A

 

Bald Eagle GeoResources

A-Level section

Alaska

Engineering Triumphs -
The Trans Alaska Oil Pipeline

Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill

 

 

Antarctica

Virtual Antarctica

 

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Bangladesh

Brazil

Brazil

Encarta article on Brazil

An excellent resource about all aspects of Brazil

Brazillian Embassy - UK - Brazil in the secondary school

A superb resource designed to help teachers planning their programmes for Key Stage 3 and for GCSE and for Scottish Standard Grade examinations. All sections have a Word format version that can be downloaded by clicking the "Associated Files" button on the right. Ideal for students completing research into Brazil. There are 13 different topics covering on the site.

Brazil (CIA World Fact book) -

Brazil's vital statistics

Brazil Flags

World Flag Database

Brazil information

Brazil - Info Please

The learning Network provided by info please presents encyclopedia information about Brazil.

Eye on Brazil

A superb resources about Brazil on the Global Eye Web Site - Aimed at Pirmary level - but a good introduction for all!

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Canada

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing

Canadian Association of Geographers

Canadian Communities Atlas

Canadian Forest Service

Canadian Ice Service

Canadian Information by Subject

National Library of Canada

Canadian Soil Information System

Environmental Systems Research Institute

GIS Schools and Library Program (Canada)

Geological Survey of Canada Geomatics Canada GeoSources

(Canadian Council for Geographic Education)

Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System

Historical Atlas of Canada

National Atlas of Canada Online

National Earthquake Hazards Programme

Parks Canada

Statistics Canada

Coasts and Coastal Erosion

Anglia Campus - Coastal Landform

This is a excellent all round site about coastal landforms.

Cliff erosion at the Holderness Coast

Coastal erosion resources

Coastal landforms

Coastal processes

An excellent site about coastal erosion and landforms.

Coastal zone management

Coasts revision vocabulary

East Yorkshire Coast - Geology and Geomorphology

Erosion of the Holderness Coast

Formation of a bays and headlands

An excellent page with lots of animations

Formation of a cliff and a wave-cut platform

An excellent page with lots of animations

Formation of stacks arches and stumps

Holderness Coast Project Sea defences

Spurn Head

A video about Spurn

Countries

Countries

Infoplease

Country listings

CIA World Fact Book

CIA world fact book

Contains information and statistics on every country in the world!

Icelandic Tourist Board Web Site

An excellent site covering many aspects of one of Europe's most beautiful countries!

India Links

Lonely Planet

Contains information about every country in the world (well almost!!)

Virtual World and city tours

Desertification

A straight forward site covering the main aspects of desertification (text heavy)

Desertification

A page by the Canadian International Development Information Centre

Desertification Lesson Plans

A range of lessons plans and resources covering desertification.

Mr. dowling's Electronic Passport - Deserts and the Sahel

Population Reference Bureau

Africa's Struggle With Desertification 

The Environment - A Global Challenge

A c omprehensive site on the environment. With 400 articles and 811 pages, the site covers every aspect of the environment and provides many interactive features. Take a look at the desertification page

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

A web site covering a wide range of issues relating to desertification by The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. There are a range of fact sheets on this site:

The causes of desertification
The Consequences of desertification

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Earthquakes

Economic Geography

UK National Statistics

Multinationals

The Pacific Rim

The Welsh Development Authority

The Welsh Development Authority - Investors in Wales - Lucky Goldstar

Ecosystems

Map and links to biome pages

Ecosystems

BBC Bitesize Revision

Ecosystems

A comprehensive site covering all the world's major ecosystems

The Evergreen Project - Biomes of the world

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources - TOP SITE!

Sustainability 2000

What is an ecosystem?

BBC Bitesize Revision

World ecosystems

BBC Bitesize Revision

World ecosystem map

NASA

Deserts

A detailed description of deserts

Deserts - Links

A page containing lots of links to sites related to Deserts.

The Desert Biome

The Evergreen Project - Deserts

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources about the desert biome

Amazon Interactive

Deforestation

Deforestation in the Amazon

Help with rainforest reports

Probably the best rainforest portal on the internet. You will probably find EVERYTHING you need on this site.

Jungle Photos

Lots of images of the Amazon Rainforest - photographs, satellite images etc.

The Evergreen Project - Rainforests

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources about the rainforest biome

Play with a tree frog in South America

Rainforest alliance

A very good rainforest site.

Rainforest Action Network

A range of resources related to the rainforest. Check out the Kids' Corner!

