Thursday, 31 March 2011

Rivers, coasts and map skills games

This website is an excellent resource for learning some key geographical skills such as annotating photographs while playing quizzes and other games. Rivers, coasts and map skills games

River, desert and mountain location game

Do you know the location fo the worlds rivers, mountains and deserts? Test your knowledge to see how much you know Desert, Mountain and river test

Monday, 28 March 2011

Climate Change information

This website is an excellent resource for learning about what climate change is, the causes and effects of climate change

Climate change facts

Sea Level Rise

This website allows you to view sea level rise at continental and global scales for the next 100 years.

Sea Level Rise

Sunday, 27 March 2011

National Park Information

Click the various links to find information about National Parks

Peak District

Yorkshire Dales

Limestone features and maps

Shanty Town Development

This animation show how informal settlements like shanty towns develop over time

Shanty Town Development

Popexpo - Population of the World Facts

This website is an amazing interactive resource to teach about population.

Click the link to learn more

Popexpo

Antartica

Click the link to discover what Antartica is like

Discover Antartica

Dirty water video

Japan Tsunami 2011

Click the links to find various sources of information including videos of the disasters

Japan earthquake map

Video effects

River Project

Your rivers project should contain the following: 1. Front cover 2. How rivers form 3. The river processes 4. Upper course features - waterfalls, gorges 5. Middle course features - meanders, ox-bow lakes 6. Lower course features - Esturies, salt marshes, deltas 7. Comparison looking at how the river changes along its course (speed of water, height of land) 8. Case Studies - famous rivers e.g. Nile, Amazon 9. Summary 10. Bibliography (where you got your information from) 11. Glossary (keywords used and meanings) Click the links to find some information that may help you with your projects River Trent from source to mouth Famous river facts and information

Energy Project

Your energy projects should contain the following:

1. Front Cover
2. What are the different energy sources?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
4. What is global warming?
5. How will climate change effect people and the environment?
6. What are peoples opinions about climate change?
7. How can global warming and other impacts to the environment be reduced?
8. Summary
9. Glossary and Bibliography
10. Where to find more information

You can find more information about different energy types from the following links:

Different Energy Types


Tuesday, 15 March 2011