25, 2011
VIDEO - Desertification
[English]: http://youtu.be/w9RxnuBiFbg #geographyteacher Mar 11, 2012
Drought – Africa
VIDEO - 7 million at risk of
severe food shortages in West Africa due to
lack of rain & poor harvest http://t.co/dd5rCjH8 #geographyteacher Jan
24, 2012
Some great images: Combating
#drought in the Horn of Africa http://t.co/lYpHnd6n #geographyteacher Jan
21, 2012
VIDEO - Somalian region
struggles with refugee influx following #drought crisis: http://t.co/ylHghcRi #geographyteacher Jan
20, 2012
VIDEO - Aid increased to try
to prevent food crisis across Sahel
region http://t.co/ZFokYhEi #drought
#geographyteacher Jan 20, 2012
VIDEO - Slow East Africa #drought response 'cost lives': http://t.co/3IYUb9D3 #geographyteacher Jan
18, 2012
UN states that tens of
thousands will die of starvation by the end of famine in the Horn of
Africa http://t.co/t6g13ggp #geographyteacher Jan
15, 2012
VIDEO - Burkina Faso
VIDEO - Millions at risk as
#drought threatens Sahel region, Africa : http://youtu.be/_5TE87q3kw8 #geographyteacher Feb 19, 2012
VIDEO - Oxfam warns of West Africa #drought 'catastrophe' http://bbc.in/wVzLhd #geographyteacher Mar 09, 2012
VIDEO - Alarm over deadly
food crisis in Africa , due to #drought and
#desertification: http://youtu.be/suSRrbfsLR0 #geographyteacher
Mar 22, 2012
VIDEO - Niger
VIDEO - Hunger crisis
plagues Mauritania as #drought worsens
and migrants continue to arrive from Mali
Drought – Asia
VIDEO - #Floods and #drought
threaten Thailand
Drought in the Yangtze river basin - in pictures http://t.co/bA3B0b2 May 25, 2011
VIDEO: Tackling China
Drought – Americas
Fires continue to rage
through Texas
Praying for rain in Paraguay
VIDEO - Troops battle Mexico
VIDEO - Brazil
Drought – UK
Fears of British super
#drought after record low rainfall in winter http://t.co/bDsDa3PV #environment
#geographyteacher Feb 13, 2012
Parts of England
Drought conditions in
southern Britain
Drought summit as rivers in England
Drought declared in England
#Drought will push up price
of food, farmers warn http://gu.com/p/35mb3/tw
#geographyteacher Feb 26, 2012
Ideas for teaching about
#drought http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/mar/26/teaching-resources-drought-uk-hosepipe
#geographyteacher Mar 26, 2012
Heath fires on the rise as UK
What is a #drought and what
are the consequences? http://bbc.in/HZUNPS #geographyteacher Apr 16, 2012
E
Earthquakes – General
How to build #earthquake
resistant houses http://t.co/uU8acOuw #geographyteacher Dec
29, 2011
Comparing #earthquake
strength over time http://t.co/2lHLnX1S Thanks
to http://t.co/pBPP1pRR for finding Dec 21, 2011
How do you build for an
earthquake? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12726775 Mar
13, 2011
Engineers launch
artificial #earthquake at 'hospital' in California
VIDEO - Experts warn of Jakarta
Can cats
predict #earthquakes? http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/05/can-cats-predict-earthquakes.html?spref=tw #geography May 15, 2012
Earthquake - China
VIDEO - 2008 #earthquake in
#China
Earthquake – Haiti
Interactive Timeline: Haiti
VIDEO - Conditions become
harder for #Haiti migrants
who moved to Brazil
VIDEO - #Earthquake's impact
rattles #Haiti
Haiti 2012: Why are half a
million people still in camps? http://t.co/KMLtOAKy #geographyteacher Jan
11, 2012
Series of photographs
illustrating how slowly #Haiti
VIDEO - Cholera still rife
in Haiti
VIDEO - A look at the
shortcomings of International aid in Haiti
Earthquakes – Italy
VIDEO - 5.9
Magnitude #earthquake strikes Italy
Earthquakes – Iceland
Icelandic ash cloud part
two? Scientists monitor rumblings of larger #volcano http://t.co/vCc186KD Oct 13, 2011
Earthquakes – Indonesia
Indonesian Earthquake 2012 -
Collection of useful video clips and info: http://humsvle.blogspot.com/2012/04/indonesian-earthquake-2012.html?spref=tw
Apr 11, 2012
Earthquakes – Japan
VIDEO - Tokyo
Earthquakes – Mexico
VIDEO LATEST - The villages
destroyed during Mexico
Earthquakes – New Zealand
10 months on Christchurch
Comparison of Christchurch
Compare and contrast the visual
effects of the Christchurch
Third of Christchurch
Hopes fade for NZ quake
missing http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12568417 Feb
24, 2011
Chaos and destruction in Christchurch after earthquake http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12551275 How
lucky we are in the UK
VIDEO - New Zealand
Earthquakes - Philippines
VIDEO - Philippines
6.8 #earthquake in Philippines
Earthquake – Spain
Destruction and shock in Spain
Earthquake in Spain
Earthquakes – Turkey
VIDEO - Impact of latest Turkey
VIDEO - #Turkey
Economic activities
VIDEO - Quarrying threatens India
Ecosystems
Is your toilet paper killing
tigers? http://t.co/Yz2or6bv #geographyteacher
#environment Feb 09, 2012
VIDEO - Australia 's the Great
Barrier reef could be endangered: http://youtu.be/tkIZKZ__bPc #geographyteacher Mar 10, 2012
VIDEO - Villagers in
Malaysian Borneo create forest corridors for endangered species: http://aje.me/JPequO #geography #ecosystems
VIDEO - Using concrete balls
to save coral reefs http://aje.me/IK2adG #geography #ecosystems
Employment issues
London 2012 mascot toys
retailing at £20 made by Chinese workers getting 26p an hour http://t.co/cXY9rVDm #geographyteacher
#Globalisation Jan 19, 2012
VIDEO - India
Economic change - Youth
unemployment mapped http://t.co/AkTr9G4p Interesting
patterns Jan 18, 2012
VIDEO - Working in the cocoa
fields aged 10 - 'I wish I could just go to school': http://t.co/lJ6YegMr #geographyteacher #fairtrade Jan
