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Geography teachers in Northern Ireland - I am doing some research into A Level Geography teaching - can you help me out by completing the survey here? Please retweet!! forms.gle/R8AznKHq57hVCK… #nigeog #GeogChat @nigeogmeet

Met another teacher this week who didn’t know the ad-free YouTube trick so just in case others haven’t heard… put a dash between the ‘t’ and ‘U’ of YouTube and you’ll load up the video without any ads.

📹 David Marshall, Director of Census and Population Statistics at @NISRA releases the first statistics from the @NICensus2021, highlighting the highest population ever recorded in Northern Ireland. Read more at nisra.gov.uk/census2021

First results online now. Last year households across Northern Ireland took part in #NICensus2021 The first results are available online now at nisra.gov.uk/Census2021 #itsaboutus

@missdcox I’ve been watching some teachers in my school start to create ‘retrieval practice’ resources for their classes and weave them into their teaching plans with some success. The use of interleaving seems to help embed this further.

I don’t think many teachers grasp this. If they did, they would question the concept of ‘revision’ as it’s commonly used. You don’t need ‘revision’ sessions if students learnt it in the first place.

One of humanity's most impressive achievements. The reduction in child mortality across the world. It used to be the case that one-in-three (if not more) died before their 5th birthday. Now all countries have made massive progress against it. ourworldindata.org/child-mortalit…

Unfortunately, due to the current pandemic we are unable to host our annual P7 INOV8 morning and Open Nights. However, this short video will give you a snapshot of what life is really like here at Cullybackey College. We hope you enjoy it. youtu.be/1NyNyzryfy4

This is the final #climatechange tile for our COP26 Twitter series, called Nature's heartbeat by @worldmapper. We have released over 45 tiles this year and they are all now freely available at rgs.org/schools/teachi…

Answering yesterday's #geographyonline quiz question, the active volcano Mt Vesuvius overlooks present-day Naples! And today's quiz question, what is the second largest city on the island of Ireland (behind Dublin)?

#Y14 Evidence of the length of fetch of the waves hitting the Causeway Coast on Tuesday. Link this to the Magicseaweed maps we were looking at in class.

Y14: got started onto conflict this afternoon

My Y10 class were looking at this recently

The editors have selected 10 articles on coastal environments from the Geography Review archive. These are all #CoastalClassics Find them in your library or access the archive here hoddereducation.co.uk/subjects/geogr… Check out this thread👇🏽

NEW POST Cognitive Load Theory Updated; 20 Years On – Our Cognitive Architecture leadinglearner.me/2019/02/07/cog…

Y13 working away on rural settlements this morning

Only 1 week left to give @NISRA your views on #2021census Outputs Strategy Consultation nisra.gov.uk/statistics/202…

Belize joins other Central American countries, including Costa Rica & El Salvador, that have prioritised environmental issues and tourism benefits over resource development geog.gr/belize-reef

Never eat it!

BBC News - UK weather: Spring 'postponed' as big freeze hits UK bbc.co.uk/news/uk-431675…

Y13 getting into our debate about the importance of a potential National Park for NI