Wider Geography is a free, new project developed by Internet Geography to encourage young people to engage in geography in a fun way. Wider Geography aims to foster a love of geography through challenging young people to try new experiences that will broaden their geographical horizons. Through its six themes, wider GEOGRAPHY has something for geographers from primary age to 6th form. The 6 main themes are:

Each theme recommends activities for students to try out.

Internet Geography has launched the Wider Geography Summer Challenge. We’re inviting schools to encourage students to participate in the Wider Geography Summer Challenge. The challenge involves students experiencing a range of Wider Geography activities over the summer holidays. They record their experiences on the table on the back of the wider GEOGRAPHY Summer Challenge flyer. They can then submit a 400-word overview of their experience of the Wider Geography Summer Challenge. Three winners will be chosen from the submissions. Each winner will receive prizes including a £30 Amazon voucher.

Below are some suggestions of how teachers and schools can use Wider Geography to encourage young geographers to participate.

2. Secondary schools can set the challenge as a transition activity for year 6 students

3. Secondary school geography departments can set the Wider Geography Summer Challenge as a summer project

3. Hold a school-wide competition and submit the best 400-word overviews to Internet Geography

We are looking for more suggestions for activities to add to those we’ve come up with so far. You can see these by going to www.internetgeography.net/wider

We are also seeking prize donations for the winners of the Wider Geography Summer Challenge. If you can help with either of these please contact us at [email protected] Finally, if you use social media such as Twitter it would be appreciated it if you could help promote Wider Geography using the hashtag #widergeography.