geographigo

"There has never been a more important time to study geography."

geographigo provides information and worksheets based on current affairs for geography and social science educators. Content is suitable for teaching in Junior, Middle and Senior Schools and is provided at a range of levels. Content is suitable for international and domestic schools and is updated daily. Some materials are free, and others are available for purchase. Teachers or educational institutions purchasing are licensed to use the document for reproduction to pupils in their schools.

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Welsh Salt Marshes and Carbon Sequestration
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Welsh Salt Marshes and Carbon Sequestration

The humble Welsh salt marsh is a titan in terms of carbon sequestration, but there are risks of carbon release if these habitats are disturbed.

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It's more than careless to lose a million species
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It's more than careless to lose a million species

The geographical catastrophe of mass extinction.

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Using Radio to Support Teaching
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Using Radio to Support Teaching

This is a short article on using radio to support geography teaching.

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Podcast: Statues, Commemoration and the Historical Geography of Cities
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Podcast: Statues, Commemoration and the Historical Geography of Cities

The Fons Americanus fountain at the Tate questions cities, statues and commemoration.

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All that is solid melts into air
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All that is solid melts into air

An overview of structural changes in society and the implications for geographic thought.

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Pupils

Geography Fundamentals Subject Summary

This carefully written subject summary puts the entire Common Entrance Geography programme in your hand in one manageable document. It helps pupils immediately see what they know and what they don't know and is a perfect tool for exam preparation.

  

£7.50

School assemblies are the 'hearth,' of the school, where the Head brings the school together and other teachers become school wide identities. Assemblies need to be exciting, varied, and something pupils look forward to, not stale, repetitive boring sessions that pupils and staff dislike. Here are weekly ideas, with broad geographical themes to support your assemblies, structured for both junior and senior pupils.

Beginnings and Fresh Starts

An assembly reading for multiple age groups about renewal at the start of a new year.

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Now is the time to come to the aid of the planet

Biodiversity is at risk, and with it human life as we know it on the planet. Human beings need to adopt a new way of living if our habitat is to be sustainable.

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The Bafflingly Big

This assembly focuses on scale and size and how it is important to understand how big something is to best determine its consequence.

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Oxford Climate Alumni Network

Oxford Climate Alumni Network

10/26/2022

I have been appointed Communications Director of OxCAN, the Oxford University Climate Alumni Network. I am keen to increase the membership of the organisation, warm up the network nature of the organisation, and in my work with the Education Working Party to look at issues relating to climate change, climate change fatigue and climate anxiety amongst young people, and responses to these issues from educators and parents.

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Continuous Blinking: Critical Thinking

Continuous Blinking: Critical Thinking

10/26/2022

I am publishing a book which is for children who are or want to be critical thinkers; those interested in ideas or philosophy. The book should be released in the next few weeks. Look out for it on Amazon.

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Death and Bereavement Research

Death and Bereavement Research

05/06/2020

Dr Andrew Lee is writing a book the way people prepare for someone's death and their responses to grief and bereavement thereafter. The project is currently in the research phase.

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Geographigo was established in 2017 to provide up to date teaching resources based on recent events. Geographigo is produced by Dr Andrew Lee (Chartered Geographer). He has taught geography from junior school to university on three continents. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London, a member of the Geography Teacher's Association in NSW, Australia, and a Chartered Geographer. He holds a doctorate in social geography from the University of Oxford and an undergraduate geography degree from the University of Sydney. He has conducted training and lectured in geography education in the UK, throughout Asia and in Australia.

High quality topical resources are hard to come by, and here they are. Some are produced free, and others carry a small fee. A teacher or an institution, depending on who has ultimately paid for the product has the right to keep and print out materials for their pupils. Geographigo is a responsive company, if there is any error or difficulty, please email us and we will endeavour to fix problems quickly and to provide you with an update.

Geographigo offers downloadable resources from this website, a monthly newsletter, and professional development training in geography education and geographical education consultancy services. The website is also used as a portal to other work being conducted by Dr Lee, including research into bereavement. 
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