Round Square Geography Labs connect students across countries to explore a range of key geography topics. The programme invites students to share case studies of international perspectives on different topics commonly explored through geography curricula.
Students will leave each Lab having explored six case studies, presented by their peers, offering authentic, local insights into real-world geographic challenges facing their countries/areas. This peer-to-peer learning environment enables students to gain a more nuanced understanding of global issues, enriching their perspectives through diverse viewpoints and experiences. Students enhance both their academic understanding and intercultural awareness, developing not only stronger geography skills but also a broader global outlook.
Small groups of between six and ten students from each school will explore global case studies aligned to geography curricula. Each session offers an opportunity to examine international perspectives and reflect on how place, space, and human-environment interactions are understood around the world.
This week’s theme is Forces of Nature: How Sea & Wind Shape Coasts and Communities
These sessions will run at 3am UTC/GMT and 2pm UTC/GMT
3am GMT/UTC: we make to be 8am in Karachi, 8:30am in Delhi, 10am in Bangkok, 11am in Beijing and Singapore, 12pm in Seoul and Tokyo, 1pm in Sydney and 3pm in Wellington. But please check for your own location.
2pm GMT / UTC: we make to be 9am in Bogotá, Lima and Quito, 10am in Miami and Toronto, 11am in São Paulo, 2pm in Freetown and Accra, 3pm in London, 4pm in Kigali, 5pm in Nairobi and 6pm in Dubai and Yerevan. But please check for your own location.
Upcoming Sessions:
- 7 May
4am UTC/GMT and 3pm UTC/GMT
Rivers: Lifelines or Threats?
- 14 May
4am UTC/GMT and 12pm UTC/GMT
Tourism: Boon or Burden?
- 21 May
4am UTC/GMT and 3pm UTC/GMT
Powering the Planet: The Global Energy Puzzle
- 28 May
4am UTC/GMT and 5pm UTC/GMT
Sustaining Our Future: Building Sustainable Cities