About Advances

A partnership between Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers has resulted in an occasional publication series, known as ‘Advances’. Each describes up-to-date or recently acquired knowledge about the natural heritage of Scotland, for use in Scottish schools. The series to-date is as follows.

1. Scotland: A Little Piece of North America?

Poster illustrating Scotland’s origins through the story of continental drift.

2. Who’s Afraid of a Bit of Rain?

Poster together with an Information and Activities Pack on soil evolution.

3. What’s Under Your Wellies?

Poster together with an Information and Activities Pack on soil as a living system.

4. Scotland’s Land Cover.

Poster, teaching notes and data for practical assignments on the origins of Scotland’s land cover, and how it was recently mapped. A slide pack is available through the SAGT.

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CONTACTS

Advances 4
Ed Mackey
Scottish Natural Heritage
2 Anderson Place, Edinburgh EH6 5NP

Mapping the Land Cover of Scotland
Dick Birnie
Macaulay Land Use Research Institute
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH

Geography Curriculum
Alan Doherty
Scottish Association of Geography Teachers
Linlithgow Academy, Braehead Road, Linlithgow EH49 6EH

SNH publications and additional copies of ‘Advances’
SNH Publishing, Scottish Natural Heritage
Battleby, Redgorton
Perth PH1 3EW
Telephone: 01738 627921