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Geography Links
General Sites
Geography seems to be doing well. Duncan suggested
CuriculumVisions to us and
we agree it has thousands of pages on Geography. It is based around the Curriculum
Vision books which are advertised quite openly. But there are plenty of good
pictures for projects and lots of revision and resource material.
GeoResources
An excellent Geography site aimed at UK students. Do the weekly Geo Quiz - plus
find out why the webmaster does not like custard.
Online Gazetteer.
Chris Allen has been working late into the night to bring you this excellent
site - an online Gazetteer. Information on every country in the world, maps,
info, travel, currency, physical features. A one stop shop - well done Chris.
We suggest you start here first!
Atlapedia
Online contains full colour physical and political maps as well as key facts
and statistics on countries of the world.
Geo Net Geography
resources from the Geography Department at Isaac Newton School. Just do what
the monkey says...
The Geography
Portal - Online award winning Geography site now with a complete facelift.
Geography Games -
Learn geography whilst having fun. Site suitable for key stage 2/3
The Flags
Site - Flags from around the world
Flags of Countries
- Almost every national flag on the net!
At last
the CIA files
on every country in the world - I am NOT joking.
Dave Wakefield
brings you GeoNet. Project ideas, jokes, links reviews.
Dennis from
geography.com.sg wanted us to list his site. We are very happy to as it
is great! Its billed as 'The Online Community for all Geographers'. Great work
Dennis.
Volcanoes
Check out
volcanoes online
- the best volcano site on the Web.
Volcano World
provides information about volcanoes
around the world. Includes active and historical volcanoes. Details of how eruptions
occur, many images and video clips!
Geology
Start here for an
introduction
to the study of rocks, with links to other web resources about rocks and minerals
Frank
Potter's Science Gems - Earth Science
Need to find a mineral? Search
the
Mineral Gallery.
Travel in time with the
Geological time machine.
Outer Space
Pictures on
every
planet in our solar
system, from NASA. Or try a multimedia tour of the
nine planets.
Avalanche
Cyberspace Snow and
Avalanche Centre Interactive site on recent
avalanches plus all kinds of other resources and information.
Scottish Avalanche Information Service
Information, reports and forecasts of avalanche activity in Scotland.
Lightening
Photography by Stormguy
Pictures and lots of information from a storm and lightning fanatic. Also includes
clouds, tornadoes, storms - lots of pictures and information - well worth a
visit. Keep up the good work Dave.
Tsunami
Welcome to
Tsunami!
Information and lots of links to other tsunami sites.
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Good-looking and interesting site dedicated to spreading information about
the deadly effects of tsunamis.
Earthquakes
National Earthquake
Information Centre Comprehensive site run by America's government research
and information centre for earthquakes.
Where did todays biggest
earthquake occur?
Oceans
Picture the
ocean planet - by the Smithsonian (USA)
Forests
Soil Erosion
and the role played by forests.
Shifting cultivation and its
effect on forests.
More Links
Interactive revision
Check out the Shockwave
Geography Page
Weather Watch
UK Weather
The latest from the UK
Met Office. Includes
Satellite images updated
every 6 hours.
Take the Test
A quick
Geography test
before tea? From Michael Shackleforth. Great stuff!
Hurricane Warning!
The
latest information about
hurricanes. Includes Satellite images of the Atlantic
Tornado Warning
UK based 'TORRO'
organisation fills in the details
Weather Explained
How
rainbows
are formed. Look at the
cloud boutique
for pictures and info on clouds.
Virtual Field Trip
Explore
Hurricanes, volcanoes, deserts without leaving your home.
What kind of Cloud is that?
Find out what kinds of clouds
are which with the cloud boutique
What should I be learning?
Check out what you should be covering
in your
key stage 3 Geography
course.
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