Getting settled in, taking tours, and flying high in the sky to take atmospheric weather measurements - all a bit of a whirlwind!
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.
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...
First impressions and assumptions
I'm currently sitting in a lounge at Gatwick Aiport waiting to board my flight to Reykjavik, Iceland (the stop-over on the way to the USA). I haven't done much at all other than graze on the buffet for breakfast. However, in simply resting and watching what goes on around me, I am finding it absolutely … Continue reading First impressions and assumptions
“Give me a name…”;
JRR Tolkien was of course a very talented writer with an amazingly creative imagination. He once said: "Give me a name and it produces a story, not the other way about normally." This is the case with natural disasters (notice I didn't say hazards - Geography students should be about to tell you why!), for example: The Boxing Day … Continue reading “Give me a name…”;
Loco-parentis pride
Some planned and some serendipitous meetings with ex-students makes me feel both young and old...
World’s Largest Lesson: #TeachSDGs (inc. resource)
Contribution to @TheWorldsLesson discussion about #TeachSDGs; sharing a resource using SDG statistics regarding the development of Nigeria.
Resource: Flipboard
A resource to help you collect and categorise online articles and news stories.
Quiz ANSWER: What have all these names got in common?
All those names are names which were given to Atlantic hurricanes that were subsequently 'retired' due having caused significant damage, destruction or impact on people's lives or their livelihoods. From Carol in 1954, when the 'retirement' system started to Otto in 2016. My esteemed colleague and meteorologist, Chris Bell, posed a bonus question about what … Continue reading Quiz ANSWER: What have all these names got in common?
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