Monday, 7 July 2008
Sunday, 6 July 2008
placeSpotting.com | The online map game | solve
Go to the website and click CREATE.
Move and zoom the map until it shows an interesting place. Provide some hints for the person / friend who will try to solve the puzzle (a number of hints can be provided) and a message that they will see if the riddle is solved. After saving the quiz you can send it by mail to a friend or embed it in your homepage as a picture. The task is to find the place shown in your picture on a second google map.
The website has 6638 different quizzes stored. 108274 quizzes were solved and
927275 opened.
placeSpotting.com | The online map game | solve
Spain: Dark days for Brits who sought a life in the sun | World news
It was supposed to be paradise. Now the thousands of expats who flocked to Spain for its blue skies and low prices find themselves trapped by a crashing property market, a tumbling pound and bitter planning rows
Spain: Dark days for Brits who sought a life in the sun | World news | The Observer
Saturday, 5 July 2008
Friday, 4 July 2008
Global Rich List
HOW RICH ARE YOU?
Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance to find out. Just enter your annual income into the box below and hit 'show me the money'
The GLOBAL RICH LIST
Every year we gaze enviously at the lists of the richest people in world. Wondering what it would be like to have that sort of cash. But where would you sit on one of those lists? Here's your chance to find out. Just enter your annual income into the box below and hit 'show me the money'
The GLOBAL RICH LIST
Thursday, 3 July 2008
BBC NEWS | World | Denmark 'world's happiest nation'
Denmark is the happiest country in the world, according to the latest World Values Survey published by the United States National Science Foundation.
The annual study surveyed people in 97 countries to discover who is happiest.
BBC NEWS | World | Denmark 'world's happiest nation'
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Monday, 23 June 2008
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer
Half a million British expatriates living on Spain's Costa Blanca are to lose their right to free healthcare under a radical new law introduced by the provincial government.
The Spanish authorities say that providing for 500,000 Britons - most of whom are over 50 - and other European residents living in the Valencia region is placing an impossible burden on the country's health service.
Costa Blanca Britons to lose free healthcare | World news | The Observer
The hidden face of Primark fashion
The huge fashion store Primark sacked three of its suppliers last week after an investigation for the BBC's Panorama and The Observer uncovered children labouring in Indian refugee camps to produce some of its cheapest garments. Here we reveal the brutal reality of a supply chain that sees children as young as 11 sewing T-shirts which cost shoppers just a few pounds to buy on high streets across Britain. Watch the Panorama preview here
The hidden face of Primark fashion | World news | The Observer
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations
Google Earth Blog: Disappearing Forests Google Earth Visualizations
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
The Commodities Game
An interactive simulation designed to teach students about
natural resources and the issues surrounding globalisation
The Commodities Game
Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online
This site provides lots of different games, most of which are against the clock. The games revolve around locating places or features on maps. Most suitable for A,G&T students at KS3 or GCSE and A-Level students.Wide variety available
Geography Games - Test Your Geography Knowledge Online
World66 - visited countries
World Maps - click on the countries you want so they are shown on a world map
World66 - visited countries
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
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