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Useful Web Links

This page includes lots of useful names, addresses and hotlinks to Geography.

The Global Dimension| Natural Hazards | Places | Environmental Issues | Maps & Skills | Population & Settlement | Physical Processes | Economic Activities, Resources & Development | Organisations & Teaching Resources | General | Sustainability

The Global Dimension

• www.globaldimension.org.uk/
• www.worldaware.org.uk/education
• www.globaleye.org.uk/




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Natural Hazards

• Volcano World
• www.volcanolive.com

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Places

• www.globaleye.org.uk - magazine about world development. Do you receive a free copy of this termly publication? You can also order a free class set of 30 with teacher notes. Suitable for KS2, 3 and 4. Email: info@worldaware.org.uk
• www.countrywatch.com/youthedition/ - Interesting facts, maps and images of countries around the world
• www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/ - Lonely Planet - maps and local information
• www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/ - Oceans - online information in a child friendly format
• www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca - National Resources - Canada
• www.travellers-world.info/ - Travellers' World - UK Locations

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Environmental Issues

• www.rainforestconcern.org - educational resources for schools
• www.dep.org.uk/ - Development Education Project
• www.wasteaware.org
• www.eduweb.com/amazon.html  - Through word and picture, this excellent site will help you learn about the Ecuadorian Amazon, its rainforest, and its people. Then you get to make decisions about running a community ecotourism project to make money so that you don't have to clear so much of the rainforest to live.

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Maps & Skills

• www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk  -  Great education section, including the interactive Mapzone site.

• www.theodora.com/maps/abc_world_maps.html - GIF maps of the countries of the world. Flags and information

• www.multimap.com
• University of Texas Map Collection
• www.upmystreet.com - local statistics by postcode/town
• www.streetmap.co.uk/ The UK Street Map Page
• www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps/ - You can select from maps of the continent and country you wish to learn about. Then read about it, view satellite pictures of the earth (with names added), and learn from political and physical maps. All the maps are gorgeous.

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Population & Settlement

• www.countryreports.org/ - Country reports profiles each nation and province in the world
• www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ - Demographics and World Population Data
• www.bbc.co.uk/weather
• Earth and Moon from a Satellite
• www.met-office.gov.uk/
• www..statistics.gov.uk

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Physical Processes

• BBC Bitesize - rocks and the rock cycle

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Economic Activities, Resources & Development

• www.worldbank.org - The World Bank Group
• www.nfu.org.uk - The National Farmers Union
• www.oxfam.org.uk/education

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Organisations & Teaching Resources

• www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk
• www.thornes.co.uk - Stanley Thornes - Key Geography
• www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/ - United Nations Cyber School Bus
• www.sln.org.uk/geography/thinking_through_geography.htm -

  Part of the Staffordshire Learning Net, this site has loads and loads of thinking skills activities for all key stages - all free to download.

• www.qca.org.uk/geography/ -

  The innovating with Geography website.  Sensible ideas posted by real teachers greatly enhance this QCA site.

• www.geoworld.co.uk - The Thinking Through Geography website - full of excellent ideas and resources.

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General

• http://schools.becta.org.uk - BECTa Curriculum IT Support - Geography
• https://www.cia.gov - CIA World Fact Book

• www.georesources.co.uk/ - Geography website with links, revision guide, virtual fieldwork, geography case studies, photo library, outline maps and a weekly geography quiz.
• www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ - Bitesize Geography
• www.geography.org.uk/ - The Geographical Association
• www.juicygeography.co.uk/
• www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/
• www.internetgeographer.co.uk - This directory of links covers human, physical and environmental geography in detail. It is strongly oriented to the UK, and contains links to much useful statistical data from authoritative sources. Includes a search facility.
• www.radicalgeography.co.uk - Another wealth of downloadable resources focusing mainly on KS3 and KS4 but with some useful ideas for KS2 - KS3 transition work.

   

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Sustainability

• DEFRA Sustainable Development Education Panel
• www.teachernet.gov.uk/sustainableschools/
  

If you have found a useful address that is not included in this page please contact Naomi Rose . Please remember to include the correct website and e-mail addresses along with a short summary explaining why you think this address is useful.

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