This page contains loads of ideas and resources that I didn't know where to put! I've split it into sections:
Recording sound using Audacity
Statistical Analysis Techniques
I do many assemblies so I know how time consuming they are. All of my assemblies are based on a PowerPoint. Please feel free to use or amend any of the resources below.
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Download Geography 2011 Christmas Quiz here (animated to lead you through the activity from start to finish - the answers are in the ppt notes if you need them!) Download accompanying resources here
Download Geography 2010 Christmas Quiz here (animated to lead you through the activity from start to finish - the answers are in the ppt notes if you need them!) Download accompanying resources here (all photocopying instructions included in ppt notes)
If you have your own quiz, there's an editable scoreboard in the 'gameshow geography' section of this website.
Also of 'festive' interest to us geographers is this article on 'how far and fast does santa have to travel?'
This PowerPoint contains 16 photos recently used in a mobile phone advert, each photo represents a country and uses painted hands - it's very clever! In my PowerPoint the mobile phones have been blocked out by a question mark and students have to guess the country that they represent. I've used this around World Maps in our classrooms and students seem to love them.
These posters come highly recommended by Kate Russell after her recent visit to the school; she said 'it looks stunning – very attractive, full of enquiry and intrigue!'
A few of you have asked me for the answers. To find the answers, click here to see the original adverts with the country names included.
You might be able to find a use for this countdown timer.
I made an 'Akosombo Dam Deal or No Deal'. It's a nice starter to recap on previous work.
This is another starter in the form of Play Your Cards Right using TNCs.
Click here for a great website that makes online jigsaw puzzles of anything and adds a timer. This works really well as a starter, especially for introducing a new topic. Below are three starter activity puzzles that I use for introducing a new module on Coffee to year 9s. I get students to guess the topic of the new module by completing the puzzles in time.
Download a more able and less able version of a year 9 development crossword.
This is a board game activity that I've recently done with a year 9 group studying development. The activity could easily be amended to suit another topic. There are some templates included for the less enthusiastic members of your group!
Click here for a Geography aerial photography quiz that I recently made for the Bristol GA Committee. It's too hard for students, but you might be able to use it for something.
I have some G&T resources left over from a previous role. The following are useful if you are a tutor or G&T coordinator, but have nothing to do with geography!
Student Voice questionnaire - user manual also included!
The two sessions below are designed as withdrawal sessions:
Recording sound using Audacity
Audacity is free to download. It will record any sound coming from your computer, which you can then edit. I've used the programme loads to record radio programmes, which I've then edited down to suit my needs.
Click here to see an example of a radio 4 programme that I've edited down. The programme was discussing how many people live on a dollar a day, and what that figure means in reality. There is also a worksheet to go with this resource
Statistical Analysis Techniques
Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient outline here plus significance table and instructions here.
Chi Squared data and tables here: example 1 and example 2
