Geography Resources

Settlement resource for A2

2011-12-08T20:29:00.002Z

This website is a great resource to teach about settlement both at GCSE and A-Level

Settlement in Newcastle

Tourism in The Gambia

2011-11-20T19:59:00.002Z

Click the link to find information about The Gambia

The Gambia Case Study

Olympics 2012 virtual tour

2011-11-20T13:21:00.001Z

Click the link to go on a virtual tour of the Olympics

Olympic 2012 virtual tour

Fighting wildfires

2011-11-15T18:54:00.002Z

This excellent online guide has loads of information about how to reduce the effects of wildfires

Wildfire guide

Firestorms

2011-11-15T17:58:00.002Z

The discovery channel has an excellent resource that allows you to look at the causes and effects of wildfires

Causes of wildfires

Growth of Tourism animation

2011-11-15T17:55:00.001Z

Growth of tourism animation

Tourism a brief history

2011-11-15T17:02:00.001Z

This interactive timeline for tourism is a great tool for both teachers and students

Tourism timeline

Tourism Revision

2011-11-15T14:52:00.001Z

S-Cool have some great reources to aid revision

Tourism Revision

Tourism in Belize

2011-11-15T14:14:00.001Z

Global eye have produced an excellent resource about tourism in Belize

Belize tourism case study

Grand Canyon Quiz

2011-11-06T08:45:00.001Z

Why not give this quiz a go, all about the Grand Canyon.

Grand Canyon Quiz

Climate Change Information

2011-10-16T20:01:00.003+01:00

Directgov have produced a website which goes over all the auses and effects of climate change.

Climate Change information

Climate Change over time

2011-10-16T19:55:00.002+01:00

The BBC have put together an online resource that shows how climate has changed over time

An animated journey through time about climate change

Geography of Chocolate

2011-10-16T19:47:00.001+01:00

Wycombe High School have produced an excellent resource that shows the geography of chocolate

Geography of Chocolate

Cumbria Floods

2011-10-16T19:17:00.002+01:00

The Cumbria floods of 2009 were one of the worst on records

Cumbrai floods of 2009

Human Development Indicators

2011-10-16T19:07:00.001+01:00

This website allows you to create human development indicators

Human Development Indicator Table Creator

One world many stories

2011-10-11T21:14:00.001+01:00

One world many stories is developed by google earth showing the variety of ways it has been used.

One world many stories

Sustainable Olympics

2011-09-25T19:26:00.002+01:00

The RGS has created some excellent resources about how the Olympics will be sustainable

Sustainable Olympics

Supertoilet!!!!

2011-09-25T14:55:00.001+01:00

Want to learn more about water and sanitation!

Watch Supertoilet!!!

Waterwise

2011-09-25T14:50:00.001+01:00

Waterwise is an interactive game that allows you to find how much water you use looking at ways of becoming more sustainable

Waterwise

Quizzes

2011-09-01T11:59:00.001+01:00

Click the link to play a variety of games for various topics in geogrpahy

Quizzes

Ghana information

2011-08-24T15:26:00.002+01:00

Information about Ghana

Information about Ghana

Geoclip - mapping software

2011-07-20T22:18:00.001+01:00

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

Geoclip

Worksheet Genius

2011-07-19T20:47:00.001+01:00

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

Worksheet Genius

Creating Teaching Games

2011-07-19T20:12:00.003+01:00

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

Whattolearn game creation

Maps for Free

2011-07-17T21:41:00.001+01:00

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

2011-07-17T21:15:00.002+01:00

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

2011-07-17T20:31:00.002+01:00

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

Forestfire simulator

Weatherspark

2011-07-17T20:19:00.001+01:00

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

Weatherspark

Wordstat

2011-07-17T19:55:00.001+01:00

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

Wordstat

Student worksheets for projects

2011-07-17T19:48:00.003+01:00

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?

2011-07-17T18:29:00.001+01:00

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

2011-07-17T18:21:00.002+01:00

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

Classtools

Trade Ruler

2011-07-17T16:47:00.002+01:00

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

2011-07-17T16:42:00.002+01:00

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

Traveller IQ Challenge

Energyville

2011-07-17T16:38:00.002+01:00

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

Energyville

Race Against Global Poverty

2011-07-17T16:33:00.001+01:00

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

Fair Trade Game

Against All Odds

2011-07-17T16:29:00.001+01:00

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

2011-07-17T16:18:00.001+01:00

McDonalds video game is a great resource to teach about trade

McDonalds video game

Development Game: Darfur

2011-07-17T16:15:00.001+01:00

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

Darfur is Dying

Using Google Earth for Coursework

2011-07-17T15:57:00.002+01:00

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

Using Google Earth

Global Peace Index

2011-07-17T15:51:00.002+01:00

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

Global Peace Index

The Future for Britain?