16, 2012
INTERACTIVE MAP - Youth
unemployment mapped http://t.co/AkTr9G4p Dec
16, 2011
Geography of stuff -
Sandblasted jeans: Should we give up distressed denim? http://t.co/3CfOBtBh Oct 02, 2011
Child Labour encouraged in Bolivia
Sweatshops are still
supplying high street brands http://t.co/4gZtUBv @ITGLWF Apr
28, 2011
Energy – Non-Renewables
Oil and gas may last just 17
years: http://t.co/xK1maeZG Oct
13, 2011
Nuclear Power
VIDEO - Japan
VIDEO - Can the nuclear
industry survive?: http://youtu.be/u26yJCjQh-M
#geographyteacher Mar 26, 2012
VIDEO - Japan
Energy – renewables
VIDEO - #Energy self-sufficiency
on Scottish Island
H.E.P
VIDEO - Row over new HEP
projects in Malaysia
WIND
IMAGE - Every windfarm
mapped - and the MPs who hate them http://t.co/foqUTsGA #geographyteacher Feb
06, 2012
Are Wind turbines a health
hazard? http://t.co/JQYSeY32 #geography Nov
28, 2011
INTERACTIVE - Three steps to
build a wind farm http://t.co/bkLLLbw #geographyteacher
#renewable #energy Aug 15, 2011
Offshore wind farms are good
for wildlife, say researchers http://t.co/sJmcc31 via
@guardian Aug 11, 2011
Wind farm expansion divides
opinion in Wales
Wind farm wars in Devon - Watch here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/zn463/ May
14, 2011
Wind farms 'not big bird
mincers' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17694256 via
@BBCNews #geographyteacher
Apr 12, 2012
WAVE/TIDAL
VIDEO - 'Bicycle pump' to
turn wave power into clean #energy http://t.co/aFrq4h1t #geographyteacher Jan
23, 2012
Tidal #energy turbine set up
in the sea around Orkney http://t.co/XtvT7rUD #geographyteacher Dec
26, 2011
Tidal energy – the UK
SOLAR
Solar lamps replace toxic
kerosene in poorest countries http://t.co/n8ovZinh #geographyteacher Jan
16, 2012
Wind and sunlight make
Kenyan profits http://t.co/vTSVrwi2 #energy
#geographyteacher Jan 11, 2012
Solar energy connects remote
communities in Peru
VIDEO - Landfill site
becomes #solar powerhouse http://t.co/kUZpFIR4 #geographyteacher
#energy Jan 01, 2012
Solar power lights up Bangladesh
VIDEO - Digital drum solar
powered computer kiosks provide info to isolated communities in Uganda
VIDEO - The sun powers
hospital beds in Gaza
VIDEO - Renting solar panels
to save money. Plus How it works - the basics: http://youtu.be/uKOVmzE71SU #geographyteacher Apr 18, 2012
Energy issues - Other
To frack or not to frack....
VIDEO - http://t.co/f1lKxanB Background:
http://t.co/wMEJ7Qsu Plus: http://t.co/NU1Vf4oh #geographyteacher Jan 30,
2012
Can Bolivia
In pictures: Rwanda
How energy use by UK
Renewable energy - Newcastle
VIDEO - Energy ambitions
fuel Central Asian rivalry: http://youtu.be/88nJrSO4Io4
#geographyteacher Apr 08, 2012
RT: Is #fracking the answer
to our #energy needs? Q&A: http://bit.ly/J4Ubuw
#geographyteacher via @Channel4News Apr 17, 2012
MT - Useful energy PowerPoint
for revision purposes: Energy security http://www.slideshare.net/anicholls1234/energy-security-geography
via @KenilworthGeo13 #geography
#alevelgeography May 22, 2012
Energy issues – Environment
Oil spill disaster threatens
New Zealand as stranded container ship splits in two - Asia - World - The
Independent http://t.co/TOTfmbX6 Jan
09, 2012
VIDEO - New Zealand
VIDEO - Worst North Sea oil
leak in 10 years, 113 miles of Aberdeen
Environmental issues
VIDEO: Earthrise -
Sustainable aquaculture, rechargeable 'e-trikes', & methane-cutting diet
for cows http://youtu.be/3ukdjD0X5uA #geographyteacher
VIDEO - Saving Kenya 's forests; seawater to grow food; greening
Los Angeles & Oslo
VIDEO - Discarded coconut
husks used in the battle against soil #erosion in the Philippines
F
Flooding - Australia
VIDEO - Thousands evacuated
amid Australia
VIDEO - #Floods and #drought
threaten Thailand
VIDEO - Heavy rain leads to
homes evacuated and roads closed due to flooding in south-east Queensland
VIDEO - Australians wake up
to flood waters. Some areas receiving highest rainfall totals since 1920s http://youtu.be/QCqKkAqJYFs March 02, 2012
VIDEO - Dozens rescued from Australia
VIDEO - Sydney
VIDEO - BBC Weather - Heavy
rain lashes Sydney
Flooding – Bangladesh
VIDEO - Beating flood damage
in Bangladesh
Flooding – Brazil
VIDEO - #Brazil
VIDEO - Brazil
Flooding – China
BBC News - Flood waters set
to rise in China
Flooding – Georgia
VIDEO - State of emergency
declared in Georgia
Flooding - Netherlands
VIDEO - Dutch villages
evacuated after #flooding due to leaking dyke http://t.co/Z1jlQb2h #geographyteacher Jan
07, 2012
Flooding – Italy
VIDEO - Italy floods: Public anger after six die in Genoa
Flooding – Nepal
VIDEO - Dozens still missing
in Nepal
Flooding – Pakistan
VIDEO - Pakistani businesses
hit by #floods http://t.co/4ilEQo6V #geography Sep
23, 2011
VIDEO - #Pakistan
VIDEO: Pakistan
VIDEO REPORTS - Fatalities
as Pakistan and India
VIDEO - 200 dead and
millions left homeless by #Pakistan
VIDEO: #Pakistan : Torrential rain and floods paralyse Karachi
VIDEO - #Pakistan
VIDEO - Pakistan
Millions of Pakistanis
struggle to survive as #floods crisis continues http://shar.es/gn6O5 Feb 16, 2012
Flooding – Peru
VIDEO - Dozens of people
displaced as river overflows in Peru
Flooding - Philippines
VIDEO - Illegal logging
blamed for making recent flooding worse in the Philippines
#Philippines
VIDEO - #Philippines
VIDEO - Logging blamed for
Philippine flood deaths http://bbc.in/ApOALi
#geographyteacher Feb 21, 2012
Flooding - Tanzania
Flooding - Thailand
VIDEO - #Thailand
VIDEO - Thailand
VIDEO - #Thailand
Floodwaters continue march
through Bangkok as death toll from Thailand
VIDEO - Thai #floods
continue to cause problems http://t.co/01e7YBkM #geographyteacher Oct
28, 2011
VIDEO - Thai #floods
expected to worsen http://t.co/LsedxU4a #geographyteacher Oct
27, 2011
VIDEO - Thai #flooding: The
picture from above http://t.co/SSkPbNZl Oct
18, 2011
Thai #flooding: Floodwalls
reinforced to protect Bangkok
#Thailand
Flooding – UK
April 2012: Drought, heavy
rains and #flooding in England
and Wales
Flooding - USA
Guardian: Winners and losers
in the Mississippi
2011 floods have brought
hardship along the Mississippi
VIDEO: Mississippi
Abbeyfield Humanities: Mississippi
Flood Management
VIDEO - Beating flood damage
in Bangladesh
2011 floods have brought
hardship along the Mississippi
Floating buildings could
help Thais tackle the #flooding crisis http://gu.com/p/3565j/tw
#geographyteacher Feb 14, 2012
Managing Flood Risk: Four
case studies on why flooding occurs and how it can be managed in the
future http://bit.ly/IaIClH #geographyteacher
Apr 26, 2012
Food insecurity
VIDEO - Feeding global
hunger. Where are the areas affected and what do we do about it? http://t.co/27sUbtFe #geographyteacher Jan
07, 2012
Climate to wreak havoc on
food supply, predicts report - http://bbc.in/j4xXLJ Jun
05, 2011
Half a billion children at
risk of malnutrition - rising global food prices are largely to blame http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9696000/9696493.stm Feb 15, 2012
Poor diet kills 2.6 million
infants a year, says survey by Save the Children http://gu.com/p/35f76/tw Feb 15, 2012
VIDEO - Water For Food:
Showing the relationship between food production and water use. youtu.be/64W2yh4RsgI
Feb 16, 2012
G
Global Geography
VIDEO - Around the World in
under 5 minutes. If you haven't seen it yet - Please watch! http://t.co/bo5TRmYu #geographyteacher Jan
07, 2012
Globalisation
VIDEO - The impact of
westernisation - The #geography of fashion: Traditional clothes-making
unravelling in Somalia
Green issues
Is a 'nudge' in the right
direction all we need to be greener? http://t.co/pbwVNamV #geographyteacher
#environment Feb 12, 2012
Green walls create new urban
jungles in London
L
VIDEO = 'Green' tour of London
London 2012: Will GB reap
‘great’ #tourism rewards? http://t.co/PDPbOvO7 Feb
09, 2012
London 2012 mascot toys
retailing at £20 made by Chinese workers getting 26p an hour http://t.co/cXY9rVDm #geographyteacher
#Globalisation Jan 19, 2012
Tourism gold? Olympics set
to lose Britain
VIDEO - East
London 's Olympic regeneration programme provides new employment
and services http://t.co/UgXi7zTQ #geographyteacher Jan
10, 2012
VIDEO - Locals say London
Olympics redevelopments have done little to improve their neighbourhood http://t.co/V8v1tedR #geographyteacher Jan
10, 2012
Will the economy strike
Olympic gold this summer through #tourism? http://t.co/0W4a2HyN #geographyteacher Jan
09, 2012
London 2012 Helping to
redevelop East London sustainably?
Eco-industry park promotes shared vision - #London2012 http ... Dec 21,
2011
VIDEO - Building the Olympic
dream? Not everyone is convinced http://t.co/SZU4WG3o #geographyteacher Dec
11, 2011
Will the #Olympics really
boost #tourism? http://t.co/9bk5fBFi #geographyteacher Nov
11, 2011
VIDEO - London Olympics
tourism warning http://t.co/kEgCoGN0 #geographyteacher
#alevelgeography Nov 06, 2011
The Olympics and Urban
regeneration in the East End of London - all good? http://t.co/9qEdLSx #geography
#geographyteacher Jul 17, 2011
VIDEO - Rubbish dump to
beach: How Games changed Barcelona
M
Mapping
Dimensions: Major events
onto a map of where you live. Try it. http://t.co/S3DUqY5i #geographyteacher
#historyteacher Dec 26, 2011
INTERACTIVE MAP - Murder
around the world mapped http://t.co/4DnZQqIO #geography Oct
10, 2011
The new world map: download
it for yourself http://t.co/GuyHvMH via
@guardian Jul 08, 2011
MapMaker Page Maps -
National Geographic Education:http://on.natgeo.com/AE0meC via @MBenDixon #geographyteacher Feb 16, 2012
http://www.gapminder.org/downloads/ You
probably have seen this before but I am always impressed by kids reaction to Dollar Street
Do you need blank maps for
homework? http://t.co/2Dgbn3z Sep
07, 2011
Check out this presentation
: What A Wonderful World! http://t.co/yMsnQTgS
via @slideshare #geographyteacher via
@jonesy2008 Mar 26, 2012
INTERACTIVE MAP - The
#geography of weapons. How much different countries spend on arms as % of GDP. http://gu.com/p/37v4z/tw #geographyteacher Apr 17, 2012
INTERACTIVE MAP - The
geography of youth unemployment http://gu.com/p/33dd9/tw
#geographyteacher Apr 18, 2012
Migration
Video animation: How 300,000
people move home http://t.co/ZXS1WjuR #geographyteacher
#migration Feb 09, 2012
MAP - Europe :
Where do people live and where is the most popular choice for emigration? http://t.co/IqJMHL7S #geographyteacher Jan
26, 2012
VIDEO - Latino immigrant
exodus hurts South Carolina
VIDEO: Migration - Where
does everybody go? http://t.co/B3ftBa4f #geographyteacher
#migration Jan 15, 2012
VIDEO - Migration and
Urbanisation in China
VIDEO - The liberation of Libya
World's largest seasonal
#migration begins in China
VIDEO - Booming Brazil
VIDEO - Net #migration at
record high for 2010 http://t.co/JW1K99wt #population
#geographyteacher Nov 28, 2011
Impact of migration: The
villages made up of the women left behind http://t.co/4hC91eK #geographyteacher Aug
10, 2011
VIDEO - #Migration: Haitian
invasion welcomed in rural US - Push and Pull factors & impacts explored http://bbc.in/AwW0NX #geographyteacher Feb 19, 2012
INTERACTIVE MAP - Asylum
seekers mapped: Where did they come from & where are they going? http://gu.com/p/36kgn/tw #geographyteacher
MT: MAP - The geography of
Billionaires: http://zite.to/Ij14t1 via @worldmapper
VIDEO - Half a million
Afghans displaced by war & environmental disasters: http://aje.me/J9AfBH #geographyteacher May 13, 2012
Misc
What makes psychology and
geography grads the most employable? http://t.co/hYcgVAFT Nov
09, 2011
What to do with a degree in
human geography http://t.co/lEECddxP Sep
19, 2011
Do you need blank maps for
homework? http://t.co/2Dgbn3z Sep
07, 2011
Michael Palin: geography
students hold the key to the world's problems http://t.co/knxADe7 Aug
25, 2011
Top universities recommend
choosing Geography and History http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12365050 Mar
06, 2011
VIDEO - The #geography of
nuclear warheads: Who has what? http://youtu.be/hoREuXGYmfA
#geographyteacher Mar 26, 2012
Geography of life and death
- Death penalty statistics, country by country visualisation and data http://gu.com/p/2zxyc/tw #geographyteacher Mar 27, 2012
VIDEO - What can you do with
geography?: http://youtu.be/6Mj8MTWZX4M
#geographyteacher Apr 10, 2012
#Geography gold! Laughed out
loud at Pic 3: A gallery of places with silly names http://gu.com/p/3762z/tw Not sure I can use in lessons though! Apr 25, 2012
VIDEO - Showing paintings of
British landscape to Saudis. Are these the images that sum up Britain
PHOTOS: The many images of Africa 's daily life http://bbc.in/IsNT3F
#geography
Clips from Indian
Ocean series: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pqbfg/clips
#geographyteacher Apr 29, 2012
This is THE definitive image
of planet Earth: Satellite captures all of our globe in one stunning, 121-m…
#MailOnline http://t.co/imM4Pvh4 May 12, 2012
Which are best Unis for
Geography in UK
P
Plate tectonics
Population issues – General
When was the real baby
boom? http://t.co/PHIUbXP4 #geographyteacher Feb
02, 2012
Japan #population to shrink
by one-third by 2060 http://t.co/Y1evtSIN #geographyteacher Jan
30, 2012
Our Aging World interactive
visualisation http://t.co/jQsUdxrx
VIDEO - Factors affecting
birth rates http://t.co/Tj3tXdGe #population
#geographyteacher Jan 15, 2012
VIDEO - Reporters: Impact of
#population change in different parts of the world http://t.co/g515mWW3 #geographyteacher Dec
25, 2011
The UN predicts the world's
#population explosion: visualised http://t.co/IChHSKKB #geographyteacher Oct
30, 2011
VIDEO - Dhaka
struggles to cope with rapid population increase http://t.co/aVBwk21 #geographyteacher
#gcsegeography Aug 13, 2011
VIDEO - Does family planning
actually reduce birth rate?: http://t.co/gMBOtME #geography Aug
03, 2011
What will happen to Europe 's population? http://t.co/4IaxMSG May
30, 2011
World population by country:
UN guesses the shape of the world by 2100 http://t.co/1lf0y20 May
09, 2011
World population density http://www-958.ibm.com/v/92593 Feb
23, 2011
VIDEO - Peru
Population Management - China
VIDEO - Year of dragon could
spark baby boom in China
VIDEO: End of China
#Population management - China
BBC News VIDEO - China
Population Management – Tanzania
Why women's education in Tanzania
Population Management – India
VIDEO - #Population Control:
Reports that UK aid funds
forced sterilisation of India
Population – 7 billion
World Population - The Big
Picture http://t.co/3wCT8Cbk. Great
images for discussing levels of development #geographyteacher Nov 08,
2011
VIDEO - Contradictions in a
world of seven billion http://t.co/F3axk5mE #population
#geography Oct 31, 2011
World's 'seven billionth
baby' is born http://t.co/utGDsYFI Oct
31, 2011
7 billion people and you:
What's your number? Work it out! I was the 4,068,830,973rd person alive on
earth! http://t.co/Lx5dIBsV #geography Oct
27, 2011
Lots more #population
related stuff here: http://t.co/m4YOAEWF #geographyteacher Oct
26, 2011
VIDEO - #Population: Seven
billion, but how many more? http://t.co/3Id3UrNN Oct
26, 2011
#Population: 7 billion,
unpacked—a comic http://t.co/8XOc6TWu #geography Oct
25, 2011
#Population - Seven billion
and counting http://t.co/NOHTDTI2 #geography Oct
24, 2011
More from NatGeo's "The
World at 7 Billion" Nice interactive map. http://bit.ly/nyzf92 Aug 12, 2011
Poverty
Interactive Map: Where do
people live on less than $1.25/day? http://t.co/aoHY1DW1 #geographyteacher
via @WorldBank Jan 20, 2012
Wealth and poverty in Africa - Interactive map http://t.co/TVd9UpVi Dec 27, 2011
Photos of the year http://t.co/nWaeQbir Useful for teaching
#conflicts #poverty. Amazing images! #geography Nov 22, 2011
Maps comparing deprivation
in selected English cities http://t.co/h49KPQH #geographyteacher Aug
11, 2011
The child poverty map of Britain
Q
Quality of life
The Big Society? What
factors affect QOL & how have attitudes changed? Poll results &
graphs http://t.co/irACMpr4 #geography
#citizenship Jan 09, 2012
Life expectancy mapped by
local authority - who lives longest (and shortest)? http://t.co/o4Mo7HOS #geographyteacher Oct
24, 2011
The #geography of the
bedroom. What does each bedroom tell us about the lives of children in that
country? http://t.co/QCjwOSZj Sep
19, 2011
The #geography of happiness
- UK 
The #geography of pocket
money in the UK
Geography of health: How
does your local authority compare? http://t.co/ZsqkWfX Jun
28, 2011
How do you measure wellbeing
and happiness? http://t.co/NuQVYlt #geographyteacher Jul
25, 2011
MAP - Uneducated Britain
