Kingdown Geography Blog

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

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

Teaching Resources

Scroll down for year11 Flashcards, Dominoes ....... Good resources hosted on SLN. Click on Image

URBAN

Great resource from BBC on Urban Planet includes the Urban Population clock

DFID

This is an excellent site for DEVELOPMENT, including Millenum Development Goals, and sign up for a free magazine that can be delivered to your home

Interactive Maps

CLICK on the map to discover GLOBALIS. You decide what is shown on the world map. Also includes wealth of country statistics (to access click on country you want information for)