Planning fieldtrips

Fieldwork provider in the Watford area- water and environmental studies.

Centre is suitable for day outings and residential bookings

'Paper Trail' at Frogmore Mill, Hemel Hempstead. Can customise visits around the paper making mill.

• Three Valleys Water - Education

• Herts Outdoors

• The Papertrail - Welcome to The Paper Trail

• Herts Maps

Ordnance Survey

A web site dedicated to making maps fun.

Visit the GISZone to add some G-Wizardry to your lessons

• www.ordsvy.gov.uk
• www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/education

To find local map with aerial photo overlay

• http://maps.google.co.uk/
• www.easymap.co.uk

• www.multimap.co.uk
• www.streetmap.co.uk

19th Century maps of local area which can be compared with the present map and aerial photo

• www.old-maps.co.uk

Election maps

• www.election-maps.co.uk

Outline maps of countries and continents

• www.pupilvision.com

• www.memory-map.co.uk Memory-Map Navigation Software : Digital Maps for PCs and Pocket PCs

World Wide Panoramas - good for introductions and use on PPPs

• The Original WWP - The World Wide Panorama - QuickTime VR Panoramas

Earth from the Air - Fantastic global pictures

• www.yannarthusbertrand.com

Worldwise Quiz - Geographical Association.
New online local schools quiz

• Geographical Association - local quiz

Norway

A KS3 site for KS3 to learn about the geography of Norway. There are teacher notes, photos and pupil sheets.

Japan

Collaborative working between schools in the UK and Japan

Brazil

Virtual tour of Brazil with lots of images

• www.lookatnorway.org.uk

• www.japanuklive.org/english/

www.vivabrazil.com

Rivers

How to survive a flood

Guidelines on what to do before, during and after the event of flooding.

General flooding information

The Geographical Association have put together a useful page of weblinks and resources on this summer’s flooding in the UK and Asia (2007)

Types of flood

Information on different causes of floods

• Flooding in the USA

• www.geography.org.uk/
  resources/2007floods/

• www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/flood/

 

• BBC - weBitesize River management

• Think Quest floods

Coasts

The Geographical Association have put together a package. The first resource is the overview, with suggestions of how you could use the material and another good internet links to get more information.

Processes

Erosion and deposition - Dorset coastline

• Tsunami Resources

Images of Dorset: Subject Index

• dorset_presentation.pdf (1.5MB)
• dorset_coast_pres_worksheet.pdf(41kb)

Glaciation

Ecosystems

Plate Tectonics 

Current earthquakes

Lists and maps of recent world earthquakes

Effects of current earthquakes

Reports on the effects of recent earthquakes

Case Study - Mount St Helens

An excellent site dedicated to the history and recent explosion.

Volcano world

Ultimate web site for everything volcanic!

Virtual earthquake

A virtual earthquake course and demonstration. Excellent for helping to understand how earthquake waves travel and the timing and location of epicentres.

• US Department of the Interior

• www.schoolzone.co.uk

• Volcanoes

• Virtual earthquake seismographs

Weather and Climate

The Met Office

The main weather site. It features forecasts, animated maps of weather front movements,education section, marine and aviation information

BBC Weather centre

Gives a quick overview of today's weather and pollen count, access to 5 day forecasts and a weather quiz!

Franklin's forecast

Weather information and how to make a school weather station (US base)

• www.metoffice.gov.uk

• www.bbc.co.uk/weather

• Franklin's Forecast - Make Your Own!

Rocks and weathering and mass movement

Vegetation and Soils

Deserts

Census material - UK

2001 Census results plus the background to how a census is carried out

Geohive

Up to date population data for regions,countries, provinces and cities around the world. It also has some additional economic statistics.

Office of National Statistics

A wealth of statistics reflecting Britain's economy, population,society at national and local level.

• www.statistics.gov.uk/ census2001/ - Government Statistics
  
  
• www.geohive.com
  
  
  
  
  
• www.statistics.gov.uk
• www.stats4schools.gov.uk

Population clock - world population count

• www.opr.princeton.edu - Office of Population Research, Princeton University

Urban Land Use

Rural Land Use

Agriculture

National farmers Union

Facts about farming and many commonly asked Questions and their relevant Answers.

• National Farmers Union

Industry

Clean clothes

A site geared to improving the working conditions in the worldwide garment industry.

