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| Microsoft Live Local - maps.live.com Maps, aerial photographs combined with a local search facility - detailed aerial photography for most of the UK |
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| Google Earth "Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips." Download for Mac and PC |
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| Geograph The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect a geographically representative photograph for every square kilometre of the British Isles |
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| Medium term Plan for
Foundation Stage/Reception (MS Word file) Original and innovative planning by Hanna Bresser, a Year 4 B.Ed student at University of Chester about the Asian tsunami of December 2004 |
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General Educational Resources
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AngliaCampus Subscription service with a range of geography links and resources - a joint venture of BT and Anglia Interactive |
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BBC
Education Links to BBC educational resources |
| Channel 4 Learning |
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British
Educational Communications and Technology Agency UK ICT education agency responsible for the development of the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) |
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Learning
Alive formerly Eduweb (RM Internet for Learning) Subscription service with a range of geography links and resources |
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Ireland Network for Education (unavailable March 2008) Collection of teachers' resources for "the education community in Northern Ireland" |
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Scottish Virtual Teachers Centre has now
closed Online resources are available from Learning and Teaching Scotland NGfL teachers' resource centre for a Scottish audience |
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Virtual
Teachers Centre (VTC) NGfL teachers' resource centre - closed on 19th December 2005 |
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Geography on the Web
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| The DfES Standards Site - Geography Scheme of Work | |
| National Curriculum in Action - Geography | |
| National Curriculum in Action - ICT in Geography | |
| Global Dimension The Global Dimension website has a guide to books, films, posters and websites with a global dimension. The Development Education Association manages the site on behalf of the Department for International Development |
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| Organisations | |
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Geographical
Association GA website with information on membership and resources |
| National Trust - Education | |
| Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers | |
| English
Nature Lesson plans for KS1/2 on a range of nature-related subjects, including coasts and sustainable development |
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| The Countryside Agency | |
| TeacherNet Sustainable Schools | |
| Maps and GIS | |
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Ordnance
Survey Information on education resources provided by the OS |
| The GIS
files A brief guide to GIS (Geographical Information Systems) from the Ordnance Survey |
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| Multimap Maps at a range of scales for the UK - accessed by address or postcode |
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| Streetmap Address searching and street map facilities for the UK with street and road maps for the whole of mainland Britain |
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| Local Studies Excellent Map-making and GIS software for KS1/2 |
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| Arc Explorer Learn about the Arc Explorer GIS data viewer and download a copy |
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| Dig! "If I dig a hole through the earth from here, where do I wind up?" A US site with links to the Degree Confluence Project |
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| Geography Education Web sites | |
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Geography World US based geography links site |
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GeoNet As above, but with specific UK KS 1 & 2 links "a one-man bid to set up the definitive Web site for geography teachers and students" Guardian Education, Tuesday January 7th 1997 |
| Innovating with Geography QCA website supporting the planning, teaching and assessment of National Curricum Geography |
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| Barnaby Bear The "official" Barnaby Bear website from the Geographical Association |
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BBC
Barnaby Bear Activities for 5-7 year olds linked to QCA Unit 5: 'Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?' |
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Landmarks - Rivers and Coasts "The Rivers and Coasts website offers teachers the option of studying one or other topic with their pupils." |
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| WebQuests
UK - Geography Web-based enquiries - others are available on the: Staffordshire LEA Geography site |
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| The
Geography Pages Although mainly focused on resources for Secondary education, there is a small, but growing Primary Geography Page on this site. |
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| Primary Geography: Enquiries and Resources from Kent LEA Includes enquiry units which aim to provide both specialist and non-specialist teachers of primary geography with plans, explanations and examples of work by pupils. |
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| The Geography Site "We are committed to providing the best quality resources for teachers and students. Unlike many other 'revision' sites, everything here is totally free to use. Whether you are a teacher looking for online lessons, a student seeking revision notes, or you are looking for a good geographical joke, it's here and it's free." Secondary-biased, but useful resource. |
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| TheGeoExplorer
portal (unavailable April 2005) A guide to geography on the Web. Alongside resources on remote sensing and a satellite image archive, there are free outline maps of the countries of the world, photos, cartoons and more. |
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| Geography Photos "Over 3,600 geographical photos available for school use for less than £50 a year per school' |
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| FreeFoto Image bank with good UK coverage |
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| US Geological Service Learning Web | |
| NASA Visible Earth A catalogue of images of earth from space |
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| The Geo-Images Project | |
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GeoResources
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The Geographical Association
The Virtual Teacher Centre - read the Web site review
TES Online - read the Web site review
ICT Support Network Website of the Week 12/7/01 and 14/08/02
All links on this
page checked and updated March 2008