Living Geography
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Dispatches from the classroom, and from life as a freelance Geographer.
Living Geography
5h ago
I've actually been writing about life's journeys and movements for a forthcoming Oak Academy resource, and this ONS visualisation was good timing. Look out for the new Oak Primary resources as they are added to the website regularly as my colleagues and I work on them for the Geographical Association.
Here's one of the graphs, which can all be embedded as below:
Come with us on a journey, from leaving the family home, to getting married and becoming a grandparent, and look at when we experience key life events and see how things have changed over time.
Swipe through the decades to find ou ..read more
Living Geography
15h ago
Fjord Phyto is a citizen science project relating to phytoplankton - a key part of the Antarctic ecosystem.
FjordPhyto started in 2015 to investigate how melting glaciers are affecting the phytoplankton along the western Antarctic Peninsula.
Data includes information on seawater temperature, conductivity, salinity, Secchi depth readings, euphotic depth, ocean color (RGB), glacial meltwater (oxygen isotope), phytoplankton abundance, carbon biomass, and species diversity (microscopy, metabarcoding). We have detected hundreds of species of phytoplankton in samples collected by travelers and w ..read more
Living Geography
1d ago
It's always worth following authors...
David Wallace Wells shared this story earlier...
Fascinating story: "The reason websites continue to load, bank transfers go through, and civilization persists is because of the thousand or so people living aboard 20-some ships stationed around the world, who race to fix each cable as soon as it breaks." https://t.co/QSXWda7Bb3
— Matthew Haugen (@MJHaugen) April 16, 2024 ..read more
Living Geography
1d ago
The Economist has an Educational Foundation which shares ideas for how teachers can engage with selected articles from the magazines's output. It's also worth following the magaine on various social media accounts for all updates on content and useful articles.
Topical Talk resources are a new feature.
They are slightly more developed resources and include a powerpoint and some related materials.
I am working on my own Taylor Swift resource ahead of your European dates, but there are some interesting ideas in this one.
I shall also be making use of the debate resource shown here ..read more
Living Geography
2d ago
A reminder of the Zoom backgrounds that the BBC has shared which include sets from sitcoms and other locations, to add a cultural sense of place to your Zoom calls...
Anyone recognise this hotel bar ..read more
Living Geography
2d ago
Pi is an AI tool.
Visit here. Give it a go and see what you think...
Paul Berry is currently part way through a series of posts on AI over on his Devon Geography blog ..read more
Living Geography
2d ago
Worth a look at this website for visualisations of climate change data ..read more
Living Geography
3d ago
A new website which will explore the geography of 'the North'.
There's a Twitter account to follow as well ..read more
Living Geography
5d ago
Earlier, I presented my session for GeoNight.
It was attended by a small international group of attendees. Thanks to everyone who came.
Particular thanks to Massimiliano Tabusi from EUGEO, one of the people behind the event.
I was really grateful that he chose to attend my session out of all the ones that are going on.
I presented an amended version of my presentation from the GA Conference 2024.
You can see my slides by clicking the link here.
I enjoyed it and will be back next year. Why not plan to take part as well, It's easy to do, and is a nice thing to be part of ..read more