Although my horizons are broadening and my skills are getting some sharpening, I get plenty of chances to not give up the day job!
Author: Kit Marie Rackley (they/she)
Kit Marie Rackley (they/she) is an award-winning ex high-school Geography teacher in the UK. Throughout that time and continuing today, Kit Marie provides teacher continuous professional development (CPD) and training, which previously included a role as Associate Tutor for the School of Education at the University of East Anglia.
Kit Marie has worked as an education consultant and project manager with climate and energy scientists, including researchers based at NOAA Boulder, Colorado and as an educator and trainer at the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco, California, and is now freelance consultant with the UK’s Geographical Association and the National Association of School-Based Teacher Trainers (NASBTT). They are a published educational author, including works with National Geographic Kids and Diverse Educators.
Kit Marie is a strong and passionate advocate of youth voice and empowerment, decolonising the curriculum, and inclusive and intersectional education. Much of their work revolves around the climate crisis, focusing around framing it as a school safeguarding issue. Kit Marie runs an educational resource blog at Geogramblings.com, and is host and producer of the Coffee & Geography podcast.
Sky high
Participating in a weather balloon flight with a payload of innovative scientific equipment, and I feel sky high from prep to analysis!
Bottom’s up… here comes the sun! (Top-down can help, too)
An international competition for sustainable housing led by a government department shows that top-down and bottom-up can breed public-facing ingenuity and creativity when they meet in the middle.
In over our heads (and that’s okay!)
I was very apprehensive about how out of touch and ignorant I was of the scientific processes and knowledge; I thought I would be way out of my depth...
Reflection: An Ode to Hans…
Working on my own visualisation skills, a conversation sparks bittersweet memories of one of the masters of the art.
If you don’t like the weather, then…
People say that in the UK, if you don't like the weather then just wait 5 minutes. Just wait until you've been to Colorado!
Whirlwind!
Getting settled in, taking tours, and flying high in the sky to take atmospheric weather measurements - all a bit of a whirlwind!
NOAA and the floods…
Today I started as an 'affiliate' at the National Oceanographic & Atmosphere Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA ESRL). My first day saw quite wet and cold weather conditions. And the mountains, just to the west, saw the first real snow fall this year. I was told that it was a little unusual for this … Continue reading NOAA and the floods…
Where the wind takes you…
Wyoming's landscape is awe-inspiringly beautiful and monotonous. But is change in the wind?
Landscape Transitions
Travel by-air gives way to travel by-road, as the landscape transitions along with my mind...
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