Some impacts of the big freeze of January 2010 A starter for a lesson idea for "living geography"

1. Hot or cold ? Winners and losers in the big freeze... A starter

2. http://www.lovelylingfield.com/images/sledge_minibob.gif

3. Flickr CC: ECOSOSLOG

4. Add further things here... Some suggestions... Sales of..... Admissions to A & E.... Insurance claims.... Bookings for ski-ing holidays.... Sales of take-away food.... Or WINNERS / LOSERS collate on board...

5. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/the-big-freeze-2010-an-audit-1863350.html

6. FIGURES are available from various newspaper sources to back up, and add further depth e.g. percentage increase... Need to discuss WHY there has been the relevant change in demand for these particular goods and services. Impact of weather has been particularly severe in the last few weeks, and perhaps is worth pursuing with students. “Living Geography” context...

7. Could lead on to Tony Cassidy iPhone app idea http://slideshare.net/tonycassidy