How do you define a better
life? Create your personal OECD Better Life Index! #BLI http://t.co/t8BM1N7 via @oecd May 25,
2011
How things have changed -
Great animation comparing life exp and income http://t.co/wRZuZMU Feb
27, 2011
So how do you measure
quality of life? http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/markeaston/2011/02/happiness_work_sleep_and_bicyc.html Feb
25, 2011
VIDEO - 'Sheds with beds'
are London
Ten signs of happiness
published by ONS http://bbc.in/uuTz9K #geographyteacher Mar 06, 2012
R
Recycling
VIDEO - Shining example of
#recycling in the Philippines
VIDEO - Argentine man makes
house from plastic bottles http://t.co/fJ5PZsqr #geographyteacher Oct
29, 2011
VIDEO - Earthrise - Episode
3: Building from waste materials in The Netherlands amongst items included http://youtu.be/aWDC5hcdcOY #geographyteacher Apr 14, 2012
Resource Exploitation
VIDEO - Resource
exploitation in West Papua . Land & forests
exploited by timber companies http://gu.com/p/37jnc/tw
#geography #alevelgeography
Revision
VIDEO - GCSE Geography WJEC
B - How to answer the exam questions: http://youtu.be/60U5Z-A8Ico Mar 03, 2012
VIDEO - GCSE Geography WJEC
B Exam Revision for 2012 http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/02/gcse-geography-wjec-b-revision-for-2012.html?spref=tw
Feb 26, 2012
T
Tourism - Africa
VIDEO - From tourist
attraction to ghost town in Libya
VIDEO - Could Islamists
change the face of Egypt
VIDEO - Uprising affects
#tourism in Syria
VIDEO - Can Tunisia
VIDEO - Political
instability affects #tourism in Tunisia
Tourism – Americas
Caribbean island Curacao faces dilemma - oil vs tourism http://bbc.in/vZNCuG #geographyteacher
VIDEO - #Tourism booming in
the favelas of Rio http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/05/tourism-booming-in-favelas.html?spref=tw
#geography
Tourism – Europe
Swiss voters keep 'suicide
tourism' alive http://t.co/KpQHLNU May
15, 2011
VIDEO - Is tourism damaging
Swiss natural beauty? http://bbc.in/HPQdj6 #tourism #geographyteacher Apr 09, 2012
London 2012: Will GB reap
‘great’ #tourism rewards? http://t.co/PDPbOvO7 Feb
09, 2012
VIDEO - Seaside
village of Overstrand
Tourism gold? Olympics set
to lose Britain
Skegness name change
suggested by #tourism expert - in order to boost image http://t.co/922bmgTY #geographyteacher Jan
20, 2012
Will the economy strike
Olympic gold this summer through #tourism? http://t.co/0W4a2HyN #geographyteacher Jan
09, 2012
VIDEO: New one on me! - Goth
#tourism hits Whitby
VIDEO - Education #tourism: UK
VIDEO - Is Barcelona
Tourism - Malaga
Is 'binge tourism' coming to
an end in Spain
Tourism – Asia
VIDEO: K-Pop music.
Successful export & #tourism driver in S.Korea - but concerns over
westernisation http://t.co/pQwFCDDi #geographyteacher Jan
28, 2012
VIDEO - Tourists discover Burma
VIDEO - Beirut Beirut
VIDEO - Making money out of
tourist waste - Bali http://t.co/OLMSXJUC #geographyteacher Dec
12, 2011
Impact of #tourism on
Everest - Calls for long-term #Everest waste management plan – starting with
toilets http://t.co/01CsSU4j #geography Oct
12, 2011
VIDEO - N
Korea cruises into tourism market http://t.co/d4qhnQV alevelgeography
#geographyteacher Sep 03, 2011
Tourists add to 'trash
island' in the Maldives
Geography VIDEO
- Tourism numbers rise significantly in Myanmar
Birth tourism - Hong Kong to
limit mainland China
VIDEO - Burma
Tourism – Ecotourism
VIDEO - #Ecotourism in Bolivia
Tourism – General
MAP - World Tourism Heatmaps
- See which places are the most popular destinations http://t.co/iVRuhYyU
UK Tourism facts and figures
- Telegraph http://t.co/Iv105l6 Jul
25, 2011
Holiday Hijack from
Channel4.com http://t.co/KtBEJmW Jul
24, 2011
What role can tourism play
in development? http://t.co/Z10DNLY May
09, 2011
Empire #tourism -
Napoleon... the theme park? http://bbc.in/GPfuMr
#geograhyteacher
VIDEO - Concern over growing
popularity of all-inclusive holidays http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/04/concern-over-growing-popularity-of-all.html?spref=tw #tourism #geographyteacher
Trade
IMAGE - UK
World trade graph. In 2012
emerging economies will import more goods than developed economies http://t.co/csFMmB9p #geographyteacher Dec
19, 2011
VIDEO - The Windward Islands : setting the course for fair trade in
the banana industry http://t.co/9kyq9cT4 #geographyteacher Dec
06, 2011
Geography of stuff -
Sandblasted jeans: Should we give up distressed denim? http://t.co/3CfOBtBh Oct 02, 2011
Transport issues
VIDEO - Bogotans encouraged
to leave cars at home for a day http://t.co/QhAQFzoD #transport
#environment #geographyteacher Feb 04, 2012
Cargo boat and US navy ship
set sail on 'green' algal oil in marine fuel trials http://t.co/cD9Shhrf #energy
#geographyteacher Jan 14, 2012
Tsunami
VIDEO - Long term effects of
Japan
Google Street View explores
post-tsunami Japan
VIDEO - Thousands still
homeless months after tsunami http://t.co/ODiSFvv #geography
#geographyteacher Aug 04, 2011
VIDEO - After the tsunami in
Japan
Astonishing before and after
images of the tsunami devastation http://t.co/pVmgAeE Mar
15, 2011
VIDEO - How earthquakes
trigger tsunamis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12739417 Mar
14, 2011
Abbeyfield Humanities: VIDEO
- New tsunami footage - Miyako, Japan
RT @AJELive: #Tsunami
survivor found alive 15km at sea, two days after being swept away. More at
#AlJazeera's liveblog: http://aje.me/fDALuy Mar
13, 2011
Abbeyfield Humanities: The
nuclear risk - Japan
Abbeyfield Humanities:
Earthquakes and Tsunamis explained http://t.co/oQmVijH Mar
13, 2011
Abbeyfield Humanities: VIDEO
- How the tsuanami spread across the pacific http://t.co/YeSZQTT Mar
13, 2011
Abbeyfield Humanities: New
video showing tsunami impact in Japan
Abbeyfield Humanities: VIDEO
- Before and after - #Japan
Abbeyfield Humanities: VIDEO
- Japan
Abbeyfield Humanities: Japan
Abbeyfield Humanities: VIDEO
- Japan
VIDEO - How Japan
VIDEO - Japan Tsunami: Struggle Of Grief-Stricken Town
IMAGES - Fantastic set of
pictures showing areas affected by Japan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-17219008 -
Japan quake impacts and recovery. A few stats to ponder... Mar 11, 2012
VIDEO - Harley Davidson
washes up on Canadian coast thought to have come from Japan
U
Urban issues - General
VIDEO - #Masdar, Abu Dhabi
The world's biggest cities:
How do you measure them? http://t.co/DvirgnOH #geographyteacher Jan
29, 2012
Creative land use in Thailand
VIDEO - Satellite town
commuters in Indonesia
VIDEO - Migration and
Urbanisation in China
VIDEO - Would innovative
architecture help to transform our declining high streets? - some
examples: http://t.co/zWIMMwEG #geographyteacher Jan
14, 2012
IMAGES - Urban population
boom threatens Lake Titicaca as increasing
waste threatens famous lake http://t.co/uSUfdwte #geographyteacher Jan
14, 2012
Chippenham Vision knocked
off track? - Regenerating town centres. Do big supermarkets do more harm than
good? http://t.co/TNF3H0kQ Jan 12,
2012
VIDEO: Has India
Floods, heat, migration: How
extreme weather will transform cities http://t.co/HIGwdbuL #geographyteacher Jan
01, 2012
MAP: Changing high streets -
Which towns in the UK
VIDEO - Improving Bristol
VIDEO - Crossing a St Louis
INTERACTIVE MAP - How affordable
is housing where you live? http://gu.com/p/369z2/tw
#geographyteacher Mar 21, 2012
VIDEO - Binge drinking
culture leading to socio-economic problems in Australia
VIDEO - LA at night.
Time-lapse. Pretty smart. http://vimeo.com/42159424 May 20, 2012
Urban issues – Squatter settlements
VIDEO - Surf School Brazil
IMAGES: Brazil police move in to evict squatters from Sao Paulo
VIDEO - Brazil police storm slum settlement near Sao Paulo
VIDEO - Mumbai slum-makeover
plan concerns residents who fear their livelihoods are threatened http://t.co/TS5k4T8d #geographyteacher Jan
22, 2012
Shanty town
redevelopment....and then some! Giant escalators. http://t.co/lpU19LRZ #geographyteacher Dec
27, 2011
VIDEO: GCSE Geography - Rio
Squatter Settlements - Ross Kemp Documentary http://t.co/ff1Q4A8I #geographyteacher Dec
11, 2011
Extra troops sent to Rio slum after gunfight erupts http://t.co/nyIuc9J #gcsegeography Sep
08, 2011
VIDEO REPORT- Urbanisation
creating slums in Ulan Bator
Vast Mongolian shantytown
now home to quarter of country's population http://t.co/6bD3xYW via
@guardian May 15, 2011
VIDEO - Redevelopment plans
for Seoul
VIDEO - #Tourism booming in
the favelas of Rio http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/05/tourism-booming-in-favelas.html?spref=tw
#geography
V
Volcanoes – Hawaii
Volcano erupts in Hawaii
Volcanoes - Iceland
VIDEO - Iceland
VIDEO - Iceland
Why the disruption shouldn't
be so bad this time #iceland
One year on and another ash
cloud http://t.co/UErbmlH May 23,
2011
Volcanoes – Italy
VIDEO - #Etna erupts: Flames
from #volcano light up Sicilian sky http://t.co/nR5ftys5 #geography Oct
24, 2011
VIDEO: Etna eruption lights
up Sicily
Volcanoes – Mexico
VIDEO - Popocatepetl
eruption threatens millions in Mexico
Volcanoes – USA
IMAGES - On this day in 1980
- Nine people die following the massive eruption of Mount
St Helens http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/mount_st_helens_30_years_ago.html #geography May 20, 2012
W
Waste issues
Making a living from Mexico City
VIDEO - Mexican rubbish dump
closure leads to concerns over jobs and waste being dumped on streets: http://t.co/tAVu2oGI #geographyteacher Jan
24, 2012
VIDEO - Dealing with
mounting e-waste in India
IMAGES - Urban population
boom threatens Lake Titicaca as increasing
waste threatens famous lake http://t.co/uSUfdwte #geographyteacher Jan
14, 2012
VIDEO - Landfill site becomes
#solar powerhouse http://t.co/kUZpFIR4 #geographyteacher
#energy Jan 01, 2012
VIDEO - Making money out of
tourist waste - Bali http://t.co/OLMSXJUC #geographyteacher Dec
12, 2011
VIDEO - Pakistan
Tourists add to 'trash
island' in the Maldives
VIDEO - One man waste is
another mans livelihood: Brazil 's
biggest landfill nears its close in Rio http://bbc.in/Iae8NP #geographyteacher
Water Supply and Management
VIDEO and INFO - The cost of
keeping the desert green. Is the carbon footprint worth it? http://t.co/P3yM3ZNH #geographyteacher Jan
31, 2012
VIDEO: Dirty water filter -
appropriate technology TED talk http://t.co/0CU85tgd #geographyteacher Nov
30, 2011
Shennongjia exposes reckless
development of China
Can water end the
Arab-Israeli conflict? http://t.co/4KX5h1C #geographyteacher Jul
30, 2011
VIDEO: Crossing borders to
find water http://t.co/z4f8QeW Jul
08, 2011
Dozens killed in Burma
MAP - Virtual water balance:
The water footprint of the world http://gu.com/p/35ezq/tw
#geographyteacher Feb 15, 2012
VIDEO - Row over new HEP
projects in Malaysia
VIDEO - Water For Food:
Showing the relationship between food production and water use. youtu.be/64W2yh4RsgI
Feb 16, 2012
VIDEO - War for water in Chile 's Atacama Desert :
Vines or mines? http://bbc.in/GTcEFN #geographyteacher Mar 24, 2012
VIDEO - A solution to the south's water woes?
