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Did you know that 1 out of every 12 people on Earth speak Mandarin and that 2.3 million Americans have the last name Smith? Find out more about our modern world with Mankind By The Numbers. 
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This is a series of infographics (or geo-infographics) created by Matthew Hartzell, a friend of mine that I met when we were both geography graduate students at Penn State in few years back. I wil...
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Here's the first of a series of posts to document an evolving participatory geography project. Year 8 students will annotate their local area with QR codes that link to web-based work exploring t...
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“ Jeremy Fernandez looks at how we extract, move, store and use water in Australia.”
Via Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria Inc. (GTAV)
Jemma Tanner's curator insight,
October 28, 2013 5:42 AM
The only grades I would use this video in would be 5 and 6. This is because it uses some higher level language that younger students may not understand (I'd most likely play it more than once so we can pick apart the information together as a class). I like this resource because it gives a quick overview of what we as a country consider to be an important use of water. This video could be used as inspiration for an inquiry task, or it could be used to begin lessons about our own smart water usage - i.e. discussions about how much 13 gigalitres is and how it was used by industry and households alone in 2010/11.
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An Urban World: UNICEF's new data visualization of urban population growth over the next 40 years.
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Public Maps Gallery.Esri publishes story maps with three goals: To showcase interesting and important topics; to explore techniques and best practices for map-based storytelling; and to help enable people to make their own story
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Interesting tool for documenting field trips...
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The Student News Action Network (NewsAction) is a collaborative, online news service where student journalists from around the world: - report upon issues of local and global significance such as poverty, the environment, human rights, and politics, and - highlight actions and solutions that address such issues.
Maree Whiteley's insight:
"Contributors bring their unique voices to the discussion, representing their regions and their cultural histories in an effort to make a positive impact on their communities and the world..."
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This module looks at the development of Shanghai as one of China's largest economic hubs. Students will gain insight into the factors that aid and hinder economic development using Shanghai as a context.
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// notes from the Juicy Geography classroom //
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Some fabulous visuals and reflective practice here...
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Geographies of Human Wellbeing explores the nature of wellbeing using indicators and online data analysed using a variety of ICT and mapping techniques. It is aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Geography – Year 10, Unit 2: Geographies of human wellbeing.
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Great case studies here to embeed Asia Cross-curriculum priority an Intercultural Understanding...
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Developed by teachers for teachers, AG Education's non-fiction products will draw on our extensive resources, carefully selected for curriculum relevance, to deliver a series of magazines and accompanying interactive whiteboard (IWB) lessons for...
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Maree Whiteley's insight:
Fantastic selection of ICT websites for every Geography teacher...
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Fantastic framework of skills for every Humanities teacher.
Maree Whiteley's curator insight,
July 14, 2013 9:35 AM
Fabulous framework of AC Skills for Humanities teachers... |
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Geography At The Movies - Free video resources for geography teachers
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Who doesn't love to go to the movies...in your classroom?!?
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This module looks at the controversy surrounding the Three Gorges Dam and the impact it has had on the Chinese people and environment. Students investigate the use of infographics, maps and websites to convey information and opinion and design their own infographic to communicate their understanding of the human and environmental impacts of the Three Gorges Dam.Key focus questions: What impact has the Three Gorges Dam had on the people and the environment? What are the most significant human and environmental impacts of the Three Gorges Dam? How can information be visually presented to effectively communicated?
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Teachers notes, lesson/activitysuggestions integrating Asia and environmental studies
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Examines the process of urbanisation and how it changes the economies and societies of low and middle-income countries. Internal and international migration are also examined. Case studies: Australia, China, USA, one other Asian country.
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Online Geography and Humanities resources for teachers and students of KS3, GCSE / IGCSE, AS / A2 / IB Geography and MYP Humanities.
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Discovered another little goldmine of Geography resources...
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Visualizing everything from the spread of religion to the most racially tolerant countries to the world's writing systems.
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Great selection of current maps (and different perspectives of the world) from The Washington Post...
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Why XW1W?
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Great way to combine Geography, Intercultural Understanding and ICT in your classroom...
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What Does Good Geography Teaching Look Like?
Seth Dixon, a Rhode Island College geography professor and the coordinator of the RI Geographic Alliance, gave the keynote address at the Thinking Geographically about International Issues: the Choices Approach 2013 summer institute.
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World Vision Australia's collection of Indonesian Stories
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Great AC Geography units to link Asia and Australia's engagement with Asia... Thanks World Vision, AusAid and AGTA!
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A land of contrasts
China today is a very large country, approximately 1.25 times bigger than Australia. Extending from 20° north of the equator to 53° degrees north, its environments range from coastal plains and tropical rainforest, to large mountain ranges and hot and cold deserts.
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Great links for AC History and AC Geography...
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"One of their lessons [in a series involving geologic sciences] involved teaching the kids about the structure of the Earth. One of her friends came up with the idea of presenting a model of the Earth made out of cake. So my sister asked me if I could make a spherical cake with all the layers of the Earth inside it."
Maree Whiteley's insight:
How good is this?...and the recipe is included for you to have a go!
Courtney Burns's curator insight,
December 7, 2013 7:58 PM
I think that this came out awesome! I definetly don't think that I would be able to pull something like this off. However what I found intersting about this was that it was like a cake map. Students were able to get a visual about what the earth's core is like. It visually shows them all the different layers of the earth. Just by visually seeing the cake like this will help a lot more kids to remember this lesson. Also by the baker putting the countries in their accurate locations makes this cake even that much better. They are veiwing a map and they don't even know it. I think this cake is a great tool to use to show students just how the earth is actually made up. By allowing the students to visually see it also makes it more likely for them to remember the material. Viewing maps can teach so much, which is why I think this "cake map" is an awesome way to teach and get the kids attention! 
Michelle Winemiller's curator insight,
January 22, 2015 11:07 AM
project option we currently do for this unit
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Reader Question: I've heard photographers talk about capturing the moment. What does that mean?
Maree Whiteley's insight:
Geography and holidays- great combination!
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Great infographic here...History and Geography!