Mapping UK Age Patterns.

Year 9 and 10 have been studying the effects of an ageing population in the UK. The ONS has launched a mapping tool to chart UK age patterns, coinciding with this year's Older People's Day.
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How China is accelerating...

An interesting grahpic from the Times, which illustrates 60 years of change in China.

New quake hits Sumatra

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7 has hit Sumatra, a day after another powerful quake devastated much of the Indonesian island.



The first earthquake struck at 1716 local time (1016 GMT) on Wednesday, some 85km (55 miles) under the sea, north-west of Padang.

The second quake was on land and struck at 0852 local time on (0152 GMT) on Thursday, about 225km (95 miles) south-east of Padang at a depth of about 25km (15.5 miles).

Officials now say at least 200 bodies have been found from the earlier 7.6 magnitude quake, which triggered landslides and cut power lines.

BBC News
The Guardian
Times Online

Geosquishing Competition Update...

The Geosquishing Competition is now closed. Thank you so much to everyone who entered! Students will now vote for their favourite image via the learning platform. Once the votes have been counted and verified i shall update you with the winners! Here is a short video showing the entries:

Geosquishing Images

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Year 7- learn your continents!

Here is a great video to act as a reminder from the last lesson!

Thanks to Tony Cassidy for the find.

What if they had a Facebook profile?

My year 9 GCSE group have been wearing their creative thinking hats and have had a go with Tony Cassidy's Facebook and Twitter resources! Here is a slideshow of the work they produced for a display:

Facebook and Twitter Profiles

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Thanks to Tony for sharing his work :)

Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss

Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change.

Thanks to Marcus Cherrill for alerting me to this :)

Geosquishing competition update...

The deadline for the competition entries is Friday September 18th. You can email them to your Geography teacher. Thanks to all those who have sent them already!