Geography KS 3 and above

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Updated 19/03/16

General

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zrw76sg BBC Key Stage 3 Geography

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zkw76sg BBC Key Stage 4 Geography

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Default.aspx?Subject=12&AgeGroup=4 Key Stage 3 Geography links from Topmarks

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Default.aspx?Subject=12&AgeGroup=5 Key Stage 4 Geography links from Topmarks

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://geographyworldonline.com/ 'Geography World' - lots of useful links

https://www.loc.gov/collections/country-studies/ Study of countries throughout the World

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

http://www.census.gov/population/international/ Database of information about countries from the US Census Bureau

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic

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

http://www.geography-site.co.uk/ Lots of Geography information

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

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

Environment

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

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

http://ete.cet.edu/ Exploring the environment

http://science.nasa.gov/ The environment from NASA

http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_spring06 Different environments

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/ Different environments

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/ The Rainforest Alliance

http://www.focusonforests.org/ Focus on Forests

Places

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://www.lake-district.gov.uk/ The Lake District

http://www.peakdistrict.org/ The Peak District

http://www.portofrotterdam.com/ The Port of Rotterdam

http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/ Japan

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/ Everest

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/ Grimsby Evening Telegraph

Water and Rivers

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

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

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

http://www.ukrivers.net/education.html Education section of the UK Rivers Network

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

http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html The Amazon

http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/ Virtual river / flooding

Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Geology

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

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

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/ Information about Earthquakes from the British Geological Survey

http://www.sciencecourseware.com/eec/Earthquake/ Virtual earthquake

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/discoveringGeology/ British Geological Survey - geology aimed at schools

Conservation

http://www.focusonforests.org/ Focus on Forest

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

http://www.bagheera.com/ Endangered Species

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