Rainforest Links

Lot's of links to web sites about tropical rainforests

Rainforest Web

World Rainforest Portal

Science in the Rainforest

Take a walk in the Rainforest

Science in the Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest Animals

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation

The causes of rainforest destruction

A very detailed page covering the causes of rainforest destruction - well recommended. From the Rainforest Information Centre Educational Supplement

The Rainforest

Kids action Questions and answers

Grasslands

The Evergreen Project - Grasslands

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources about the grassland (prairies) biome

The Evergreen Project - Taiga

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources about the taiga biome

NORTHERN CONIFEROUS FOREST BIOME

Detailed information about the Taiga biome

Taiga - links

A page containing lots of links to sites related to Taiga

The Evergreen Project - Tundra

An excellent web site containing a huge range of resources about the tundra biome

Tundra - links

page containing lots of links to sites related to Tundra.

Tundra

Tundra - The not-so barren land

The Tundra Biome

Energy

Energy Education

California Energy Commission

Environment

Acid Rain

Acid Rain

Climate Problems - Acid Rain

Many links to sites containing information about acid rain.

Desertification

Environmental index -

Links to pages with information about - Waste management and recycling transport air pollution global warming noise pollution ozone layer depletion water resources alternative and renewable energy resources acid rain

Envirofacts

EPA Global Warming Site

Friends of The Earth Homepage

Forest for life

Part of the WWF site (not the wrestling site!)

Greenpeace International

Ozone layer

Save our Earth

Soil Erosion

The Dust Bowl

World Environmental Change

BBC's Landmarks brings you information about world environmental change. The site includes information about Wetlands, Dry lands, Cities, The Sea and Forests

Europe

European Union

European Union Homepage

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Farming

Farming Terms

Farming dictionary by the NFU

The Green Revolution - Definition

The Green Revolution - India

Irrigated Rice

MAFF - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries

Rice Web

Rice World - open your eyes to rice

Flags

Flags of all countries

A site developed by USA Immigration

Flags of The World

Chi Squared

Questionnaires in Fieldwork

Spearman Rank

Regions in France

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GIS - Geographical Information Systems

GIS Net links

Geography - reference and links

Bald Eagle GeoResources

Basic Geography Links

Definitive Geographical Links from about.com

About.com

Geography Glossary

About.com

Geographia

Geographical Association

Geography at About.com

 An excellent site which contains many geography links and resources brought to you from About.com (formerly the Mining.CO.)

Geography Links

Curriculum adventures

Geography exchange - links

Geography Departments World-wide

Geography Links

Geography Links at Eduweb

Geography Pages

The School Page

Geography Standard Grade

Scottish Standard Grade and GCSE Geography. Lots of links and interactive games.

Geography World

An outstanding Geography Site. A vast range of links and activities.

Helping your child learn geography

Kai's Geography Links

Nelson/Thornes Geography

Nelson/Thornes publishers provide a range of resources for geographers

National Geographic

The Geography Portal 

An excellent site. Well recommended!

Country and Capitals Quiz

Geography Games

Geography Games

Geography World Concentration Game - Tectonics

Geography World - Flashcards Game

Geography World - Matching Game - Tectonics

Geography World - Matching Game

Geography World - Wordsearch Puzzle - Tectonics

Jokes

Key Stage 3 Geography Quizzes

Physical geography Quiz

United Kingdom Quiz

USA quiz

Water quiz

Coasts revision vocabulary

Freeserve Revision

An excellent set of resources to help with revision. Lots of gap fill exercises and exam questions that can be completed off-line then marked online

GCSE BITESIZE Revision

BBC GCSE Geography revision site.

GCSE Revision - Glaciation NEAB Syllabus A revision booklets

Three revision books produced by staff at Castleford High School Technology College.

Homework Resource

GCSE and A-Level notes

Project GCSE - Revision

This site is a revision site for ALL subjects!

Revision techniques - mind mapping

S-cool

A superb revision site containing lots of revision notes. Many of the pages contain flash animations. There are also lots of practice exam questions.

Glaciation

Corrie glaciers - Helvellyn

A great case study of a corrie glacier in the UK. Ideal for GCSE

How glaciers erode and transport sediment

Geography Exchange

GCSE Revision - Glaciation

Glacial deposition features

Glacial revision vocabulary

Glacial Terminology Glaciers -

features of alpine glaciation

Glaciers and Glacial features

Glaciers, ice sheets and icebergs - Net links

Glacier Quiz

Helvellyn

360° 3D view of Helvellyn

Helvellyn

Pictures

How glaciers form and flow

Illustrated Glossary of Alpine

Glacial Landforms

Introduction to Glaciation

Ice caps

Ice Paper Model

Practice glaciers test

Valley Glaciers

Global Fashion Industry

Trading trainers and the trading game

Reviews of trading trainers and the trading game by students at Hampstead Comprehensive school, London.

The Global Fashion industry

A superb case study by Global Eye.

Unfair Trade

A web site set up by Noel Jenkins and his students at Hampstead Comprehensive school who were features on the Mark Thomas Product. The site highlights human issues surrounding global trade. An excellent example of good practice.

