Mount Kelly Geog

The Mount Kelly Geography Department located in Tavistock, an old stannary town, on the edge of Dartmoor. Tweeting about contemporary and classical geography.

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Lava tunnel https://t.co/AMlpD31y0A at Raufarhólshellir. Fantastic tour for @Mount_Kelly Geographers learning about how they're formed and the unicelluar bacterial lifeforms that live in there giving us an idea of extra terrestrial life #thelavatunnel #itstheclimb

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Today started for the @Mount_Kelly Geographers at the
@LavaCentre with a fantastic interactive exhibition all about the mantle plume and volcanology of Iceland #itstheclimb
Superb resource for their GCSE

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@Mount_Kelly at Reynisfjara beach on the columnar basalt columns formed when lava erupts from a volcano as liquid magma, cools & hardens in the cold air, shrinking in volume and cracking into the geometric shape. The shapes then cluster together to form columns. #itstheclimb

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And now the Northern Lights have been ticked off on the itinerary! @Mount_Kelly Geography field trip 2024 #iceland #itstheclimb

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No better way to start the day for the @Mount_Kelly Geographers than a hot spring at The Secret Lagoon, Flúðir #iceland

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Sunrise over Hveragerði as the @Mount_Kelly Geographers head for an early morning hot spring at the secret Lagoon #iceland #geography

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And we've arrived at Keflavík. Let the MK Icelandic saga of 2024 begin! #iceland @Mount_Kelly

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The GCSE Geographers from @Mount_Kelly carried out a range of river fieldwork including velocity, discharge and gradient measurements on the River Valency near Boscastle.

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Year 12 @Mount_Kelly Geography students embarked on a walking field trip into Tavistock as part of their A-level Changing Place unit investigating the town's rich industrial history, including the iron works, the canal, the railway & the museum #geography

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Great day out for the @Mount_Kelly year 10 at the @EdenProject in Cornwall learning about sustainability and climate change, all key components of the #eduqas #geography curriculum

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Year 10 @Mount_Kelly Geographers carried out a range of surveys' in Tavistock investigating the concept of #sustainable communities. This included interviewing local businesses, residents and tourists as well as transport and pedestrian counts and environmental surveys

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Today's @Mount_Kelly Geography classroom is at Cwm Llwch in the Brecon Beacons. Terminal moraine. Lateral moraine. Niche glacier. 12000 years ago. Striations. What's not to like! #glaciation #itstheclimb

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@Mount_Kelly A level Geographers interviewing local Stokes Croft residents in Bristol about their opinions on urban regeneration and the issues of gentrification as part of their Changing Place unit for #eduqas

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One of the @Mount_Kelly Geography student's African Development and Tectonic Hazard revision notes in the boarding house entrance wall. #itstheclimb

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Beautiful evening for #TenTors route planning. No better place to do mapskills.

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We now have a display of @Mount_Kelly recent Geography alumni in the classroom. Thank you Josie, Barnie, Izzy, Sophie, Bella and James for your contributions! Fantastic young, hard working people who were also brilliant students!

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Brilliant tour of the @EdenProject for the @Mount_Kelly A level Geographers covering a range of topics including sustainability, rural rebranding, diversification, ecosystems and geothermal power. The perfect #geography day out in the Cornish #rainforest

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@GuyAyling @Mount_Kelly Personally I prefer the round ball⚽😂. Love being part of the @Mount_Kelly team! Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Happy Christmas everyone.
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A geography writing workshop for @Mount_Kelly A level Geographers focusing on structure, sugar paper planning, online research and timing. Then peer assessing each other and identifying knowledge and understanding , analysis, evaluation and coherence. #itstheclimb

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As part of GCSE Year 10 @mount_kelly Geography students have to learn how to interpret an @OrdnanceSurvey Map.  Measuring distance, use of contours and grid references are just some of the skills they learn as they investigate the upland landscape of  #Dartmoor National Park.