Labour behind the label

The site is a membership organisation bringing together pressure groups, trade unions and Industry in order to support the workers in the garment industry around the world

Just Business

A site providing information for teachers and students about global and ethical issues in the business world

• www.cleanclothes.org - Welcome to the Clean Clothes Campaign website

• www.labourbehindthelabel.org

• www.jusbiz.org

Tourism and Recreation

• www.tourismconcern.org.uk
• www.afrizim.com/national.htm National Parks in Africa
• www.geographia.com/zimbabwe
• www.belizetourism.org
• www.travelbelize.org
• www.pactbelize.org

Transport

Baldock bypass construction

• www.hertsdirect.org - Baldock Bypass

Trade

Global Eye

Written by Worldaware to promote understanding of development issues

Discussion of global issues

Action Aid

A wealth of information

• www.globaleye.org.uk

• www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet - Oxfam's Cool Planet for teachers. Brings global citizenship into the classroom

• www.actionaid.org

General

Council for Environmental Education

A gateway for sustainable development and environmental education resources

Global nomads

• www.councilforee.org/

• www.gng.org - GNG -Global nomads group

Make Poverty History

• www.makepovertyhistory.org/

Tide - Centre. A focus for exploring global dimensions of teaching within the NC

• www.tidec.org - Teachers in development education

General

Create

Provides downloadable resources and updates on political perspectives on sustainable resource management

• www.create.org.uk

Forestry

Energy

• www.dti.gov.uk/renewables - DTI Renewable Energy

Fishing

Waste

Waste Aware

The site gives information about recycling and disposal of waste in Hertfordshire It also focuses on the 3-Rs of waste control- REDUSE,REUSE AND RECYCLE

• www.wasteaware.org.uk

General

Home check - an environmental guide to flooding;pollution....

Centre for Sustainable development

Information on sustainable development

Green Peace

Friends of the Earth

• Homecheck - FREE guide to your Environment

• www.cse.org.uk - Centre for Sustainable Energy - promoting sustainable energy policy and practice

• www.teachernet.gov.uk - Sustainable development

• www.greenpeace.org.uk - Environmental Issues, GM Food, Nuclear Power

• www.foe.co.ukb

Pollution

Forests

Waste

National Parks

General

Create

Provides downloadable resources and updates on political perspectives on sustainable resource management

Council for Environmental Education

A gateway for sustainable development and environmental education resources

• www.create.org.uk

• www.cee.org.uk

Floods

How to survive a flood

US guidelines on what to do before, during and after the event of flooding

The Geographical Association have put together a useful page of weblinks and resources on this summer’s flooding in the UK and Asia (2007)

Case study - the Mississippi

The causes and effects of flooding on the Mississippi

Case study - Bangladesh

Oxfam news reports

Case Study - Mozambique

Oxfam news reports

Types of flood

Information on different causes of floods

• City of Renton, US Fire Department

• www.geography.org.uk/
  resources/2007floods/

• Bitesize water management

• www.oxfam.org.uk

• Think Quest floods

Flood control - Thames Barrier

Maps of areas that are at flood risk

• www.environment-agency.gov.uk - Environment Agency - Information and Learning Centre

Tsunami

The Geographical Association have put together a package. The first resource is the overview, with suggestions of how you could use the material and another good internet links to get more information.

• Tsunami Resources

Climatic

Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Generally useful web sites

National Geographic

BBC - learning - geography

Global Eye

Oxfam

Geographical Association - teacher support and resources

Royal Geographical Society

Schoolzone

Guardian education site (You need to subscribe to look at the site)

An NGfL approved website with internet links for GCSE geography by Anthony Bennett

An AST's (Noel Jenkins) recommended resources and tips

• www.nationalgeographic.com

• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/
  gcsebitesize/geography/

• www.globaleye.org.uk

• Oxfam - UK

• www.geography.org.uk

• www.rgs.org

• www.schoolzone.co.uk

• www.learn.co.uk

• www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk

• www.juicygeography.co.uk

• www.teacherxpress.com
• www.geointeractive.co.uk
• www.geographypages.co.uk
• www.tidec.org
• www.geography-site.co.uk

Photos

Thousands of specially selected high quality digital images

• www.geographyphotos.com

Hertfordshire Observatory

The aim of the Hertfordshire Observatory is to provide a comprehensive web-based data resource of geographic and other information, at county and local level.

• Hertfordshire Observatory

National Curriculum

National Curriculum

Innovating with geography

• www.ncaction.org.uk
• www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk

• www.qca.org.uk/geography

Other County Sites

Excellent Site for information and ideas

• www.sln.org.uk/geography - Website for Geography Teachers in Staffordshire

Puzzles and games

Make up your own puzzles and word searches

Christian Aid site - games and country links

Improve your grasp on African, European and American geography

Global dimension and ethical games and teaching resources

• www.puzzlemaker.com

• www.globalgang.org.uk/games/gamezone

• www.familygames.com/free/educate

• www.jusbiz.org

Classroom management

Bullying

Behaviour management

• www.teachersupport.info
• Hertfordshire Anti Bullying Initiative
• www.kidscape.org.uk

• dcsf.gov.uk/behaviourandattendance

Gifted and talented

Resources and guidance in identifying G and T pupils

• www.teachernet.gov.uk/gtwise
• www.londongt.org
• Gifted and Talented

S and A2

Resources and tips from teacher Kay Williams. Recommended by the GA

• wwww.geography.btinternet.co.uk