5/6C's Class Blog 2008 » Geography

Test Your Geography Skills

Mrs C — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:39:02 +0000

Originally uploaded by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL

Think you know about the world? Know your countries, capitals and landmarks? Have a go at this game on our wiki – but be warned, it’s hard!

Have a close look at this map – especially where Australia is. This map was made in 1725, well before Captain James Cook journeyed up the east coast. But you can see that about half of the continent had already been mapped by this time.

Our Moving Earth

Mrs C — Mon, 05 May 2008 10:53:35 +0000

Get the Earthquake Watch widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox!
This map shows where the Earth’s most recent earthquakes have happened. Even though it is inside the boundaries of a tectonic plate, Australia experiences earthquakes regularly; sometimes they cause significant damage.

Cointha in Italy

Mrs C — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:46:54 +0000

We’ve had more messages from Cointha, our travelling class member. She’s in Rome, and sent these comments (follow the link and scroll down) as well as the email we read in class. She has visited the Colosseum, pictured here, as well as many of the other amazing sights of Italy.

In the last couple of weeks Cointha has been in Paris, Tuscany, Florence and the Cinque Terre, as well as a host of other places. Soon she and her family will be heading to Pompeii and Sicily. Have a great time Cointha!

Later update: Cointha is now blogging her adventures directly – see the link on our Student Blog page or click HERE!

Visitors from All Over!

Mrs C — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:46:51 +0000

This blog has been open since January 1, 2008, although it’s only been in class use since the end of January when we started the new school year. Since then, we have had visitors from ten countries: Australia (of course!), USA, England, France, Netherlands, Iran, South Korea, Israel, New Zealand and Canada. That’s a pretty good spread, I think.

So, what brings these visitors? How do they find us? We know that our travelling class member Cointha has visited our site from England, France and the Netherlands. We know that some people from the USA linked to this site from last year’s blog. What about the others? How did they find us?

If you are a visitor that doesn’t know one of us personally, we’d really appreciate your posting a comment to tell us how you found us. Thanks!