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For the last 18 months or so I have been moving the resources on geographyalltheway.com to a new platform. The new platform allows the content to be more responsive to different devices as well as making it easier for me to update and monitor.

I have recently finished added all of my 14-16 MYP Individuals and Societies (MYP 3 to 5) resources to the new platform.

There are six units, all free to access, for varying ages. The Sustainable cities and Alpine environments units are the most recently developed. The Coasts unit is probably the oldest.

Now to start work on moving the Age: 11-14 resources (MYP 1-3 or Key Stage 3) to the new platform. I will post as I add each unit.

Quick post for a matrix I created, a couple of weeks ago, for a revision lesson. Started off with an 'active recall' approach of seeing what students could remember, then discussion and then onto reviewing notes.

I am trying to be more proactive about posting (telling site users) about things I have added and changed. Let's see how long this approach continues.

Today [Friday 9th April 2021] will see the 7th edition (and 2nd virtual one) of the Geographical Association Conference TeachMeet.

Follow along on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/rMW2-3f1E6A live from 18:30 [London].

Here is the line up of stories →

Comments will be used for Q&A after each talk, time permitting!

Thank you to Gemma Archer, the Head of Geography and Teacher of Environmental Systems and Societies, British International School Ho Chi Minh City for a new site testimonial.

If you feel like you would like to add a testimonial to geographyalltheway.com - please get in contact.

I rather liked this exam question breakdown approach from @JB_GeogTeacher.

After having using it successfully, for a couple of weeks, with my DP2 students I decided to produce a version for the classroom wall. Here it is if you fancy downloading it →

I have also added it to the Geography Classroom Display Material page on geographyalltheway.com.

UPDATE - source of the KFC idea → Developing AO3 Skills.

I have developed a new page to support the 'map skills' needed by IB DP Geography students. The page → 'Locate and differentiate elements of the Earth’s surface - aka Map skills' is broken down by the skills listed in the guide. The page includes exam style questions to illustrate how each of the skills may need to be applied along with some useful teaching materials.

The page is currently free to access for everybody and can be found as part of the 2019 IB DP Geography → IB DP Geography Exam preparation section of the site.

Please do get in contact via email / Twitter / LinkedIn if you have any feedback upon the infographics and the exam style questions.

Produced for a friend - probably useful for others!

I have created a new page of 'Infographic exam style questions' on geographyalltheway.com as I help my students prepare for their exams. The page is currently free to access for everybody and can be found as part of the 2019 IB DP Geography → Infographics section of the site.

I haven't produced any mark schemes - but do share if you do!

Please do get in contact via email / Twitter / LinkedIn if you have any feedback upon the infographics and the exam style questions.

There is a great new series of podcasts by 'The Compass' on the BBC World Service which is super useful for the teaching of Extreme Environments.

'The New Arctic' has 4 episodes:

• The New Arctic: Communities under threat
• The New Arctic: Resource extraction
• The New Arctic: Tourism
• The New Arctic: Power

I have added them to podcasts.geographyalltheway.com taking the grand total up to 205 curated podcasts for IB DP Geography.