TEACHING EARTH SCIENCES

Volume 24, No. 1, 1999


Editorial 2


ESTA 1998 Conference - Cheltenham: a conference report
Phil Gravestock 3


Hazard Mitigation Practical: predicting a volcanic eruption
Phil Gravestock 5


The long-range dispersal of volcanic ash: towards the
esablishment of a monitoring network n the British Isles J.B.Hunt 6


Climatic change and global warming: an Antarctic Case Study
julian Paren 15


The role of the Earth Sciences in sustaining our life-support system
Peter J. Cook 17


Focusing on Earth as a Living Planet: a Curriculum Project
for pre-university level in Galicia (NW Spain)
Jose lillo Bewo & Nicolds Lucas Dominguez 29


El Nino: Wild weather 34

WEATHER ON THE WEB: a compilation of sites Malcolm Walker 37


News 39

Reviews 41

Letter to the Editor 43

Internet News 44

SHOPFLOOR: Cratering in your Classroom 45


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Teaching Earth Sciences
Volume 24 No. 2 (1999)

Editorial 50

CHARLES DARWIN'S PRESENCE IN NORTH
STAFFORDSHIRE C. 1815 - 1842: THE RATIONALE FOR
SOME EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES David Thompson 52

GEOLOGICAL SELF-EDUCATION: EVIDENCE FROM ESSEX
Roger A. Hewitt and A/an j. Totham 69

EARTH SCIENCE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION: NOTICE OF
32nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 81

IT COULD BE YOU Geraint Owen 83

EARTH SCIENCE DEVELOPMNENT WORKSHOPS Helen King 85

EARTH SCIENCE EDUCATION OVERSEAS 86

BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 88

SHOPFLOOR: The Extended Geological Map Igor Drnovsek 88

EARTHQUAKE FORECASTING Ted Nie/d 90

News 91

Reviews 92

Letters from the editor 98

Internet News 100