Geography KS 3 and above |
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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