A directory of weblinks and resources to support the Teaching and Learning of Geography Geography Directory 1 CONTENTS PAGE Topic Area Page Number A-C Agriculture 4 Animations 5 Antarctica 8 Blogs 9 Brazil 10 Cartoons 10 China 10 Coasts 11 D-F Deserts / Desertification 14 Development 16 Digital Media – Videos 21 Earthquakes & Volcanoes 30 Earth Sciences 37 Economic Geography (including Trade / Fairtrade) 38 Ecosystems / Conservation 41 Egypt 43 Energy 44 European Studies 47 Fairtrade 48 Flooding 50 G-J General Geography Sites 56 Geography in the News 59 Geography & Literacy 60 Geography of Crime 61 Geography of Disease 62 Geography of Happiness 64 Geography of Sport 65 Geography of War 66 Glaciation 67 GIS 69 GPS 70 Globalisation 71 Global Warming / Climate Change 73 Hazards 80 Interactive Quizzes 84 Japan 88 Geography Directory 2 K-N Kenya 90 Limestone 92 Maps and Mapskills 93 Migration 96 Model Making 99 Periglaciation 100 Photograph Sources 102 Population 106 Professional Development • Teaching with ICT – Ideas and Resources 112 • Google Earth 115 • Tools for creating Resources 119 • Powerpoint – tips for creation / interactive use of 122 • Wikis 123 • Blogging 124 • Interactive Whiteboards 125 • Podcasting 126 • Creating Interactive Games 127 • Using Photostory 127 • Use of Digital Video / Digital Video editing 127 • Links to Sound Effects / Music for creating resources 128 • Flash 129 • Teaching Tools 130 • Virtual Learning Environments 131 • WebCams 131 • Revision Resources Ideas 131 Promoting Geography 134 Quarrying 135 O-R Rainforests 136 Recycling 138 Rivers / Water Cycle 139 Rural Environments 140 S-V Settlement 142 Slavery 148 Soils 149 Statistics / Data Sources 150 Sustainable Development 152 Tourism 154 Virtual Fieldwork 156 W-Z Water Aid / Water Issues 157 Water Pollution 159 Weather and Climate 161 Web Design – Setting up a Department Geography Website 168 Geography Directory 3 AGRICULTURE • Tour of different types of farming around the UK – well worth a look – great starter activity for looking at farming and distribution of farming types! (thanks to Noel Jenkins for this!) http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2006/01/more-geographical-tours- for-google-earth/ • Farming Case Study Some fantastic new farming resources from Tom Biebrach of Pencoed School (Wales) – including some film clip interviews with a Welsh Cattle Farmer, images and other resources – fantastic! http://www.pencoedgeography.co.uk/farmcasestudy.htm • Face – Farming and Countryside Education http://www.face-online.org.uk/ • Farms for Schools – finding member farms in the local area http://www.farmsforschools.org.uk/ • 3rd World Farmer – Simulation Game http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com/index_content.html • Virtual Farming Game http://www.bized.co.uk/virtual/vla/farm/index.htm • Agriculture Data – produce data sets based on postcodes http://www.defra.gov.uk/esg/work_htm/publications/cs/farmstats_web/default.htm • Farming and Countryside Education website (FACE) http://www.face- online.org.uk/ • The Meatrix http://www.themeatrix.com/ - fun with a series message – a take on the Film “The Matrix” looking at the dangers of Factory Farming • Store Wars http://www.storewars.org/flash/ - similar to above but a take on the Film “Star Wars” looks at organic farming • Mouth Revolution – another great movie – this time looking at organic farming • http://www.mouthrevolution.com/ • Oxfam’s Milking it – small farmers and international trade http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/milkingit/ • Waterproof Rice Gene Identified http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4777561.stm • Proposals for GM crops launched http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5201196.stm Geography Directory 4 ANIMATIONS • Geog Animations Blog – a new blog by Paul Williams keeping track of all the best geography animations http://geoganimations.blogspot.com/ • Useful Animations related to earth sciences http://www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/index/overview.htm - • Animations and other links http://teacher2.smithtown.k12.ny.us/sgessler/links.htm • Ox-Bow Lakes animations http://www.school- portal.co.uk/GroupDownloadFile.asp?file=21606 • Physical Geography in Animation (excellent animations on coasts, rivers, plates, glaciers, soils etc. on the Wycombe High School Geography Department Site) http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=12426 • Useful Animations http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/visualization.cfm - (suggestions from Paul Williams – SLN – take freeze-frames from animation – so students add labels as talk through – good for use with Data Projector) • Effects of global warming on the water cycle http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/movies/water_cycle_version2.swf • Free animation library – for use on websites etc.. http://www.animationlibrary.com/a-l/ • Atmospheric Animations http://geography.uoregon.edu/envchange/clim_animations/ • An excellent Earthquake animation http://tsunami.geo.ed.ac.uk/local- bin/quakes/mapscript/animation.pl?view=pacific&speed=60 • Weathering Animation http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module07swf.swf • The Jet Stream and Rossby Waves http://vortex.weather.brockport.edu/~sweinbec/class/25_JetStream.html • Earth Sciences Animations http://webs.cmich.edu/resgi/topics.asp?mc=Other%20Resource%20Links&ca=95&cad =Earth%20Science%20Animations[/URL ] • Process of Rifting Animation http://www.wwnorton.com/earth/egeo/flash/2_11.swf • Tectonics Animations http://animations.geol.ucsb.edu/downloads.php • Interactive Glacial Valley Animation http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module13swf.swf Geography Directory 5 • Build a virtual forest (Flash) http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schools/11_16/ks3geography/swf/ecosystems/bu ildforest.shtml • Excellent Coastal Animations (includes one on waterfalls and rainfall) http://www.curriculumbits.com/products.php?cat=23 • Geology Animations http://duedall.fit.edu/wholeearth/geology_animations1.htm • Plate Tectonics Animations http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/geo/egeo/animations/ch2.htm • Further Plate Tectonics Animations http://www.scotese.com/newpage13.htm • Tidal Forces Animation http://www.dac.neu.edu/physics/b.maheswaran/phy1121/data/ch01/anim/anim0106.ht m • Why Tides? Animation http://www.sfgate.com/getoutside/1996/jun/tides.html • Dispersal of Gondwanaland http://earth.leeds.ac.uk/~eargah/Gond.html • Tectonics Animations http://www.kean.edu/~csmart/Observing/Lectures/animations/ • Earth Science Animations – a fantastic resource – alphabetically sorted list of Earth Science animations – there are some great animations here – well worth the time to look through some of these http://geography.cst.cmich.edu/Franc1M/Animations/animation_list_posted.htm • All is One – animation on the theme of ‘one world’ and interdependence http://www.global-mindshift.org/memes/wombat.swf • Interactive module with animations to show depressions http://www.ngfl- cymru.org.uk/vtc/depression_and_fronts/eng/Introduction/default.htm • Tsunamis visualisations / animations http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/tsunami.html • Animations / Interactive Teaching Modules (University of Kentucky) Some great animated teaching modules on a variety of topics from the University of Kentucky – well worth a look – great for use on the interactive whiteboard / with data projector. • A good one on glaciers – including a changing model in which you increase / decrease temperatures and see change in glaciers http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module13swf.swf • This one’s great! Weathering http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module07swf.swf • Structure of the Earth http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module06swf.swf Geography Directory 6 • Shorelines Animation http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module14swf.swf • Mass movement animations http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module11swf.swf • Groundwater animation – with seasonally fluctuating levels http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module01swf.swf • Some good science animations (including Pangea, Rock Cycle, Photosynthesis etc.) http://www.kscience.co.uk/animations/anim_1.htm#top Geography Directory 7 ANTARCTICA • March of the Penguins Website – the website includes some great photographs as well as some very useful links on Antarctica and its wildlife – enjoy! http://www.filmeducation.org/marchofthepenguins/secondary.html • Royal Geographical Society – Unlocking the Archives http://www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org/themes/ • Discovering Antarctica http://www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk/ A new online interactive teaching tool, developed by the RGS with IBG, British Antarctic Survey and The Foreign and Commonwealth Polar Regions Unit. The site includes full teachers note linked to KS3 / GCSE and the pilot GCSE specifications. There are information leaflets, video clips, audio, images, glossary terms and interactive activities such as games for students. A fantastic resource – well worth exploring! • Ecotourism In Antarctica – a few links to support understanding / examples of ecotourism in Antarctica. o http://www.ecotourdirectory.com/ecotours/antarctica/index.php o http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=1107 o http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/ • Unexpected Warming in Antarctica – a 2 oc rise in air temperatures in the last 30 years has been reported http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4857832.stm • MS Endurance 2006/2007 deployment to Antarctica -A great site with factfiles – based on HMS Endurance