Geography KS 1 and 2 |
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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