Tuesday, 26 January 2010

cooltoolsforschools - home

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wiki gathers together a huge range of tools that geographers should embrace.

cooltoolsforschools - home

Monday, 25 January 2010

Impossible hamster club

Monday, 18 January 2010

WorldWaterWorks

The Water Survival Box is a rigid, reinforced 54 litre plastic container that becomes a receptacle for water when emptied of survival items, it includes a filtration pack including chlorine tablets – enough for family of 4 for some 4 months, plus essential survival items, as well as a basic shelter – via tarpaulin sheet.It is a fully paid for product full of new items and does not need filling by external organisations. The new items will be tailored to suit the disaster locations. The cost of a survival box Box is £150.
Purchases can be made online and we would appreciate your support.
WorldWaterWorks is managed by the Rotary Club of Chelwood Bridge.

WorldWaterWorks

Saturday, 16 January 2010

Getting Ready for APP In History and Geography

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Climate 4 Classrooms

Free timage eaching resources on climate change for students aged 11+ years. The latest climate science and predictions from climate experts. Special focus on national futures in China, Indonesia, Mexico and the UK.

Climate 4 Classrooms

Friday, 8 January 2010

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

Defra, UK - Food and Farming - Food - Strategy

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Food 2030, the Government’s new food strategy, is the first of its kind in over 50 years.  In it we set out our vision of what we want the food system to look like in 2030, and how we can get there. image

 

January 2010: Hilary Benn launches Food 2030. Government has published a number of documents:

Defra, UK - Food and Farming - Food - Strategy

Monday, 4 January 2010

iGuess | Introducing GIS Use in Education in Several Subjects

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iGuess is a EU-funded project that aims at developing a teacher training course to promote GIS and instruct teachers in using it. Using GIS in class or in an extracurricular way will produce new, innovative approaches of teaching

iGuess | Introducing GIS Use in Education in Several Subjects

Will it Rain Today? | Rain radar for the UK | Going to rain? | Meteogroup

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Will it Rain Toda y? | Rain radar for the UK | Going to rain? | Meteogroup

Carbon Footprints of Nations | NTNU

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Carbon Footprints of Nations | NTNU

Friday, 1 January 2010

Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions

 image This web site is part of an academic, open, community-based project. It is dedicated in collecting and presenting data which are exploited in research areas, such as:
- Study of marine telecommunications in respect of efficiency and propagation parameters
- Simulation of vessel movements in order to contribute to the safety of navigation and to cope with critical incidents
- Interactive information systems design
- Design of databases providing real-time information
- Statistical processing of ports traffic with applications in operational research
- Design of models for the spotting of the origin of a pollution
- Design of efficient algorithms for sea path evaluation and for determining the estimated time of ship arrivals
- Correlation of the collected information with weather data
- Cooperation with Institutes dedicated in the protection of the environment
It provides free real-time information to the public, about ship movements and ports, mainly across the coast-lines of Europe and N.America.

Live Ships Map - AIS - Vessel Traffic and Positions

Monday, 28 December 2009

Map of the World

CUSTOMISE a world map

Map of the World

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

Why Britain faces a bleak future of food shortages

Britain faces a 'perfect storm' of water shortage and lack of food, says the government's chief scientist, and climate change and crop and animal diseases will add to future woes. Science is now striving to find solutionsimage

Why Britain faces a bleak future of food shortages | Science | The Observer

Water Conflict Chronology Map

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Water Conflict Chronology Map

Monday, 14 December 2009

Weather satellite images

Sat24.com provides realtime satellite images. The images provide an excellent view on the clouds in the sky and an indication of the meteo weather over the European continent.

The website provides for a specific zoom for countries and regions like France , Germany , Netherlands , Spain , Sweden and Scandinavia, the UK , Italia , Greece , etc.

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http://www.sat24.com/gb

Ant Veal's GreatWeather for UK weather forecasts, satellite pictures, rainfall radar, weather charts and webcams

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Ant Veal's GreatWeather for UK weather forecasts, satellite pictures, rainfall radar, weather charts and webcams