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• Gateway sites (by schools, teachers and related organisations) Alphabetically arranged!

activegeography Russel Tarr of the International School of Toulouse has lots of inspiring ideas for teachers. http://www.activegeography.co.uk/

Digital Geography ICT site for teachers. Lots for Google Earthers. http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/

GeoBytes St Ivo School has links for KS3 upwards. Also GNVQ and AVCE travel and tourism. Quizzes and geogames. Snowdonia fieldtrip. http://cgz.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/schools/cgz/accounts/staff/rchambers/GeoBytes/Homepage/index.htm

Geog4U Preston based school site. Links for years 7 to 9. http://www.geog4u.com/

geographyalltheway The International School of Toulouse's geography department web by Rich Allaway - good for Cambridge IGSCE and IB. http://www.geographyalltheway.com/ Photo gallery http://geographyalltheway.com/gallery/

geography at the movies Video files free to download and use as an education tool. http://geographyatthemovies.blogspot.com/

Geography Pages From 'Mister P'. Revision help. Good advice for teachers on interactive whiteboards (and resources). For KS 1 to 3 upwards. EdExcel A at A level. http://www.geographypages.co.uk Lots of good advice for A level at http://www.geographypages.co.uk/as1.htm

Geography photos Over 3,600 images. Annual subscription for schools. http://www.geographyphotos.com/

Geography teaching today The APG is a two-year programme of support and development for school geography led jointly and equally by the Geographical Association and the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.uk/

GeoResources Classic site by David Rayner with links by age group. A/AS level section designed for use with EdExcel specification A. Virtual field trips include an urban study of Canterbury, sand dune management in N Wales, a river study and coastal erosion in Kent. http://www.georesources.co.uk/index.htm Also GeoInteractive for teachers http://www.geointeractive.co.uk/

Huntcliff Geogweb Mainly for GCSE. Features field trips, games and Powerpoint presentations. http://www.huntcliff.co.uk/geogweb/Geography/homepage.htm

Internet Geography Site by Anthony Bennett of Hull. Lots of reference material - an online textbook for GCSE. Resources shared between teachers. http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/

Juicy Geography One for enthusiatic teachers. Active learning, resources and software reviews. Advice on using Google Earth. http://www.juicygeography.co.uk/

Pupilvision Site for pupils of King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys and teachers of AS/A2 AQA B everywhere. Provides links, virtual fieldwork, lesson plans, articles and revision guides. http://www.pupilvision.com

Radical Geography Tony Cassidy's excellent resources for geographical comrades. http://www.radicalgeography.co.uk/

Standard Grade Geography Interactive revision from Shetland for the Scottish version of the GCSE exam. http://www.scalloway.org.uk

SLN Geography forum http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/

The Geography Site David Robinson's site aims to be every bit as good as any revision site you might pay for. Includes great skills pages, dreadful jokes and useful images of glaciers. Resources for teachers includes excellent advice on accessibility. http://www.geography-site.co.uk/index.html

The Internet Geographer A good starting point created by Kevin Hughes. Suitable for A-level students. Lots of links and case studies (eg see urban links for Glasgow and Bombay). http://www.internetgeographer.co.uk/

Virtual fieldwork Website designed as an educational resource for sixth-form geography pupils by staff at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys. Urban trip featuring development of Chester from the Romans to the present and Port Sunlight. Downstream river changes in N Wales. Glaciation studies. http://www.virtualfieldwork.com

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• Gateway sites (by other organisations)

About.com American education sites with articles, maps, quiz and lots of net links (and adverts). http://geography.about.com http://biology.about.com/od/ecology/ http://geology.about.com/

The BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk

• The BBC's provision for 'learners'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/subjects/environmental_studies.shtml
• Schools Geography 11-16 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/11_16/site/geography.shtml
• Geography 16 plus featuring a message board and teacher SOS service. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/16/site/geography.shtml
• Open schools archive for clips Free content. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/archive/
• Country profiles http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
• In depth http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/default.stm
• News in pictures http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/default.stm
• Schools programme guide http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/guide/

Internet Resources for Geography and Geology, University of Wisconsin (US). Lots of good links and not just to American sources. More for university geographers than A level though. http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/internet/geog_geol_resources.html

Intute: Social Sciences A serious researchers tool hosted by Bristol University and which has the backing of the Economic and Social Research Council. Intute aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/

GEES Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES) Higher Education Academy subject centre website for information and resources relating to learning and teaching in geography at university level. http://www.gees.ac.uk/

CTI Geography, Geology & Meteorology, Dept of Geography, University of Leicester. Server to ‘enhance the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning of geography in higher education’. Links to Geography departments in UK universities (a great way to find out about degree courses). Geography in the news section (but not as up-to-date as the BBC). http://www.le.ac.uk/gg/cti/

Geology Society This has a teaching resources section with info and links on aspects of earth science. http://www.geolsoc.org.uk

Universities & HE Colleges University of Wolverhampton UK Sensitive Map - simply click on the place of interest. This map shows all recognised Universities, University Colleges and Higher Education Colleges in the United Kingdom - and takes you to their websites. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/ukinfo

Channel 4 Learning http://www.channel4.com/learning

• Programme notes http://www.channel4.com/learning/teachers/programmenotes/
• Clipbank video clips http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/C/clipbank_support/
• C4 news http://www.channel4.com/news/

Teachers TV http://www.teachers.tv Programme guide http://www.teachers.tv/programmeGuide.do Video library http://www.teachers.tv/searchArchive.do

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• Green groups

• Aid agencies Most aid agencies provide educational resources and campaign materials

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• Images

Flickr Photo sharing site http://www.flickr.com/

Geograph A photo for every OS grid square http://www.geograph.org.uk/

geography at the movies Video files free to download and use as an education tool. http://geographyatthemovies.blogspot.com/

Geography photos Over 3,600 images. Annual subscription for schools. http://www.geographyphotos.com/

News in pictures from the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/default.stm

Picture of Britain http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/apictureofbritain/gallery/index.shtml

SLN collection http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/Images.htm

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• Images from space

Its got to be NASA for images of earth from space. Lots of animations. NASA images generally are not copyrighted. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA.)

• Earth from Space Clickable map. http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/efs/
• Science HQ at NASA http://science.hq.nasa.gov/ Multimedia http://science.hq.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html
• The Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
• Visible earth http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
• Blue marble Monthly images of the earth http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/
• Human space flight web gallery Search page http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/ NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/home/index.html
• JSC digital collection 9000 press release photos from Space Shuttle and Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab programmes, NASA Johnson Space Centre. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov
• Astronaut Photography of Earth http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
• GRIN - GReat Images at Nasa GRIN is a collection of over a thousand images of significant historical interest - tends to be more concerned with space exploration than earth science; high-quality photographs. http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/

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• Webcams

Webcams are video cameras linked to the net. With Africam you can watch animals visiting waterholes in South African national parks. There are no guarantees that you will see animals when you look, but when you do, you will see them as they should be seen - in their natural environment. Earthview aims gives you the earth for almost any position (any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, from a satellite in Earth orbit, or above various cities around the globe). You can also have the moon. Tyne Bridge for the fog on the Tyne, the Millennium Bridge (the one with a blink, not a wobble) and quayside redevelopment. Earthcam features mostly US locations. Camcentral lists by location. Camvista is a UK webcam portal for tourists.

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This page last updated November, 2006.