Desalination plant in east London
VIDEO - Water transfer:
Severn Trent to pump water to drought region http://bbc.in/IBcnd3
Plus text: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-17663393
#geographyteacher Apr 10, 2012
VIDEO - Dam threatens
livelihood of Cambodia
Weather – Cold
VIDEO - Jet stream leads to
snow in the east and extreme heat in the south and west in US
European cold spell – January and February
2012
VIDEO - Think it's cold
here. Think again. Mahoosive icicles and more... http://t.co/mV0hqag2 #geographyteacher Feb
11, 2012
VIDEO - What conditions
cause freezing rain? http://t.co/RJTd5CWr Plus
the consequences: http://t.co/bHxWcyTJ #geographyteacher Feb 09,
2012
VIDEO & TEXT compilation
- European Big freeze continues http://t.co/2BSnSqqW #geographyteacher Feb
07, 2012
VIDEO - Big freeze tightens
its grip on Europe http://t.co/iG2ur2c7 #geographyteacher Feb
07, 2012
Europe freeze Feb 2012:
Emergencies in Italy , Greece and Serbia
Geography behind the big
freeze #geographyteacher http://t.co/fjUgF0BM Feb
04, 2012
Some fantastic photos of the
frozen Black Sea off the coast of Romania
IMAGES - Extreme cold
weather hits Europe : Great pics http://t.co/8SP4nN5y Feb 03, 2012
VIDEO - Bora Winds explained
as big freeze grips Europe http://t.co/Qe5b7hdw #geographyteacher Feb
02, 2012
VIDEO: Massive area of high
pressure stretches from Siberia to UK
VIDEO - Austria
VIDEO - China
VIDEO - Man digs through
snow to find house in Romania
Cold snap has killed more
than 600 people in eastern Europe http://gu.com/p/35g5b/tw
#weather #geographyteacher Feb 15, 2012
Weather – Cyclones
VIDEO - Mozambique
VIDEO - Storm Washi victims
struggle on in The Philippines: http://t.co/zVnsfL2P #geographyteacher Jan
21, 2012
VIDEO - Cyclone #Thane kills
more than 33 in India
VIDEO - #Cyclone #Thane hits
Tamil Nadu coast, Puducherry India
RT @metofficestorms:
Satellite loop of Cyclone #Thane approaching Indian coast (requires
Flash): http://t.co/oMS7Y23r Dec
29, 2011
VIDEOS - Madagascar
Weather – Hurricanes
#Hurricane #Rina to Impact
Cancun & Cozumel, Mexico
We do not and will not get
#hurricanes in the UK
Weather – Hurricane Irene
Esri Published an
Interactive Map of Hurricane Irene http://t.co/FNP31vH |
#GPS #geolocation Aug 30, 2011
VIDEO - Irene continues to
cause problems in US http://t.co/6uPnpIt Aug
30, 2011
Hurricane Irene heads
towards New York
NHC - Hurricane Irene
downgraded to category 1 storm, winds around 90mph - damage still
expected. http://t.co/G0vSSWe #geographyteacher Aug
27, 2011
NYT Hurricane Irene Tracking
Map http://t.co/mczdcRn Aug 26,
2011
VIDEO - Hurricane #Irene
pictured from space by ISS http://t.co/WhmU9gm Aug
26, 2011
VIDEO - Hurricane #Irene
hits Cuba and Dominican Republic
VIDEO - Carolinas
brace for Hurricane #Irene - http://t.co/Ux85VNi Aug
24, 2011
Hurricane #Irene hits Caribbean http://t.co/KS5niHR #geographyteacher Aug
24, 2011
Weather – Hot
22 lives lost during US
VIDEO - Deadly heatwave
settles across US and Canada
VIDEO - Jet stream leads to
snow in the east and extreme heat in the south and west in US
Weather – Tornadoes
VIDEO - Roofs blown off
homes as #tornadoes hit North
Carolina
New violent tornado raging
in Oklahoma
VIDEO US city devasted by
monster tornado http://t.co/AfVTLqv via
@youtube May 24, 2011
VIDEO: Missouri
Violent weather sparks
tornadoes in US http://t.co/EVuRtpR May
23, 2011
US storms and tornado death
toll rises - http://bbc.in/h06vi5 Apr
17, 2011
At least 28 dead as #tornadoes sweep
across US states http://bbc.in/ybyElO March 03, 2012
VIDEO - #Tornadoes wreak
havoc across US
VIDEO - #Tornado leaves
trail of destruction in Kentucky
US tornadoes: at least 28
dead as two towns 'disappear' - Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9120481/US-tornadoes-at-least-28-dead-as-two-towns-disappear.html Mar 03, 2012
VIDEOS - #Tornadoes cause
havoc in US. Causes: http://youtu.be/fWnkYhGI8A0
Effects: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17710248
#geographyteacher Apr 15, 2012
VIDEO - #Tornado rips
through eastern Japan
Weather – Typhoons
VIDEO - #Typhoon #Nesat
shuts down Hong Kong http://t.co/4CsjviPR Sep 29, 2011
VIDEO: Powerful #Typhoon
#Roke hits disaster-ravaged Japan
Typhoon Talas: Japan
VIDEO - Japan
Typhoon Nanmadol hits the
Phillippines http://t.co/bsvzEu4 #geographyteacher Aug
27, 2011
Weather – UK
VIDEO - How and why it is
likely to #snow over the UK
VIDEO: Massive area of high
pressure stretches from Siberia to UK
VIDEO and MAP - #Storms
batter Scotland
Mild weather has left
retailers feeling a chill as shoppers fail to stock up on winter warmers http://t.co/nYhN71c1 #geography Nov
28, 2011
We do not and will not get
#hurricanes in the UK
VIDEO - How the British
weather affects what we buy http://t.co/aJykDZU #geographyteacher Aug
15, 2011
VIDEO - Drought risk for
parts of England
VIDEO - Why is British
#weather so unpredictable? http://bbc.in/AAzpgf
#geographyteacher Mar 04, 2012
Weather - Misc
VIDEO - Strange clouds form
over Florida
Floods, heat, migration: How
extreme weather will transform cities http://t.co/HIGwdbuL #geographyteacher Jan
01, 2012
In pictures: Rare lenticular
clouds over West Yorkshire http://t.co/8xDQcZFH Spooky!
