Map of Australia with latitude longitude grid and state borders. A .pdf file that can be imported into any document or simply printed and photocopied as is.

This is a free download of the first issue of Geography in the News in 2024. Please download and trial it with your classes. A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week and available from this site for only £1 for each issue. Geography in the News is based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ **A weekly version of the Geography In The News quiz for Australian schools is available from my Geography Focus website. IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS

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Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. This quiz is a climate change special edition. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

This is a one page worksheet that shows a cold front passing across Eastern Australia in July 2015. The questions ask students to interpret the weather map and to explain the cold front and associated polar vortex that brought snow as high as Queensland in Eastern Australia. Requires some internet research.

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

Geography in the News is quiz based on current news from a geographic perspective. This quiz will suit students from upper primary school to upper high school. ​ A new quiz is published on Sunday each week based on news of the previous week. ​ The quiz has two pages with five mapping questions and 15 multiple choice questions - answers are given in the second pdf download. ​ The quiz is a PDF that you can download and print for your classes. The quiz is coloured but will photocopy well as b/w. ​ How are schools using Geography in the News? As a quiz that can be completed in as little as 6 minutes. Group research. As homework exercises that students can research the answers from a range of news websites. Weekly group competitions within the class over a term or the year. Weekly school geography competitions to promote the subject. As a discussion starter. ​ In whatever way Geography in the News is being used it has been seen to engage students in Geography and improve their geographic knowledge by taking them beyond the classroom. ​ IF YOU AND YOUR STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THIS QUIZ SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT IT BY TELLING COLLEAGUES AT OTHER SCHOOLS If you have any questions regarding the quiz contact Richard at swintrek@gmail.com. An Australian version of the quiz is available by yearly subscription - visit my GeographyFocus website

This word search or word maze is a fun way for your students to become familiar with the megacities of the world. An answer key is provided.

This is a latitude and longitude exercise that requires students to find the places indicated by latitude and longitude using this URL http://www.findlatitudeandlongitude.com OR an atlas. A blank world map is also provided to allow the students to accurately locate and label the places using the latitude and longitude grid. Answers are provided for the benefit of teachers.

This word search or word maze is a fun way for your students to become familiar with water cycle concepts/processes.

This is a crossword puzzle that focuses on the important terms used in population geography. There are three crossword puzzles to allow differentiation in your classes: one for the better ability students (no clues), one for moderate ability students (first letter clues) and one for weaker students (consonant clues). Crossword puzzles are a great way to reinforce basic concepts of a topic. The clues for this puzzle will help reinforce your students knowledge of the terms used in a study of population geography… A solution is provided with the puzzle.

Students are required to find the names of 10 European countries on the grid and then locate them on the map of Europe at the centre of the grid. Also available as part of a bundle of three European country wordsearches. An answer key is provided on the second page.

Students are required to find the names of 10 European countries on the grid and then locate them on the map of Europe at the centre of the grid. Also available as part of a bundle of three European country wordsearches. An answer key is provided on the second page.

Wordsearches (a.k.a. word maze) are a fun way for your students to learn the capital cities of Australia. The wordsearch is coupled with a map that encourages your students not only to learn the names of the counties but also their location. The puzzles have three levels of difficulty: Easy - Medium - Hard. This will allow you to differentiate according to the abilities of students in your class. Each of the three puzzles has its own answer key. A large map (A4 size) is also provided in the file should you need to use a larger map for your students rather than the smaller one provided in each word search. Altogether there are 7 pages in this file: 3 word searches, 3 answer keys, 1 A4 sized map.

Wordsearches (a.k.a. word maze) are a fun way for your students to learn the states and main territories of Australia. The wordsearch is coupled with a map that encourages your students not only to learn the names of the states/territories but also their location. The puzzles have three levels of difficulty: Easy - Medium - Hard. This will allow you to differentiate according to the abilities of students in your class. Each of the three puzzles has its own answer key. A large map (A4 size) is also provided in the file should you need to use a larger map for your students rather than the smaller one provided in each word search. Altogether there are 7 pages in this file: 3 word searches, 3 answer keys, 1 A4 sized map.