Mexico City...

I mentioned the other day about Dan Raven-Ellison's Urban Earth project, in which he is walking across - and photographing - three major world cities...

His journey across Mexico City is now complete, and some of the photographs and stories from the walk are on the Urban Earth blog... I particularly liked this picture:

Next week is London...

Geograph

I've mentioned the fantastic Geograph site before, but if you've not visited for a while, it's well worth going back for another look because, as well as loads more great photographs, there is a new section with some very good games and activities...

I'm bored!

Six whole weeks and no school! If you are short of something to do, try out some of Keri Smith's "100 ideas" to get you thinking...

And if you need some space to think, you can buy some! Check out one of Dan Raven Ellison's many great ideas - Thinking Space

I've mentioned My Walks before, but I still think it's a great idea, and if you haven't investigated it and thought differently about some of your own walks, do it now!

Take your camera with you if you're going somewhere... Set up a Flickr account and share your photos... And send some of them in to Geograph...

And most of all, to quote a certain history teacher - ENJOY!

Year 10 Homework - Flooding

Year 10 homework this week is to research an area in the UK that is prone to flooding. Which river(s)? Causes? Effects (don't forget to consider social, political, economic and environmental impacts)? Responses/management?

The picture shows part of one city that has major floods fairly frequently and would be a good example to use - where is it, and which river is this?

Enjoy the holiday - and don't forget to take lots of geographical pictures (especially from Egypt - you know who you are!!).

Geogtastic Photo Competition!

News should be going out in this week's Hallmark of a Geogtastic Photo Competition...

It is open to all SHS students, staff and parents, and all you need to do is take a photo over the holidays with a geographical theme and email it (together with a brief description) or bring it in to school after the holidays on a CD or memory stick. The closing date is Friday 20th April.

So, wherever you are heading, remember to take your camera with you. And don't worry if you're not off to foreign climes... There's plenty of good photography to be had in sunny Derbyshire!

Get snapping!!

Geograph in Google Earth

You will all, by now, be regular visitors (and contributors!) to the brilliant Geograph site which I've written about before. I've just spotted on Noel Jenkins' Digital Geography blog though, that there is a new "layer" for Google Earth which allows you to view the Geograph photos in Google Earth...

You can download the new layer from the Geograph website, or visit Noel's blog and follow the link there.

Get exploring and let us know about all the "I never knew that was there!" places you discover... I've just found this one - which isn't a million miles from where I live... Do you know where it is??

Total Eclipse of the Moon - Part 2

Lovely clear skies last night meant that the lunar eclipse was quite impressive - though more of a pale orange colour than the red I was expecting...

I was hoping to post some of my fabulous photographs... But they're not very fabulous! So you'll have to make do with the ones that have been sent into the BBC website - an example is below, and if you click on it, you'll be able to look at the others.

Did you watch the eclipse? What did you think? And if you managed to take some pictures, send them to Geogtastic!

Total Eclipse of the Moon!

Make sure you are wrapped up warm and outside looking at the sky tomorrow evening... There will be a total eclipse of the moon - and it is set to be the "best in years" according to the BBC website...

At "totality", the moon will be in the earth's shadow, and so only sunlight that has been filtered through the earth's atmosphere will reach the moon - making the moon appear reddish in colour.

This particular eclipse will be unusal, because it will be at least partly visible from every continent.

Click on the picture to find out more... And don't forget to post a comment telling us what you saw! If you manage to take any pictures, you can email them to geogtastic@yahoo.co.uk

We'll weather the weather whatever the weather...

You can't have missed the many reports in the news in the last couple of weeks about the weird weather, and if you've been outside, you will probably have noticed the wind and rain...

Newsround have a project going on at the moment where they are asking people to send in photographs of the weather where they live...

So, get out there with your camera, and send them some pictures! More details here...

Whilst we're talking about the weather, you'll recall my post about the ice storms in the US the other day... Well, the picture shows another of the effects of this cold weather - click on the picture for the full story.


The BBC also has a story today about Britain being "braced for heavy storms"... Oh dear!