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Useful Websites and External links
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Some helpful websites for both teacher and pupil use.... Please recommend any new sites and advise of any listed below that are no longer active!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Resources
 
        
Nottingham in Photographshttp://www.nottingham21.co.uk/Excellent for coursework - photos are of the CBD area(streets and buildings)
Geograph British Isleshttp://www.geograph.org.uk/Photographs of every OS grid square...contribute your own!
The ABC of Geographyhttp://www.tuition.com.hk/geography/Dictionary and glossary
Standard Grade Geographyhttp://www.scalloway.org.uk/Useful revision site (up to GCSE) with exercises
GeoActive
 
 
Password needed ...... see a teacher.
Geofile
 
 
 
Password needed .... see a teacher.
 
GeoCases
 
 Case studies for A level
Password needed....see a teacher
Geography in the News
 
 Recent news events
Password needed....see a teacher
 
Online Newspapers
 
Links to thousands of world papers, allowing access to the latest events
BBC newswww.news.bbc.co.ukIncludes an Interactive Guide to Natural Disasters.
Guardian Unlimitedwww.guardian.co.uk 
Probably the best news website.  Follow the links to Interactive Guides in the Web Special section …. and then to Special Reports.  Lots of topics, issues and in-depth reports.
The Geographical
Association
 
 
The GA's own website.  Particularly useful is "Geography in the News" for viewing the most recent articles on an issue/event.
Meterological Office
 
 Met Office homepage
BBC Weather
 
 Weather homepage
Weather
Online
www.weatheronline.co.ukFind out what the weather is doing in any part of the country...
The Internet Geographer
 
 
 
A fantastic portal site with a wealth of informative links.  Useful search for most topics/issues.
Population Clock
 
Population - current and counting!
Learn on the Internet
 
A useful portal site for research
Learn.co.uk
 
From 'The Guardian'. Okay for revision at KS3 and GCSE.
Geography Pages
 
The greatest resource link on the planet?!
GeoResources
 
Golden Web Award!
Themed links for each KS as well as A level and a teacher section.
GeoInteractive
 
Teacher resources.
Password needed....see a teacher
Richmond Video
 
 
Online video catalogue 
Geography World 
 
Massive collection of links but many with a US/Canadian bias
Dundee University 
 
Quality weather images.
Password needed....see a teacher 
USA National Hurricane Centre 
 
Tracks the latest hurricanes with information and satellite images
USGS 
 
Worldwide earthquake activity 
Volcano World
 
The web's premier source of volcano information for kids 
Department for International Development 
 
British government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. 
Disaster Relief 
 
Excellent US site providing online resources about disasters from all over the world. 
International Fed Red Cross Societies 
 
News on recent disasters as well as a user-friendly archive 
One World.net 
 
Human rights, sustainable development, trade and aid
Oxfam
 
The charity's website 
United Nations Relief Web 
 
Information about the nature of disasters and how aid has been set up to help people
 
Countries and Statistics
 
National Statisticswww.statistics.gov.uk 
Official UK statistics
UK Statistics 
 
Offfical UK Statistics, includes regional trends 
World Factbookwww.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook 
Produced by the CIA
US Censuswww.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html 
International Database (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for 227 countries.  Excellent ranking and dynamic pyramid facilities
 
UN Human
            Development Report
www.undp.orgThe latest Human Development Index scores are included in an annual report.  Archives of data for previous years
Global Statisticswww.geohive.com 
Includes data sets that can be copied into spreadsheets.  Extensive collection of links to statistical websites around the world
        
 
 
Maps/ Satellite Images/ Images
 
World Atlaswww.graphicmaps.com/atlas/world.htmImpressive collection of maps that can be exported into DTP, Powerpoint  etc.
 
 
More maps....
National Geographicwww.nationalgeographic.com/resourcesMap Machine!  Maps, flags, statistics.  View From Above provides stunning satellite images.  Links to other collections of maps.
Multimapwww.multimap.co.uk 
Searchable maps at a variety of scales (not just the ).  Also aerial photographs
Streetmapwww.streetmap.co.uk 
Similar to Multimap but the maps are frequently better quality and cover a larger area
Graphicmapswww.graphicmaps.com 
Maps of every country, with links to details about them
NASA Pictureswww.visibleearth.nasa.govHuge satellite picture library
Earthshotswww.edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshotsBefore and after Landstat images showing recent environmental events and introducing remote sensing.  At least 25 case studies
Earthcamwww.earthcam.comGlobal network of Internet cameras.  Ultimate experience for bringing the outside world into the classroom!  Search facility.
Earthguidehttp://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams.htmlAn excellent site for animated diagrams to support learning.
 
 
Professional sites
 
Royal Geog Assocwww.rgs.orgGeography in the news
Geographical Assocwww.geography.org.ukNew education initiatives, book a conference seat and order a mug           
Edexcelwww.edexcel.org.ukEdexel examination board's own site
 
 
 
Password needed...
AQAwww.aqa.org.ukAQA examinations board's own site
QCAwww.qca.org.ukQCA's own site
Dept for Educationwww.dfes.org.ukResources and ideas from the DFES.
Staffordshire Netwww.sln.org.uk/geographyWinner of the GA Gold Award.  Links, web enquiries produced by teachers, animations, aerial photos and a teacher newsgroup
Advisory Unitwww.advisory-unit.org.uk 
Online guidance to using their GIS Aegis 3 software
Ordnance Surveywww.ordnancesurvey.co.ukGood teacher guide to GIS