Following journeys as you part of your Geography lessons could be a fantatsic way to raise the profile of Geography and to build your student’s world knowledge.
Mark Beaumont is cycling from Anchorage, Alaska to Ushuaia in Southern Argentina. He’ll also climb the two highest peaks on the continent, McKinley and Aconcagua. His journey can be followed on his BBC Blog here. He can also be followed on twitter here.
Roz Savage is attempting to become the first woman to row solo across the Pacific. In 2008 she completed Stage 1, becoming the first woman ever to row solo from California to Hawaii. Stage 2 launched today. Her website includes a very good map incorpataing lots of web2.0 technologies. The map can be viewed here. She can also be followed on twitter here.
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