Nike Links

Below are a series of links to web sites/pages concerned with the exploitation of Indonesian factory workers producing trainers for Nike's subcontractors.

Boycott Nike

A focus on Nike in Vietnam

Guardian Unlimited - Net Notes for Nike

An online guide covering the 2001 report by the Global Alliance for workers and communities into the working conditions of Indonesia factory workers producing Nike trainers.

Global Exchange - Nike Campaign

A campaign by Global Exchange (a non-profit research, education, and action center dedicated to promoting people-to-people ties around the world) targeting the exploitation of factory workers by Nike. You should take a look at the frequently asked questions section on this site for information about Nike. The links page contains lots of links to web sites and pages related to this area.

Global Alliance for workers and communities report - Nike in Indonesia

The 2001 report based on interviews with workers in 17 factories in Indonesia that highlighted the unacceptable working conditions of many employees. The report was partly funded by Nike who contributed £5.4m to the study.

Global Fashion Industry Links

Lots of links to sites associated with the global fashion industry by Clean Slate Geography Resources.

Nike

Nike homepage

Nike - Code of conduct

The Labour Code of conduct

Nike article in the New York Times

Nike Shoe Plant in Vietnam Is Called Unsafe for Workers.....

Globalisation

Globalisation and Trade

Article by Global Eye.

Global Warming

Climatic Change

Excellent overview of 'Global Warming'- broken into three sections.

EPA Global Warming Site

Global Warming

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Homework

 

Homework Central

Homework Elephant

Homework Elephant -Geography Page

Homework High

Channel 4 Homework Help Site

Aerial Photographs of Hull

The North East History Pages

Hull 700 Links

Links to Hull sites

Hull Weather Forecast

Hull's Fishing Industry - Heritage in Photographs

Virtual Hull

This one is for the locals!!

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Industry

Global Fashion Industry Links

Industry - Revision

BBC Bitesize revision - A good overview of industry

Italia on-line

 

 

Italy

Italia on-line

Italy - A brief overview

Information about working, studying, and living in Italy

Italy

CIA World Fact Book

Italy - Background Notes

Italy - Info Please!

Italy for visitors

Italy - Lonely Planet

Background and tourist information about Italy

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Japan

Japan - CIA World Fact Book

Japan Festival Education Trust

Japan Festival Education Trust is a registered educational charity which was set up in 1992 in response to the great interest shown by schools involved in the Japan Festival 1991. It aims to support teachers of any subject or age group in the UK wishing to teach about Japan.

Japan In Figures

Detailed statistics on Japan

Japan Information Network

Japanese National Tourist Organisation

Kobe Earthquake 1995

Kids web - Japan

Lots of Information on Japan

Minimata Bay disaster

The way we are

Photos and illustrations highlighting the immense variety of lifestyles and personalities of Japanese high school students.

 

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Kenya

Kenya

CIA World Fact Book

Kenya map, flag, anthem and weather

Kenya Web

The Kenya's Definitive Internet Resource

Links2Go Kenya

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Limestone - see:    Rock, Geology and Geomorphology

M

About.com Blank Outline Maps

Look no further if you are in need of a blank outline maps of any country in the world.

City Maps

A great site containing links to maps of many of the world's largest cities

Countries

Listings and information from Infoplease

Country listings

CIA World Fact Book

CIA world fact book

Contains information and statistics on every country in the world!

Excite Maps

Images of the earth from NASA

Map Quest

Multimap

Outline Maps

Outline Maps

Working with maps

Xerox Parc Map Viewer

If you want to create a map this site is excellent

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National Parks

Council for NPs

National Parks of England

Countryside Agency

Brecon Beacons National Park

The Peak District National Park

The Peak District National Park - Map

The Peak District National Park - Castleton - A Tourist Village?

Natural Hazards and Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics

Alfred Wegener

Alfred Wegener

Continental Drift and Plate tectonics

CTI centre for Geography, Natural Hazards and Disasters

Experience Disasters

Discovery Online - Planet Earth

Earth - Interesting Facts about the Earth

Femma for kids - Disaster area

Folding, faulting and mountains

Pacific ring of fire

A map of the Pacific ring of fire

Pacific Ring of Fire - geography at About.com

Pacific ring of fire

A map of the Pacific ring of fire

Pacific - Ring of Fire

An excellent article on the BBC News Web Site

Plate tectonics

A straight forward easy to understand site about plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics and continental drift

Plate tectonics - the cause of earthquakes

Plates of the world

Structure of the earth

Detailed information on the structure of the earth

Structure of the earth

Structure of a composite volcano

This Dynamic Earth

Volcanoes

Earth changes - Volcanoes

Images of Volcanoes

Italy's Volcanoes

A huge range of resources about Italy's volcanoes. Recommended!

