EARTH FROM THE AIR FOR TEACHERS The Earth from the Air project has been recognised as a successful visual resource to communicate and engage over many subjects using amazing aerial photography supported by interesting facts and figures relating to the world today. Everything from climate change issues, developing countries, social responsibility and awareness. Example of subjects covered – Art and Design, Economics, English, Geography, History, Languages, Mathematics, Religious Education, Science These images have also been used to educate and enhance the Sustainable Schools area of Teachernet website, by using the photographs and information to encourage navigation around the site. It has been designed to support schools on their journey to sustainability, introducing the principles of sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these principles into the heart of school life.
To view this website please click on the following link:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/about/about.cfm
To download a copy of the RGS/Wecommunic8 geography teachers notes click hereTEACHERS CARDS, PRINTS AND CATALOGUE AVAILABLE NOW We offer the following resources - Teaching cards (A5), a pack of all 26 available, each of which has a full colour image with information printed on the reverse. These are priced at £19.00 plus £2.95 p&p. Prints available in two sizes 50x70 cm or 60x80 cm. These are normally priced at £12 and £15 respectively. To take advantage of our special schools offer of £9 and £12 please use the ordering information below. Catalogue in three languages. 160 full colour images To download a PDF detailing the Teachers Cards please Click Here To see the current Print range please Click Here To download a PDF detailing the Catalogue please Click Here If you wish to order, please either email to elaine@wecommunic8.com or fax to 0845 5084765 on your schools headed paper. However, if you need more information, please contact us on the above email address or Telephone 01604 696903 SAMPLE CARD PERITO MORENO GLACIER, Santa Cruz, Argentina (S 50°27' W 73°10').
Created in 1937, Los Glaciares National Park is located in southern Patagonia, near the border of Chile. This protected zone, declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1981, contains 13 glaciers that originated from the continental glacial covering of Patagonia, the largest in the world after Antarctica and Greenland. With a frontal width of 2.5 miles (4 km) and a height of 147 feet (60 m), Perito Moreno extends for 32 miles (52 km) and moves along one of the arms of Lake Argentino, dragging rock debris torn from the banks in its wake, which erodes and shapes the landscape. Every three or four years, at the confluence of the two arms of the lake, the glacier interrupts the water’s flow. The growing pressure of the water against the ice barrier ends up breaking it, producing an explosion that can be heard from several miles away. Glaciers and ice caps make up 9 percent of the earth’s land surface. Global warming could melt the ice, raising the level of the oceans by 3 to 35 inches (9 to 88 cm) before the end of the century and drowning the fertile shore areas. Today, the atmosphere has the capacity to absorb only one third of the CO² that we produce each year ‘There is no doubt that the images could be used as the starting point for exciting activities which cover a range of subjects including science, geography and citizenship.’ Bill Graham, Head of Education, Farming and Countryside Education. wecommunic8 Ltd, The Old Reading Rooms, Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, NN7 1LF Email: enquiries@wecommunic8.com | Telephone: +44 (0) 1604 696 903
