How well do you know your world?

The Guardian recently reported the results of [another!] survey about how little we know about the world... Read the article here and then have a go at this quiz... How much do you know? (And how useful is the quiz as a measure of how good a geographer you are?!)

Thanks to Tony Cassidy.

Wordle

Love this!! Thanks Alan and Tony.

Where does the sky become space?

Find out the answer to that and lots of other questions with the Earth Guide - another great spot from Tony Cassidy.

The village that got too old...

Thanks to Tony Cassidy for highlighting this story from the BBC about Ogama - a village in Japan that doesn't feature on any maps because it's too small... there are just eight residents!


Click on the picture to go to the BBC website and listen to the documentary which considers what Japan can do to stop its rural communities from disappearing altogether...


Particularly useful for Yr11, but an interesting listen for everyone else as well!

Human Activity in Cold Environments - Yr13

Once we have looked at last week's test (!!) we will be starting to look (properly!) at human activity in cold environments tomorrow.

Tony Cassidy and Alan Parkinson (aka GeoBlogs) have been teaching the Pilot GCSE this year, and part of the course requires the study of an "Extreme Environment". Tony went for Antarctica, and Alan for Svalbard - both of them have been blogging for their students, and both blogs have some excellent links and resources (as well as other interesting geographical things) that will be useful to you...

www.pilotgcseradicalgeography.co.uk

www.kespilotgeography.blogspot.com

Fancy a trip to the Arctic? For free?!

Yes... really! I've just spotted this competition on Tony Cassidy's blog.

The idea behind Ice Edge is that you enter a team of 2-4 people (aged 13-17) and come up with an idea to save the planet! Simple!

There are loads of ideas on the website to get you started, together with all the details of how to enter, and you've got until 16th March to get your ideas in.

Even if you don't fancy entering the competition, it's worth having a look at the website as there is lots of good stuff about the Arctic and climate change.