Teaching Physical Geography
Here we will be sharing resources and other ideas linked to the teaching and learning of Physical Geography. Each Wednesday during school term time we share a link or resource to help with the teaching of specific areas of Physical Geography on our Twitter and Facebook pages. Here we will add more resources as well as suggestions for using those resources in the classroom.
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Inspirational Physical Geographers #2: Alfred Wegener
When teaching about tectonic processes to your students it is likely you will have mentioned Alfred Wegener. Perhaps you have taught about the ‘mystery’ of why the continents appear to fit together, or how fossils of animals and plants have been found on different continents that wouldn’t ordinarily have been found together, thus suggesting that…
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#GAConf24 – Geoanimations
The attached handout is being shared courtesy of Gotze Kalsbeek (University of Amsterdam) for his session at the 2024 GA Conference. Gotze has produced a series of ‘Geoanimations’ for Geography teachers to use in lessons. Here is a link to the HTML version of his plate tectonics animation: https://lesmateriaal.geobronnen.com/interactievegeoanimaties/platentektoniek_doorsnee_aarde_engels.html
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#GAConf24 – Physical Geography for everyone!
This page is being used to share resources for our PGSIG session at the 2024 GA conference. Physical Geography is often deemed to be ‘tricky’, but what makes it so tricky? In our workshop we explored the reasons why people struggle with Physical Geography (from both a pupil and teacher perspective) and offer a few…