Geography in the News Self-Marking Homework Pilot

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Geography in the News Self-Marking Forms

From this week until the half-term holiday in October we are piloting a new approach to Geography in the News homework. Each week will we be sharing a quiz in Google Forms and Microsoft Forms based on a news article relevant to the geography curriculum. Teachers can copy the form with the click of a link then share it with students to complete for homework. Each form will be self-marking to help reduce workload. This week we explore the gas shortage facing the UK this winter covered in an article on the BBC news website.

We’ve also recently released Geography in the News Plus for subscribers to Internet Geography Plus. Each week we publish GCSE exam-style questions based on an event in the news. These can be downloaded from the member area of Internet Geography Plus, just log in to access.

Geography in the News is free for teachers to access. It is funded by the lovely people who subscribe to Internet Geography Plus. If you don’t already subscribe please consider supporting us by taking out a low-cost annual subscription starting from just £24.99. To access the free Geography in the News forms please head over to the Geography in the News area of Internet Geography.

If your are copying the Google Quiz please make sure you are logged into your Google account first.

Tweet Treats #13

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It’s been a while since we shared Tweet Treats, a collection of useful tweets relating to #geography and #geographyteachers. The world of Twitter can be a busy place so we’ve pulled together some great tweets recently posted on Twitter.

The collection of tweets below are in no particular order.

Looking for ready-made displays? Take a look at the resources shared by Kelly Pippin.

Loving this great activity to challenge locational knowledge by Chris Hoare.

Teaching volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries and an editable diagram to download from Luke Taylor.

An incredible set of threads containing subject knowledge updates by Anti-racist Geography Curriculum. This is a must-read!

Check out the recent RGS-IBG podcast with Ofsted inspector and subject lead Iain Freeland!

Kate Otto shares some great scenario questions being used to encourage thinking.

Alistair Hamill shares a video on how he uses GIS to teach biomes.

BBC Weather has shared a great video exploring whether global warming will make devastating storms like Hurricane Ida more likely?