Geoclip - mapping software

This mapping site is an excellent GIS tool for comparing different areas of the USA and UK

Geoclip

Worksheet Genius

Worksheet genius is a site that has some excellent templates for teachers

Worksheet Genius

Creating Teaching Games

This excellent website lets you create your own games to teach students

Whattolearn game creation

Maps for Free

This online resource allows you to view anywhere in the world and generate a series of layers about the specific areas.

Maps for Free

Olympics 2012

The Olympic Park Legacy Company has a variety of resources including interactive maps of the Olympics, information about the homes, communities and the future for the local area.

Olympics 2012

Forest Fire Simulator

The forest fire simulator is a nice tool that allows you to map different scenarios and manage them.

Forestfire simulator

Weatherspark

Weatherspark is an online resource that shows the recent weather in an area through a variety of maps and graphs

Weatherspark

Wordstat

Wordstat is an online resource where you can access various facts such as population data about countries

Wordstat

Student worksheets for projects

This website has a large collection fo worksheets that allow students to plan and reflect on group work and projects

Various worksheets

Where the Hell is Matt?

Where the Hell is Matt? is a series of videos which make great starters where students have to guess where matt is

Where the Hell is Matt?

Classtools

Classtools is an excellent resource which allows you to create various resources including venn diagrams, post it notes, games

Classtools

Trade Ruler

The Trade Ruler is a game that allows you to picka country and produce various resources to increase your wealth. What ideas can you learn from this game

Trade Ruler

Traveller IQ Challenge

The Traveller IQ Challenge tests your knowledge of different places around the world

Traveller IQ Challenge

Energyville

Energyville is a game that looks at various issues including the different impacts of energy sources

Energyville

Race Against Global Poverty

Race against global poverty is a game that looks at fair trade

Fair Trade Game

Against All Odds

Against all Odds is a game which looks at migration and can be a great tool to teach some of the problems migrants face

Against all Odds

McDonalds Video Game

McDonalds video game is a great resource to teach about trade

McDonalds video game

Development Game: Darfur

Darfur is dying is a game that highlights some of the problems of development

Darfur is Dying

Using Google Earth for Coursework

Noel Jenkins has created an excellent resource that shows you ways of using google earth in your coursework

Using Google Earth

Global Peace Index

This website by vision of humanity has various sources of data including an interactive map

Global Peace Index

The Future for Britain?

The museum of London has created a series of postcards about how climate change could affect Britain.

Postcards from the future

Geograph

Geograph is an excellent online resource where you can view any part of britain and find photos of the area.

Geograph Britain

Motivational Posters

The online software allows you to create posters about any topics

Motivational Poster Software

Montages

An excellent starter is to creat a montage about a given topic and then get students to guess what the topic is about

Google Montage

Field Sketching Application

The software by Photo Pencil Sketch allows you to upload photos and convert them to field sketches

Online Field Sketches

Mapbuilder

Mapbuilder is an online application brought to you by OS openspace that allows you to build maps

Mapbuilder

Wildfires in the USA

Geomac is a website that provides online maps about current wildfires in the USA

Geomac

Hurricane Katrina

The USGS has some excellent information about hurricane Katrina including images

USGS Hurricane Katrina Information

GIS teacher resource - Africa

The resources from the USGS are great for teaching students about GIS.

You will need Arcviewer to make use of the resources

Africa GIS

GIS explanation

Worldmapper

Worldmapper is a website that allows you to view various maps where the maps are resized to the specific categories

Worldmapper

Tourism Case Studies

Global Eye has some excellent case studies for tourism including St Lucia and Belize focusing on sustainable tourism

Global Eye

Reducing the risk posed by volcanoes

These websites contain some great information about how people reduce the risk posed by volcanoes

Disastercentre information

National Geographic information

Volcanic hazards information

Volcano Games

Please find various websites where you can find information about volcanoes

build and test a volcano

Volcano Management Game

Click the link to play a game about a supervolcano

Supervoclano game