Geography

The Geography Department at Prestatyn High School. Keep up to date with topical geographical news and information of our travels and events.

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

Awesome day yesterday for @PrestatynHigh geographers visiting waterfalls, Reynishverfi black basalt beach and the finale was a hike on the #Sólheimajökull glacier.
We have now safely landed in Liverpool and are heading home tired and inspired #Iceland

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

We were very fortunate to see the beautiful #Auroraborealis last night from our guesthouse. This morning we’ve swum in the geothermally heated @secretlagoon #Iceland #geographyfieldtrip #aurora @PrestatynHigh @RayburnTours

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

The Raufarholshellir Lava Tunnels were spectacular as always, pupils learnt how lava tunnels form (this one is thought to be 5200 years old). The icicles added to nature’s beauty. Fantastic first day in Iceland @PrestatynHigh #Iceland #geographyfieldtrip

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

The @PrestatynHigh #geographers have arrived safely in Iceland. Visit 1 to the blustery Bridge Between Continents to see the Mid-Atlantic Ridge #Geography #geographyfieldtrip #Iceland

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

@DenbighshireCC Thank you so much for hosting us today. We all learnt a lot and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves
@PrestatynHigh

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

Y10 tackling the #ClimateEmergency by creating over 100 new trees

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

The final reward for James (Y10) winning the @DenbighshireCC ‘postcards from the future competition’ was an outing to the St. Asaph tree nursery. We’ve had a fun day taking hardwood cuttings, repotting tree cuttings, setting wildlife cameras and ecological surveys @PrestatynHigh

[Dr Robin George Andrews 🌋☄️ @SquigglyVolcano]

Okay: here’s everything you need to know about the new eruption in Iceland, including what is certain, what is uncertain, and all that jazz.

(I’ve got a few weeks of book leave left, but couldn’t leave y’all hanging.)

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credit: @Vedurstofan

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

It’s #fieldwork season once again. Fantastic day in Llanberis gathering primary data with Y10 geographers. Same again tomorrow with the remainder of the cohort #Geography #geographyfieldtrip #nature @PrestatynHigh

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

With a single day's worth of plastic catch from Interceptor 006 in the Rio Las Vacas in Guatemala.

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

Excellent to have one of our former geographers leading the #NetZero workshop @ChesterYouthCAN #Greenexpo2023 Fantastic opportunity for Y9 and Y12 #geographers to learn about #Sustainability and the ‘green economy’ (proud to see our @PrestatynHigh alumni making a difference)

[DenbighshireCC @DenbighshireCC]

Prestatyn High School James Cumberlidge is the winner of the KS5 category for Denbighshire County Council’s Postcards from the Future competition.
👉 https://t.co/FCh5OJSzSH

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

9B Geographers welcomed @DenbighshireCC to our lesson today to award James the prize for winning the KS3 ‘Postcards from the Future’ competition. We listened to the role of the council and how it is addressing the #climatechange emergency @PrestatynHigh @phshomecoming da iawn

[Dr. Judith Hubbard @JudithGeology]

How do we measure shaking in an earthquake?

Magnitude measures the size of the quake - but how much shaking you feel depends on how close you are to the fault, the materials under your feet, and more.

Here is a map of shaking in the #TurkeySyriaEarthquake

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[Briley Habib @Map_Addict]

I want to share a video of the East Anatolian fault line for you to understand the destruction #geographyteacher

[The Ocean Cleanup @TheOceanCleanup]

Ten years ago today, the largest cleanup in history officially began.

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

The plastic harvests we’re projecting for System 03 are so big that we’re putting an excavator on the ship for handling & will be compressing the trash into bales to make it fit.

[Geography @PHS_Geography]

Very pleased to hear this 💚

[Keep Wales Tidy @Keep_Wales_Tidy]

We’re over the moon that Wales will be introducing a Deposit Return Scheme by 2025 ♻️

The initiative will see us pay a small deposit when we buy a drink in a single use container, which we get back when we return the bottle or can 💚

https://t.co/lft0H83Kra @WelshGovernment

[Prestatyn High @PrestatynHigh]

After the success of our 2022 Austrian ski trip we are now planning the next one! PHS Winter 2023 Ski Trip - Location and dates tba ⛷️🏔️❄️

[The Ocean Cleanup @TheOceanCleanup]

We received some news from local operators in Klang, Malaysia - on December 19th, Interceptor 002's six dumpsters were completely filled up in a record time of 2 hours and 27min. In total, this hero removed 107,000 kg ( 235,935 lbs) of trash in December.