2011-07-17T15:41:00.001+01:00

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

Postcards from the future

Geograph

2011-07-17T15:29:00.001+01:00

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

Geograph Britain

Motivational Posters

2011-07-16T19:58:00.001+01:00

The online software allows you to create posters about any topics

Motivational Poster Software

Montages

2011-07-16T19:57:00.001+01:00

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

2011-07-16T19:33:00.001+01:00

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

Online Field Sketches

Mapbuilder

2011-07-16T19:29:00.002+01:00

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

Mapbuilder

Wildfires in the USA

2011-07-16T19:23:00.001+01:00

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

Geomac

Hurricane Katrina

2011-07-16T19:18:00.002+01:00

The USGS has some excellent information about hurricane Katrina including images

USGS Hurricane Katrina Information

GIS teacher resource - Africa

2011-07-16T19:12:00.002+01:00

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

2011-07-16T18:57:00.002+01:00

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

Worldmapper

Tourism Case Studies

2011-07-16T18:54:00.001+01:00

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

2011-07-12T10:38:00.003+01:00

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

2011-07-12T10:29:00.001+01:00

Please find various websites where you can find information about volcanoes

build and test a volcano

Volcano Management Game

2011-07-12T10:27:00.002+01:00

Click the link to play a game about a supervolcano

Supervoclano game

Iceland volcano video lesson

2011-06-19T09:15:00.001+01:00

GeoCommand - Ash-Cloud Shift from geographyalltheway on Vimeo.

GeoCommand - Ash Cloud Shift

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Iceland volcanic eruption video

2011-06-19T09:05:00.002+01:00

Iceland Volcanic eruption Video

Japan Tsunami Project

2011-06-09T10:32:00.002+01:00

The criteria for the assessment is listed below

Create a display on A3 paper about the Japan Tsunami of 2011.

Use information that can be found around the room and from the front desk to help you complete the display.

4 points = Images/diagrams of a good quality (at least 2, relevant to the work)

4 points = Explain the causes of the tsunami (must use keywords)

6 points = Explain the effects of the tsunami (must use keywords and identify several different effects)

4 points = Explain the knock on effects (how Japan has responded to the Tsunami)

1 point = clear title and name on display

1 point = display being clear and having the wow factor

(EXTENSION) For level 6-7s = You need explain what the future is for Japan and do a mini evaluation of your display

Sustainable Tourism

2011-06-06T18:25:00.001+01:00

This interactive website by the BBC allows you to learn about hhow different industries can become more sustainable

BBC sustainable tourism

Climate4classrooms

2011-05-25T21:45:00.002+01:00

Climate4classrooms is an excellent teaching resource. there are various resources that looks at the causes, effects and the solutions to climate change.

Climate4change

Discovering Antarctica and the Arctic

2011-05-25T21:26:00.003+01:00

Discovering Antarctica and the Arctic is a great website that allows you to view various videos and resources about Antarctica.

Discovering Antarctica

Discovering the Arctic

GIS teacher resource

2011-05-24T22:00:00.002+01:00

Below you will find a link to a GIS resource which will make an excellet tool for teachers

Westminster - various maps of westminster which could be used for specific case studies from crime to land use

Japan tsunami 2011 Images

2011-05-24T21:56:00.003+01:00

This site contains various images showing the beofer and after effects of the tsunami on various areas of Japan

What effects can you spot?

Japan Tsunami before and after images

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Challenge

2011-05-24T21:45:00.002+01:00

This website has some great ideas how you could reduce, reuse and recycle.

Waste Challenge

Tsunami animation

2011-05-22T16:12:00.001+01:00

Click the link to find out what causes tsunami's

Tsunami animation

New gadgets and modes of transports

2011-05-14T10:46:00.003+01:00

This website is a great tool for a starter or plenary looking at future modes of transport

Future cars

Mississippi Flood Warning

2011-05-14T10:42:00.001+01:00

Watch the BBC video showing a flood warning from the River Mississippi

River Mississippi flood warning

Japan Quake Map

2011-05-14T10:38:00.001+01:00

This website shows a Japan Earthquake Map

Japan Earthquake Map

Japan facts and information

2011-05-11T12:12:00.002+01:00

This website contains various sources of information all about Japan

Japan information

Learn Japanese place names

2011-05-11T12:10:00.001+01:00

This interactive map has the names of various places in Japan spoken in Japanese

Japanese Audio Map

Interactive map of Japan

2011-05-11T12:08:00.001+01:00

This website contains an assortment of excellent photos, place names and interesting facts so you can learn about Japan

Japan interactive map

Guerilla Geography

2011-04-24T20:58:00.001+01:00

Guerilla geography is a through provoking method of promoting geography

Guerilla geography @ Priory

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Learning Tool Generator

2011-04-24T20:44:00.001+01:00

The Learning Tool Generator is an excellent resource for generating methods to present information.

