Geography Resources
I've eventually got round to putting a few more of my old geography bits and pieces up here.
As a result I've decided that I need to split this page up - there's just too much stuff now! So, this page has a few odds and ends - mainly the Mrs Endo cards.
There's a page with coasts stuff, mainly linked to Dunwich. Roger the Dog has now been released to the wider universe. Be worried.
There's a page with economic activity stuff. Hmm, that sounds a bit dull, but it's where the Coventry Supermarket work is for now. There's also some stuff on the Ethics of Fair Trade way over in the AiDA & DiDA section. There's more to come on this - now some fashion stuff and some chocolate stuff too. And probably more at some point. When I get around to it...
There's some stuff on Italy. There will be more, but it's not quite ready yet. And now there's a set of Interactive Weather Maps - so you can really be Michael Fish! There's also a map of the world with draggable continent labels - a simple thing, but one which might just be useable.
There is a page of interesting geography links as well.
Other than where I've made it really clear and obvious, I think I've managed to make sure that everything that's on here is my own stuff and, hopefully, manages to avoid infringing anyone's copyright. If I've included anything that doesn't do that please let me know.
Mrs Endo Mystery :
These are the original version of the Mrs Endo mystery cards from the old National Curriculum assessment packs from the 90s. I didn't write them - although I did copy type this version. The copyright almost certainly belongs to someone else, but I imagine the packs themselves have more or less disappeared from circulation. To me this is a really important piece of work - to have government providing such an innovative form of assessment still shocks me. Good work, even after all these years, and an important resource to come back to when writing mysteries.
Over the years various versions have surfaced, many of which are a bit different from these - just in minor little ways. I still have a copy of the original booklet so adapted the versions I could find to get back to the original, untouched wording. At some point I may get around to doing something with the guidance that came with them as well!
The Mrs Endo Cards. It's simple - the cards tell a story. In the story someone dies. Who and why. And then unpack the complexities of earthquake casualties for as long as you want.
It's the Kobe earthquake of course, for anyone far too young to remember...
What do you Know grids
This is an idea from some TEEP training. Allegedly it goes down rather well with men in suits as it allows even the dimmest suit to realise that people have been making progress.
The original version of this used actual post-it notes place on a basic grid (I think it might have had an extra box somewhere on it). That makes it easily reusable - well, assuming you have an infinite supply of post-it notes (hint: try History departmental stores. They usually have all sorts of useful stuff in them...).
You can then use the grids in all sorts of different ways.
What do you Know grid - PDF version for people without Word
What do you Know grid - a Word version so you can use the idea (but feel free to link people back to here by all means...)
Using post-its has the advantage that you can get the kids to stick their questions up on a wall and then use them as the basis for following lessons - which is probably quite a good idea generally.
Continents of the World
This is a very simple world map with draggable labels using some cool JavaScript. Simple, but hopefully simple enough to form the basis of a tutorial to allow people to create their own versions
> Continents and Oceans of the World map
I've deliberately chosen a Pacific centred map by the way. Partly because it was the best free use one I could lay my hands on quickly, and partly because I thought it might be interesting to present a Pacific centred view of the world for a change.