Welcome to the Geography Department blog. Over the course of this year we will be updating this blog to be BIGGER and BETTER as part of our newly formed Humanities Faculty.
From S1 to S6 pupils explore a range of topics and Geographical themes. Here’s a fun ‘Did you know?’ to get us started.
Did you Know ?
- There are over 15 official languages in India
- In Dharavi (shanty town in Mumbai), 1 million people live in 1 square mile
- Only 2% of sunlight reaches the forest floor of a Rainforest
- Scientists know more about the surface of the moon than they do about Tropical Rainforests
- Temperature falls by 1 degree for every 100m increase in altitude
- The theory of plate tectonics had its beginnings in 1915 by a scientist called Alfred Wegener
- In Saudi Arabia, the wealth generated from oil revenues is only shared with 5% of the population
- The last ice age is the UK was 10,000 – 12,000 years ago
The Geography Department in the Wider School
Mary Meals
Build a Greenhouse
