Geography KS 1 and 2

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Updated 19/03/16

General

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zcdqxnb BBC Key Stage 1 Geography

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zbkw2hv BBC Key Stage 2 Geography

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=90 Key Stage 1 Geography activities from Topmarks

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=96 Key Stage 2 Geography activities from Topmarks

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/geography/ Geography activities from Primary Resources

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround BBC Newsround - Child friendly news from around the world

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news BBC News

http://nelsch.org.uk/educationwebsites/newsandnewspapers.html News and Newspapers from around the world

http://www.mbgnet.net/ Look at different parts of the World, different environments including water, dry land etc.

http://www.geography4kids.com/ Physical Geography from Geography 4 Kids

http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics UK National Statistics

Maps and Aerial Photos

http://nelsch.org.uk/air Aerial photos from around the region of Humberside from 1996. Over 100 copyright free photos.
 
http://www.google.co.uk/maps Google Maps - very clear maps with satellite view option

http://www.google.com/earth/ Google Earth - downloadable mapping and photo program

http://www.bing.com/maps/ Bing Maps - similar service to Google maps

http://www.mapquest.com/ Mapquest - another online mapping service

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ Streetmap - another online mapping service

http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordinance Survey Maps, there is also an education section.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ Very detailed World Maps

Weather

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ BBC Weather Centre

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/ The weather around the world

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/England-North/Grimsby.htm The Weather for Grimsby from the above site

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ The Met Office - weather

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observation/map/ The Met Office weather satellite pictures for UK

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/world-satellite/ The Met Office weather satellite pictures for the World

http://www.wxdude.com/ Weather education site

http://weather.com/en-GB The Weather Channel

Places

http://www.globaleye.org.uk/primary_spring07/ An on-line resource teaching children about different places around the world - updated regularly, you can also access back issues of the website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/webcams/ Take a tour of England from the BBC via webcams

http://www.virtualtourist.com/ Virtual tourist

http://www.londontown.com/ Find out about London

http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/ Virtual Bangladesh

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/india.htm All about India from Snaith Primary

Villages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cornwall/villages/ Village life in Cornwall from the BBC

http://www.villagesonline.com/ Villages Online - thousands of villages listed

http://www.orion-arts.com/villages/ Irish and British Villages - a long list

http://www.british-towns.net/ British Towns and Villages Network

http://www.infobritain.co.uk/English_Villages.htm InfoBritain - Travel through History - Villages

St. Lucia

http://www.geographia.com/st-lucia/

http://saintluciauk.org/ St. Lucia Tourist Board

http://www.turq.com/stlucia.html

Water and Rivers

http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/water_cycle/ The Water Cycle

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/ All about water

http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/ Information on canals and rivers in the UK

http://www.sln.org.uk/trentweb/ All about the River Trent

Mountains and Volcanoes

http://education.usgs.gov/common/primary.htm#volcanoes all about volcanoes

http://www.learner.org/interactives/volcanoes/ Volcanoes

Wildlife

http://nelsch.org.uk/virtualvisits/discoverycentre/ A virtual representation of the Discovery Centre in Cleethorpes consisting of images and text about animals, insects and the beach

http://www.lincstrust.org.uk Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

http://wwf.panda.org/ WWF - World Wide Fund

http://www.panthera.org/initiative/save-tiger-fund All about preserving Tigers