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Geography KS 3 and above

General

General

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/geography.shtml  BBC Secondary Geography Activities

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://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews BBC Newsround - Child friendly news from around the world

http://news.bbc.co.uk/ BBC News

http://tlfl.org.uk/newsandnewspapers News and Newspapers from around the world

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

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html Study of countries throughout the World

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

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ 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://mbgnet.mobot.org/ Look at different parts of the World, different environments including water, dry land etc.

Maps and Aerial Photos, Weather

Maps and Aerial Photos

http://tlfl.org.uk/air Aerial photos from around the region of Humberside from 1996. Over 100 copyright free photos.
 
http://maps.google.co.uk/ Google Maps - very clear maps with satellite view option

http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth - downloadable mapping and photo program

http://www.bing.com/maps/ Bing Maps - similar service to Google maps

http://www.multimap.com/ Multimap - type in a postcode or a place and get a map, also directions, aerial photos, historic

photos and more.

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

http://www.mapblast.com/ World maps, directions

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/weather/satellite/ The Met Office weather satellite pictures

http://www.wxdude.com/ Weather education site

http://uk.weather.com/ The Weather Channel

Environment, Places

Environment

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

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

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/ Exploring the environment

http://kids.earth.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.thelakesanddales.com/ The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

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.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/ Grimsby Evening Telegraph

Water, Rivers, Mountains, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Geology, Conservation

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://www.keswick.u-net.com/ 'Mad about Mountains' - Photos of mountains all over the world

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

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

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/ Volcano World

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/education/ British Geological Survey - geology aimed at schools

Conservation

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

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

http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/ecosystems/da00s04.en.html The Arctic Ecosystem

http://www.animalsindanger.com/ Animals in danger

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

http://www.savethetigerfund.org/ All about preserving Tigers