Ten teams from 5 locals schools were challenged on their geographical skills on Monday night (14th November 2016). Rounds included: Geographical A to Z, 2016 Olympics, Google Earth, OS Maps, Rivers, Field Studies. Our seasoned quizmaster, Dr. Tony Hoare, posed …
Worldwise Quiz 2016 hosted by Redland High School Read more »
Professor Rich Pancost talks discusses his favourite topic of research and debate: the carbon cycle. Rich is Director of the Cabot Institute and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Bristol. He doesn’t shy away from illustrating some of the …
Rich Pancost stresses the role that life plays in carbon cycle Read more »
Coastal management lecture (Dawlish Warren) at the University of Bristol (report by Cameron Crossman, Clevedon School). We signed up for the geography lecture on Eventbrite (through the link on the GA website). Our Geography teacher (Mr Battista) encouraged us to …
Systems and Spits: Coastal management. Cameron Cross reports Read more »
Photos from first lecture of the GA 2016-7 season (27th Sept 2016). Dr. Chris Spencer considers the dynamics of coastal sedimentation on the spit at Dawlish Warren, River Exe estuary, SW England. He takes advantage of undergraduate transect surveys either …
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Report by Janet Neil, Redland High School, Bristol The summer conference ran by Garry Atterton and Mark Jones is a great way to refresh and update your case study knowledge, meet colleagues and network to gain new knowledge yourself at …
Congratulations to the teams representing Bristol and Bath in this week’s Worldwise Quiz final. Four teams competed in the grand setting of the Old Council Chamber, University of Bristol. A closely fought contest included rounds on Japan, Geography in the …
Slides from the three speakers can be found in Resources.
On Wednesday 25 November 2015, the Bath Geographical Association Worldwise Quiz took place again in the beautiful Elwin room at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institute. Four schools, Beechen Cliff, King Edwards, Wellsway and Writhlington entered nine teams between …
Report compiled by: Ethan Hetherington, Josh Hoare-Matthews, Alex Harper and Josh Lorriman students at Weston College At the end of last term, we attended the 3rd in a series of Geographical Association lectures at the University of Bristol in the …
Weston College students reflect on GA talk about water management in Tunisia Read more »
Redland High School played host to the Worldwise Quiz 2015 on Thursday Nov 20th. Eleven teams from Red Maids’, Bristol Grammar, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Redland High, St Mary Redcliffe and Temple Schools and Ashton Park competed in this annual event …