Learning Tool Generator

Rivers, coasts and map skills games

2011-03-31T09:38:00.002+01:00

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

2011-03-31T09:33:00.003+01:00

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

Climate Change information

2011-03-28T20:59:00.001+01:00

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

2011-03-28T20:55:00.001+01:00

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

Sea Level Rise

National Park Information

2011-03-27T22:03:00.002+01:00

Click the various links to find information about National Parks

Peak District

Yorkshire Dales

Limestone features and maps

Shanty Town Development

2011-03-27T22:01:00.001+01:00

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

Shanty Town Development

Popexpo - Population of the World Facts

2011-03-27T21:57:00.001+01:00

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

Click the link to learn more

Popexpo

Antartica

2011-03-27T21:45:00.001+01:00

Click the link to discover what Antartica is like

Discover Antartica

Dirty water video

2011-03-27T10:15:00.000+01:00

Japan Tsunami 2011

2011-03-27T10:05:00.003+01:00

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

Japan earthquake map

Video effects

River Project

2011-03-27T09:42:00.005+01:00

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

2011-03-27T09:34:00.002+01:00

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

River games

2011-03-21T07:54:00.001Z

Click the links to play various games about rivers

Quizzes

Geogames quizzes

videos and tests

River facts and information

2011-03-21T07:46:00.003Z

Click the links to find various pieces of information about rivers and their various stages

Rivers Overview

Upper/Middle/Lower course breakdown

River Thames

Lower Course information

Energy games

2011-03-15T19:45:00.002Z

Build your city so you reduce greenhouse emissions by 2050

2050 Reducing Greenhouse Emissions

Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano

2011-02-08T20:00:00.001Z

The eruption of Eyjafjallajokull caused a range of impacts to people.

Click the link to find various sources of information about the eruption

BBC map and information of impacts

Further case study information

Water video Cycle to promote awareness

2011-02-06T21:03:00.000Z

Cycle for Water Promo from Michiel & Joost on Vimeo.

MEDC vs LEDC Earthquake Project

2011-02-01T17:31:00.009Z

Using the information below create a mini report using powerpoint/word or publisher answering the following question.

Question:
Explain how the impacts of earthquakes are different between an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country) and an LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country)

Mark Scheme:

4 marks for giving information about the countries (population, GDP, death rate, birth rate) and the earthquakes locations and size

8 marks for explaining how the impacts were different between the two earthquakes including information about how the earthquakes affected the economy, people and the environment

5 marks for explaining what can be done to reduce the impact of earthquakes

3 marks for presentation including images of the impacts and ways of reducing the impacts

Total: 20 marks

Weblinks

San Francisco earthquake facts

San Francisco earthquake facts part 2

Haiti Earthquake Facts

Haiti earthquake facts part 2

Country information from the CIA Factbook

Once completed email the projects to MCooper@brakenhale.bracknell-forest.sch.uk

Coral Reef Games

2011-02-01T17:23:00.002Z

Click the links to play various games about coral reef ecosystems

Various coral reef games about adaptations and different species

Coral reef exploration

Coral Reef Project

2011-02-01T17:11:00.003Z

Using the weblinks below to find information to answer the following questions:

1) What threats are there to coral reefs?

2) What threats are there at different scales to coral reefs? (local and global scale)

3) Get some pictures to show the threats to coral reefs and the state some coral reefs are in.

Weblinks:

Coral Reef information

Coral Reef facts

Coral Reef threats

Coral Reef threat information

Coral Reef threat information part 2

Coral Reef threat information part 3

Limestone Quizzes

2011-01-22T20:31:00.000Z

Click the link to go and play some quizzes on limestone

Limestone quiz

Limestone formation animations

2011-01-22T20:28:00.001Z

Click the links to watch an animation and an interactive game for the formation of limestone features at Cheddar Gorge in Somerset

Animation showing the formation of Cheddar Gorge

Interactive game of Cheddar Gorge

Floodsim

2011-01-13T22:24:00.002Z

FloodSim puts you in control of all flood policy decisions and spending in the UK for 3 years. Whether its deciding how much money to allocate to flood defences, deciding where to build houses, or how best to inform people about the risk of flooding, you are in control.

FloodSim is a serious game with the aims to raise awareness of the vast number of issues surrounding flood policy and Government expenditure and to increase citizen engagement through an accessible simulation.

Build a bridge to prevent damage from earthquakes

2011-01-13T22:09:00.002Z

This simulation allows you to construct a bridge and trial various types and safety features to try and reduce the damage earthquakes can cause to the bridge.

Engineering for earthquakes

Life as a farmer in an LEDC

2011-01-13T22:02:00.001Z

Play this game which is a simulation of what life would be like for a farmer in an LEDC

3rd World Farmer

BBC Dimensions

2011-01-13T21:58:00.001Z

BBC dimensions is a great resource at showing the scale of recent events and places.

BBC Dimensions

Hurricane Tracker

2011-01-13T21:50:00.002Z

This website keeps track of any recent hurricanes. The website tracks the wind speed and category of the hurricane.

Hurricane Tracker