The best of the web this month ...
All the things we tweeted about last month in one handy list.
What's the right age to be introduced to Dickens? Are we forcing our children to read him too early?
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Secret London: photos of lost rivers & abandoned London
bit.ly/z4eLqw
Ooh, what was the weather like when you were born? Historical records on these
maps bit.ly/zZ8FKL
What is Africa tweeting? How Twitter is being used in Africa today:
bit.ly/Ax1TiW
Interesting view on how best to teach children English from UAE Gulf News
bit.ly/AwOFyF
Do you really need only English to get on in the world? Read
tgr.ph/xGl3ea and discuss in as many different languages as you can!
Alternative tube map: The Chromatic Underground map
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Nicely designed website about the dangers of fracking
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Free revision quizzes for AQA AS Geography My Revision Notes to brighten up your Monday morning here
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Like this - save paper! Use
bit.ly/AeO92t to print out parts of webpages without including ads etc
The Queen has planted her oak tree making her One in a Million this month for Jubilee Woods.
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NASA releases alternative hi-res "Blue Marble" image for ppl who don't want their planet centred on America ;-)
bit.ly/x8hArT
Pretty clouds today - fairytale fluffy! Which reminds me of the Hachette family
@SceptreBooks' book
Poverty to Prosperity | new project, development awareness w/ teaching resources
bit.ly/yGDdd5
Have a look at this project on Skype in the Classroom: My life/Your life
bit.ly/wd4kkj
Studying earthquakes? We've collated together useful web links in one handy list
bit.ly/A3KOuJ
Studying population? We've collated together useful web links in one handy list
bit.ly/zzKZ2A
Web watch - what caught our eye on the web in Jan (& what we've been tweeting about in 1 handy list!)
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Fab interactive population pyramids graphics showing census data 1911-2001
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Google StreetView car/giant milk bottle. What a world we live in.
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How bizarre! Germany's meteorology institute allows sponsorship of weather systems
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Map of comparisons of racial & ethnic makeup for US metro areas in 2000 vs 2010
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Map shows Midtown Manhattan has more energy use than whole of Kenya
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This is such a fantastic photo of Tokyo life - so surreal!
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If you still receive letters with stamps (I know, a rarity) save them up & send them to
@RNIB's stamp recycling scheme
bit.ly/A7EgoN
Twitter wall for tweets using the #geographyteacher hashtag