RVHS Geography

Today is World ocean day! What do you know about our oceans?

Celebrate World Ocean Day Celebrate World Ocean Day (June 8) with NOAA's National Ocean Service. What do you know about our ocean?Original video source: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/...

This is great page to follow if you like quirky maps and global statistics!
https://www.facebook.com/SimonGerman600/

Simon shows you maps I am a connoisseur and curator of wonderful maps and charts. On this page I share my favourites with fellow data lovers. I’m also on Twitter as and on LinkedIn as Simon Kuestenmacher.

April is host to this year's Earth Day. This year it will take place on April 22nd. There is lots you can do to help the planet. Check out the link to read about some practical ways you can make a difference. From your food to your fashion, there's lots you can do to help our environment!

The Earth Day Action Hub Earth Day is April 22 every year, but you can take action any day! Visit the Earth Day Action Hub to learn more and make a difference.

Today is World women's day and this year the theme is 'Break the bias' with an aim to remove stereotypes and move towards gender equality. The link below celebrates some of the amazing women around the world forging ahead despite facing huge challenges. Encourage the women in your world to break through glass ceilings and reach for the stars.

Speaking About the Powerful Women in Poor Countries The Borgen Project highlights five powerful women in poor countries who are asserting their girl power against fierce adversity. 1. Malala Yousafzai...

Well it has been a busy week at Blencathra for our year 12 students. Despite cold and wet weather we have learned many fieldwork techniques which they will use in their NEA projects. Here are some pictures of them hard at work. They have been fantastic students and a credit to themselves and the school.

Today our Yr 12 students have been investigating glacial landforms in Easedale. They have learned several useful techniques and applied their knowledge of glacial landscapes. We have been blessed by wall to wall sunshine :)

It's a beautiful day in The lakes for our day of A-Level glacial fieldwork

Calling All year 9 Geographers! Here is your Homework challenge. Create your very own news podcast on the impacts of a tropical storm. Use the link below to take you to our Geography Podcast page and click reply to record your broadcasts. Remember to introduce yourself at the story so I know who you are. Alternatively go to google classroom to complete a written news story. Get creative!

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Today, 27th Jan is Holocaust Memorial Day. The link below allows you to explore some maps showing each country of Europe and the numbers of Jews killed. The numbers are sobering and today we remember them in the hope that such horror will never reoccur.

The Holocaust: Maps Jews have lived in Europe for more than two thousand years. The American Jewish Yearbook placed the total Jewish population of Europe at about 9.5 million in 1933. This number represented more than 60 percent of the world's Jewish population, which was estimated at 15.3 million. Most European Jews r...