Montserrat volcano observatory

Mount Etna

Mount Pinatubo

The earth shook and the day turned to night

Mount Pinatubo

The revered mountains, the feared volcano

Mount Pinatubo

The sleeping giant awakens

Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens

Photo archives

Mount St Helens

Narrative of Mount St. Helens

Very good case study information.

Volcanic humour

Volcanic photo glossary

Volcano World

A great site. Colourful and packed with up to date information

Volcanoes

A great site - Easy to understand

Volcanoes

A great site about the location of volcanoes

Volcanoes

Volcanoes - Earth Changes

Volcanoes Online

A brilliant site about plate tectonics and volcanoes. This site includes a data base of volcanoes, games and the comic adventures of Galvin.

Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?

Earthquakes

1994 Northridge Earthquake

The 1994 California earthquake.

California has its faults

Current earthquakes

Detecting earthquakes

Earthquakes - A great site - easy to understand!

Earthquakes

Earthquakes

Earthquakes - Eyewitness Accounts

Earthquake Myths

Earthquakes - The Richter Scale

Earthquakes - Why the earth shakes

Electronic Volcano

Eye witness accounts of earthquakes

Global earthquake map

Global earthquake report

Global Earthquake Response Centre

Kobe earthquake

Excellent case study information on the 1995 earthquake.

Kobe earthquake

Video clip of the earthquake

Kobe earthquake

Largest earthquakes in the USA

Mercalli scale

Predicting Earthquakes

Richter scale

San Andreas fault zone

Turkish Earthquake

Turkish Earthquake Pics

Understanding Earthquakes - Animation

Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?

Tsunamis

Tsunami - USGS Menu page - lots of information

Tsunami

A great site - easy to understand

Natural Hazards

Natural Disasters Project

A fantastic overview of natural disasters - Easy to understand!

Savage Earth Online

Why do volcanoes and earthquakes happen?

Newly Industrialised Countries

The Asian economies

The Pacific Rim

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Pollution

Air pollution

An excellent site about air pollution. Great for Science and Geography

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Population

Demographia

Demographics, Development impacts and urban planning

Demographic data

Demographic Transition Model - 1

Historical world population growth

History of human population growth

How many people can the earth support?

International Population Pyramids

IDB Population Statistics

IDB Summary Demographic Data

Malthus' essay on population

Malthus' population theory

Population Clock

Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

A definitive guide to population issues. The site contains a range of invaluable resources for example:
The Population Story
The graphs and figures in this notebook and accompanying notes describe major demographic trends for the world and its regions throughout history and into the next century.
World population data sheet
Educators Forum
The World of Child Six Billion

World Resources Institute

Population pyramids

Population pyramids of every country in the world - EXCELLENT

Population Pyramid Animation

US Census Bureau World population

A very interesting site. Tell the site your age and it will tell you how many people there were in the world when you were born! The site also includes some fantastic animations. Strongly recommended!!

World population concentration

World population density

World population from 1950 to 2050

World population growth

World Overpopulation Awareness

World urban areas population and density 1991

Regions in France

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Rainforest

Amazon Interactive

Deforestation

Deforestation in the Amazon

Play with a tree frog in South America

Rainforest alliance

A very good rainforest site.

Rainforest Action Network

A range of resources related to the rainforest. Check out the Kids' Corner!

Rainforest Links

Lot's of links to web sites about tropical rainforests

Science in the Rainforest

Take a walk in the Rainforest

Science in the Rainforest

Tropical Rainforest Animals

The Causes of Tropical Deforestation

The Rainforest

Kids action Questions and answers

The Rainforest Workshop

 

 

Rivers and Water

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Soil Erosion

Soil Erosion

Sustainable Development

What is sustainable development?

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Transport

Docklands Light Railway

Official web site of the DLR

Tourism

UK Travel.com

UK Travel Guide

Virtual Tourist

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Urbanisation and urban environments

Byker Redevelopment

Urban redevelopment in Newcastle

City Maps

A great site containing links to maps of many of the world's largest cities.

Largest cities in 1975

Largest cities in 2015

Three Models of urban Landuse

UN - Cyber School Bus

Urbanisation Cities of today, cities of tomorrow

A brilliant web site about urbanisation

Urban areas

BBC's Landmarks brings you information about cities. The site includes information about urban problems, Sao Paulo, Berlin and Transport problems.

Urban Case Studies

Urban Issues in Developing Countries

Urban Landuse - Residential Patterns and Change Urbanisation

Urbanisation in four countries

What is a city?

What makes a city grow?

World Urban Areas - Population and Density - 1991

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Volcanoes

See Volcanoes listed under Natural hazards and plate tectonics

W

Water

See rivers and water

Web Page Design

Geo links for web page design

Got HTML - The Basics HTML tags

Net Mag

Net Magazine - The Internet Bible!

Wind Erosion

The Dust bowl