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When Rockets Go Bad!
04/09/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
The explosion from this malfuctioning Rocket destroyed cars and melted Tarmac!
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Timeline Software
04/09/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
I like the look of this Mnemograph Timeline Software. It could be used with a range of activities especially Case Study revision. How about plotting a Natural Hazard time line?
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Death by Volcano
30/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
This Wired article has a range of excellent images and brief descriptions of some of the World’s Deadliest volcanoes.
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Impacts of Global Warming
25/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
Two excellent graphs from Nature magazine which show the effect of Global Warming based on a variety of scenarios.
The first is the global impact
The second regional impact by continent.
The second is rgional impactThe consequences of a 4C rise would be catastrophic and 2C would be disastrous for large areas of the earth, particulary the higher latitudes.
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Scorched Earth
10/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
An interesting story from Earthweek about a patch of earth in southern California which has, for some reason, increased to a temperature of 433 degrees. It could be due to the burning of hydrocarbons under the surface such as natural gas or oil. It has caused some forest fires too. Attempts to control it have included injecting water into the ground
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Make your own animations!
09/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
I like the look of this site, Go!Animate. Great fun and the ability to make your own cartoons!
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Olympic Games Medal Count Map
07/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
This is a brilliant animated map sequence from the New York Times that visualises which countries have won Olympic medals over the last 100 years. A great demonstration of a topological map as it disregards the traditional way of showing maps to scale and detail in the interest of clarity of communicating relational information. The London Underground is another topological such map.
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Global Issues
05/08/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
An excellent website, Global Issues, which has a load of articles suitable for A’Level students in particular.
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A changing skyline - Toronto
28/07/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
Visited this city 3 years ago with a group of 6th Formers. Great place. People friendly and the snow in the city was great. Felt very safe although in contrast to New York it also seemed to go to sleep at about 6pm each nigh.
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Gauging Station Webcams
25/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.
A live webcam of gauging stations along the River Exe. Used by canoeists and anglers the webcam refreshes every 5 minutes.
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