Interest pathway
Planet Earth
Rivers, cities, climate and the shapes the planet keeps making.
Topics in this pathway
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Rivers and coasts
Why do rivers bend when the land is flat?
No river runs straight for long. The reason is physics, not scenery.
Urbanisation
What night-time satellite photos reveal about cities
Lights map wealth, power grids and where people actually live.
Landscapes and change
How long does it take a mountain to become sand?
Every beach is a mountain that lost an argument with the weather.
Projects
Local place fieldwork study
Study one street, park or stretch of river near you and produce a proper geographical report.
Redesign one street
Survey a real street and propose changes that cut traffic without cutting access.
Record a weather week
Measure your own weather for seven days and report what you found.
Map your street
A proper map with a key, compass points and a scale you worked out.
Report on ocean plastic
Investigate where plastic in the sea comes from, then write the report a local council would act on.
Make a river in a tray
Use sand and water to see how a river shapes the land.