#geographyteacher Dec 23, 2011
We do not and will not get
#hurricanes in the UK
Beautiful weather graphs and
maps for Chippenham , UK
Cloudspotting guide
here http://t.co/HCcLKQY #geographyteacher Aug
02, 2011
Cloud spotting http://t.co/bIsLxSb Aug 02, 2011
VIDEO - The Fohn effect: The
science behind the mild weather http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/feeds/17130652
#geographyteacher Feb 23, 2012
#Geography - Find out more
about the earth's #atmosphere and #climate here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/earth/atmosphere_and_climate Mar 04, 2012
In 2010-11 42m people in Asia were displaced by ‘extreme’ weather. http://www.economist.com/node/21550322?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/saveourcities via
@TheEconomist #geographyteacher Mar 18, 2012
VIDEO - Hail kills three,
injures dozens as storms sweep China
Thunderstorms in your area?
Our recent blog explains what causes thunder and lightning http://t.co/HMIAIEBc Apr 19, 2012
Wild fires
VIDEO - Wildfires blaze
across New Zealand and Australia
Fires continue to rage
through Texas
Wildfire sweep across parts
of Canada
Wildfires spread across UK
History
Black Death
VIDEO - Decoding the Black
Death http://t.co/nqWqAUPu #historyteacher Oct
13, 2011
Empire
VIDEO - British
Empire : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWedTbuAtR4
- Horrible Histories via @braytonhistory
Industrial Revolution
VIDEO - Children of the
Industrial Revolution http://t.co/R4Cf9G2h #historyteacher Jan
15, 2012
Misc
IMAGES - The Most
Influential Places in History http://ti.me/I6aGFI
Any obvious omissions? #historyteacher
#geographyteacher
Design your own coat of arms
online - great for younger students: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/designa/coat_of_arms/coat_of_arms.swf Apr 29, 2012
Revision
VIDEO: GCSE Edexcel Modern
World History Revision video - Unit 1 The Cold War http://abbeyfieldhumanities.blogspot.com/2012/02/gcse-history-revision-video-cold-war.html?spref=tw Feb 26, 2012
VIDEO: GCSE Edexcel Modern
World History Revision video - Unit 2 Nazi Germany
Suffragettes
VIDEO and TEXT - Were
extreme suffragettes regarded as terrorists? http://t.co/QyqPCiJ0 #historyteacher Feb
13, 2012
Tudor England
RT @AbbHumanities: #History
- More people died playing football than SWORD-FIGHTING in Tudor times http://t.co/cbwuP1jx Dec 24, 2011
Twentieth Century Britain
A social history of 20th
Century Britain - personal memories and rare film archive. Well worth
viewing: http://t.co/TCblVMC #historyteacher Sep
07, 2011
VIDEO - A history of British
homes - Sarah Beeny http://bbc.in/yHw0c6 3
WW1
WW1 soldiers' slang
dictionary - online http://t.co/CJ1BHjB6 via
@HodderHistory Jan 19, 2012
How to really win at war:
How Germany lost the WWI arms race bbc.in/Af5xQs
WW2
One Major's four letter
coded message of defiance for Adolf Hitler http://t.co/Wd6TaoHD via
@historyflip Jan 12, 2012
In pictures:
Auschwitz-Birkenau, then and now http://bbc.in/wWIIxr
#historyteacher Feb 27, 2012
General teaching and learning stuff
via @TeachingBites
Screen recorder: http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screen_recorder for
anyone looking to experiment with the #flippedclassroom #teacher #edchat via
@MBenDixon May 13, 2012
Convert text to a mindmap: http://www.text2mindmap.com/ Feb 26, 2012
Need a quick
presentation? http://www.qwiki.com/ via@Ridgeographers I tried
tsunami and was quite impressed. Mar 05,
2012
Finnish students do least no
of class hrs per wk in the dev world, yet get best results in end. Interesting
article - http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/apr/09/finish-school-system?CMP=twt_gu Apr 15, 2012
Lots of good resources for
use with Year 7 SEN students http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/
#teachingbytes May 17, 2012
Effective questioning - Use
'no hands up' to keep students on toes #teachingbytes May 17, 2012
Effective questioning: Phone
a friend - Struggling student asks for answers from three peers. They then
choose the best one #teachingbytes
May 17, 2012
Effective questioning -
Increase 'wait time' ask a question & give wait time. Ask another question,
then go back to 1st one #teachingbytes May 17, 2012
Showing progress - In order
to exit the lesson, or move to next task, students need to complete exit ticket
and put on wall #teachingbytes
May 17, 2012
What makes effective
questioning? http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/what-makes-effective-questioning
#teachingbites #teaching May 17,
2012
Demonstrating progress in
lessons: http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/progression-progression-progression-updated-2012 #teachingbites #teaching
May 17, 2012
What makes an 'outstanding'
lesson? http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/what-makes-an-outstanding-lesson-jan-2012 #teachingbites #teaching May 17, 2012
Revision techniques. A few
tried and tested methods as a quick reminder http://www.slideshare.net/humsast/revision-techniques-presentation #teachingbites #teacher May 17, 2012
Want to use a You Tube video
in a lesson, but not all the video is appropriate? Try this to edit YT
videos: http://snipreel.com/yt/ Its free! May 20, 2012
MT via @noeljenkins Think
Link http://bit.ly/yNR5qe
to create Solo hexagons
