"Look at it this way"

Chapter 9 and 10 of the book feature the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and a lesson which involves applying for a job with a company that flies tourists into Milford Sound. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to be in the European Alps for the first time. After years of showing videos on tourism in Chamonix , I was able to wander through the streets of the town, and then head up on the cable car to L'Aiguille du Midi... Enjoy some of my images below... There were quite a few companies offering flights by small plane and helicopter over the Alps, so perhaps you could adapt the lesson to this location instead of using New Zealand, or maybe even a mountain range in the UK....

My earlier blog post about the Christchurch memorial service was a reminder of the many connections that exist between the UK and New Zealand. My friend Simon Hathaway , who now lives in Wellington (which is a major improvement on Rotherham) sent me a pack of newspaper and magazine articles this week to add to the other resources that I have gathered to help teach about the resilience of a major city following an earthquake. I was interested to read the 'North and South New Zealander of the Year' piece, which awarded the Supreme Winner to the people of Christchurch... and that was following the earlier September 2010 quake... There was also a really useful piece from the Dominion Post by Chris Kalderimis on the most useful items to have in a home emergency survival kit, and lots of personal stories. The  #blog4nz campaign  is encouraging bloggers the world over to focus on New Zealand for a while, and this post is part of the effort. Although my work involves me in tran...

Milford Sound Collage For use with Lessons 9 and 10 Produced with Picasa Picture Pile Original images by Simon Hathaway

Those of you who buy the book when it's published - lots of people I hope - will find an activity based on the landscape of New Zealand. The images were taken by my friend Simon Hathaway. Here's another of his great images: this one of Mt. Cook...

Coming soon, some more fab images of the landscape from Simon Hathaway.. A taster below: