Human Development Reports

Human Development Index statistics available HERE. Data by INDICATOR COUNTRY or TABLES in Excel or PDF.

Fair trade

It is Fair Trade Fortnight 26 February - 11 March 2007. The theme is "Change Today, Choose Fairtrade". There are 2500 Fairtrade certified products are now available.

CLICK the image

Year 8 Who wants to be a millionaire

If you click on the image you can download a blank copy of the millionaire powerpoint to use with the information you have collected.

People and the Planet WEBSITE

This site isa global review and internet gateway into issues of population, poverty, health, consumption and the environment. It is published by Planet 21.
Click on the image.

Millenium development Goals

This is an excellent SITE that illustrates the 8 Millenium Development Goals with superb images.

click here

INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY

This is the site for the Intermediate Technology
Development Group. It contains excellent examples of
sustainable AID projects.

Disposable Planet

This is another BBC news special report. It contains information on POPULATION FOOD ENERGY CITIES WASTE and TOURISM.
CLICK HERE

REVISION YEAR 11

The concept maps i have given you can be downloaded here.
CLICK here

GCSE Revsion

MP3 files have been created on a number of GCSE topics.
To download click here

Food and Agriculture DATA

This is an excellent site for data on world food issues.
In particular CALORIE CONSUMPTION spreadsheets have a wealth of information.

Brussels rent a Bike scheme

Brussels February 2007

The city of Brussels have developed an innovative bicycle rental scheme. ( www.cyclocity.be )

You put a deposit of 150 Euros on a credit card at the information terminals, this provides you with a membership card. The bike then costs 1.50 Euro for a week or any part of week. A user then pays 0.50 Euro for the first half hour then its 1 Euro for each hour after that. All charges are made to the cerdit card. There are a number of "bike stations" around the city and bikes can be taken and returned to any station. The scheme was introduced in December 2006. The website does provide maps and photographs but be warned it is in French and Flemish.

INCONVENIENT TRUTH

I have bought a copy of this film and will show year 13 and 11 before their exams. EVERYONE should see this film, it is alarming and shocking. A PDF booklet is available for DOWNLOAD here. The download supports the film and contains copies of the graphs used in the film.

Satellite images from NASA

This site from NASA has a superb collection of satellite images under the heading Image of the day. Below the images is a table of numbers whuich are the back issues of images of the day.You can also SUBSCRIBE to the site so that you receive a FREE email from the earth observatory that provides details of updates to the site but also provides links to a number of images each week.

Plate Tectonics

This is an Interactive MAP and SATELLITE image site that examines different types of Plate margins.

Map GAME

This is the OXFAM site Holey Moley. Good fun.

Teaching Resources

Georesources contribution section Excellent SITE

GCSE Coursework

LINK to Barton on sea information

KOBE Earthquake

Click on the banner for a ready made Case study.

Hengistbury Head information

Excellent SITE with background information on Hengistbury Head

Almanac

This has a range of useful Geographical facts and general knowledge

Country Flags and map

This is good site for MAPS and FLAGS

Outline Maps

Good set of Black and White OUTLINE Maps

Country Flags

CLICK on the country name from the link to get the appropriate flag.

Outline Maps

Click on the continent shown on the WORLD map. Then choose a country from the lists taht appear on the right.

GLOSSARIES

Very useful set of sites to find out the meanings of words.

1. Weather and climate
2. General geography
3. Physical geography
4. Environmental terms (European and in different languages)
5. Water terms
   
6. Population Terms
7. Economic Geography
8. Rivers and Hydrology
9. Coasts
   

Environmental Issues

This is a BBC Special Report "Planet Under Pressure". It is a 6 part series:

1. Biodiversity
2. Water
3. Energy
4. Food
5. Pollution
6. Climate Change
   

Climate Change

Excellent BBC site on Climate change. Climate Forecast Greenhouse Effect and effects on the Gulf Stream

Maps of Economic Activity

A set if IMAGES that show Economic Actvity as a 3D map. Countries are listed alphabetically.

Geography Games

Geography Games LINK

Tropical RainForests

LINK to Rainforest in Brazil (Amazonia)

Hengistbury Head

Good site on the GCSE coursework

Coasts

Year 8 Jurrasic coast site

Millenium development Goals

Details of the 8 development goals.

Ecological Footprints

Links to Ecological Footprint sites and calculators

Volcanoes

Best volcano site in the world. Click on the image

Volcanoes

This site has breaking news on volcanic eruptions

REVISION

This is a link to a Glossary of command words.CLICK on the Globe

Animated guides to Hazards

Excellent guides to Earthquake Hurricane Tornado Volcano Tsunami

Interactive Population site

This is an excellent interactive site from France on population

Global Issues

This site contains social economic political and environmental issues

AS A2 Resources

CLICK on the Globe for links to A-Level resources

Population Pyramids

Generate your own population PYRAMIDS.

Floods

This ATLAS of flooded lands is worth investigating.

Industry

Excellent case study in the Globalisation of the car Industry

VW DResden Car Industry

This site is about the Phaeton Assembly Plant in Dresden. Excellent information and images. The factory is spotless.

Population

This site has good range of resources for Population at AS and A2.

Urban

This is a good site on Sustainable cities

Climate Ark

This is a PORTAL for climate change and global warming

Alternative weather site to the BBC

A good weather site.

Global Warming

An Interactive map called early Warning Signs. Allows you to look at World Regions some interesting facts and statistics.

Earthquakes

A great INTERACTIVE MAP on earthquakes.

BANGLADESH Floods

This OXFAM page is a good case study on Flood management in Bangladesh

Development site

GLOBAL EYE is a good KS3 KS4 site exploring development issues

ITCZ

Excellent animation of the ITCZ in Africa

S COOL Revision Site

Click on the globe for this useful revision site

If the world were a village

This is the "If the world were a village" film LINK
Choose English
Click on Play

Geographical Association

We are members of the GA - see OC for Username and password

Earthquakes

SEISMIC MONITOR allows you to monitor earthquakes. Use the about button for an explanation of the key

This is another version from the USGS

Environment News

EARTHWEEK is weekly review of Environmental events such as earthquakes, Hurricanes and pollution incidents. Download to your desktop to remind you of the site so you can keep track of these events.

Clouds .... !

The official Cloud site - some great images

Coast Website

BBC site supporting the COAST TV series