Teaching: Map Zone
Mapzone is the coolest site to click to, with exciting online games, free maps, wallpapers, competitions and a fascinating trivia section, all from Ordnance Survey. Our Favourite Places is a guide to the friendliest attractions in Britain, selected by children of ages 7 to 14. Students share their own choice of cool places to visit, and provide their own pictures, stories, art, poems and latest news from schools around the UK. Mapzone can help teachers to make geography and mapping lessons more fun while helping pupils with their homework.
[http://www.mapzone.co.uk/]
Teaching: Curriculum Vision
A site for students of geography, geology and environment. It supports a series of books produced under the Curriculum Visions banner. The site is arranged by Key Stage, mainly 2 and 3, with sections on rocks/minerals, fossils, the elements, world rivers, weather, places and the London story. A central image poses a visual teaser that changes each time you visit and there are also images of space and recent events.
[http://www.curriculumvisions.com/]
Teaching: The Geographical Association
The Geographical Association website. The GA exists to further the study and the teaching of geography. Since its foundation in 1893 it has played a major role in establishing the subject in the UK curriculum as the national teaching association for geographers.
[http://www.geography.org.uk/]
Teaching: GeoExplorer
GeoExplorer - Geography Portal is your guide to Geography on the web. Geo Explorer aims to meet all your geographical needs. This web site is packed full of links and web resources to support students and teachers of geography or those with a general interest in geography.
[http://www.geoexplorer.co.uk/]
Teaching: Geography in the news
Up-to-date geography resources for teachers and students from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
[http://www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/]
Teaching: Hurricane Hunters
Teaching: the only Department of Defense organization still flying into tropical storms and hurricanes--since 1944.
[http://www.hurricanehunters.com/]
Teaching: Zephryus Geography Exchange
A superb web site with articles and revision notes written by a UK Geography teacher. The site offers texts and illustrations (including Clip art and maps) for just about any topic that would be covered in Geography.
[http://www.geography-site.co.uk/]
Teaching: Geography 101
Geography World An enormous directory of links on all aspects of Geography.
[http://members.aol.com/]
Teaching: Geography Exchange
A brilliant resource for anyone interested in geography. A combination of original teaching resources, some of which are online lessons, and carefully selected web links. Ideally suited to GCSE students and teachers in the UK.
[http://www.geography-site.co.uk/]
Teaching: UNICEF
UNICEF Education Department has years of experience of helping schools teach about development issues and introducing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the National Curriculum.
[http://www.unicef.org.uk/]
Teaching: Global Gang
Here you'll find everything you need to bring global issues into the classroom. Stay online for detailed classroom activities and lesson plans, background info on the countries and issues featured in Global Gang, plus pupil worksheets to print out.
[http://www.globalgang.org.uk/]
Teaching: Geo Resources: Geographical Information
Provides all the Geographical information that you ever wanted (links, case studies, outline maps, virtual fieldwork, quizzes) - all on one easy to navigate site.
[http://www.georesources.co.uk/]