22/10/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

This great article explains the different modes of transport in the Antarctic.  Would love to drive one of them to school one day!

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06/10/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

This is a great website.  Not only is it beautifully put together but
it’s a fun geographical trip through the United States.  I especially
like thebarbecue song!

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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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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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19/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

This looks like a great way to learn about Global Warming and Sustainability a game about global warming

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12/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

The number of sharks in the Mediterranean has dramatically reduced in number.  The Hammerhead has reduced by 99.99%.  The reasons fro this are overfishing and the fact they take a long time to reproduce.  Fishermen regard them as pests and there numbers have not been monitored. This article from the BBC explains this.

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10/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

This looks like a great way to learn about Global Warming and Sustainability a game about global warming

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09/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

In 2014 Richard Branson of Virgin and Google Co-Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brinn have set up a site dedicated to the exploration and eventual colonisation of Mars. Called Virgle it looks at potential sites for landing as well as the technological requirements. Do you want to be a pioneer? Then the application form can be found on the site.  Is it a Spoof…hmmm??  Let's just say it was posted on 1/4/08

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03/06/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

How many earths do we need? - Here's the WWF report

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30/05/2008 by Chris Prettejohn.

As we send back images from the recent Mars Lander it still amazes me that there is so much to uncover on our own planet. According to Survival International there are up to a 100 undiscovered tribes in the world with over half in he Brazilian rainforest. This is a prime example where the BBC reports an undiscovered Amazonian Tribe. An aircraft took several images of the tribe who were clearly perturbed by the presence of this outsider, firing their arrows at it. The BBC attempted to decipher the images of the Maloca which is the central meeting place.

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