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Geography

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See also Water, Disasters

 

 

PRB's Population Education Program provides activities  to build the demographic knowledge of educators at both secondary and university levels and providing them with innovative, state-of-the-art teaching materials.  More than 30 lesson plans and other teaching tools, tailored to subject-area teaching standards, are available.

 

Geo Games
http://www.reachtheworld.org/geogames/index.html
This interactive resource requires learners to place continents, oceans, countries and cities in the correct position on the globe.

 

Art and Social Studies project. 

...research a famous landmark in Europe, and use a photo of the landmark to create a half-drawn, half-photo picture which is displayed with a picture label explaining what it is.   http://classrooms.livoniacsd.org/agordon/Webquests/Third/Europe%20Files/QuickCity/QuickTourFinal.htm
 

Third World Farmer

Third World Farmer is an online simulation game which gives insight into the real-world mechanisms that cause and sustain poverty in developing countries. Players have to manage issues that arise from drought and illness as they try to make ends meet on their African farm. It challenges them to think more deeply about the difficult choices that poverty and conflict necessitate.
http://www.3rdworldfarmer.com

 

 

 

Carrying water (LP/MP): Students explore a variety of ways water is collected where there is no infrastructure to deliver it to people's homes.
 http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/3340

 

Food Force
http://www.food-force.com
This site created by United Nations World Food Programme has information for
teachers interested in planning a unit of work in this area. It also
includes a game to help students understand the complexities of food
shortages in the world. Featuring six missions that each represent a part of
the process of delivering food aid to an area in crisis. The final mission
shows students how food aid can help people rebuild their lives in the years
following a disaster. Available for download in either a MAC or PC version.

 

Take the quiz

The big melt

Global warming affects the polar regions. Use the introduction to the International Polar Year to select the appropriate answers

 

World Clock

Here's an interesting way of gaining an insight into how fast the world is changing. Using statistical approximations about population, disease, injury, earth temperature, production of cars, bicycles and computers counters click over indicating current estimate.
 http://www.chippynews.com/worldclock.htm

 

My Wonderful World [Macromedia Flash Player]

http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/

National Geographic has been keeping tabs on the geographic literacy of Americans young and old for decades. Some of their findings are a bit depressing, but they've always believed in well-thought out outreach programs, and this website is just one such program. The "My Wonderful World" site is intended for young people, but anyone will benefit from the numerous interactive activities, quizzes, and such offered here. Visitors can start by taking the National Geographic Roper Survey, and then take a look through the "Games & Cool Stuff" area. Here, they can take a look through the world of map "mashups", learn about wayfaring, and even take an aural trip around the globe. Additionally, there are sections designed specifically for parents, educators, and teens. Overall, it's a delight and for those yet unconverted to the importance of geography, this site will likely win over a new cadre of budding geographers.

From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2007. http://scout.wisc.edu/

 

 

 

http://www.flashearth.com/
Flash Earth, which allows you to switch between any of 8 different mapping
sites, including Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, Yahoo!, Ask, OpenLayers, and NASA.
 

http://gnswww.nga.mil/geonames/GNS/index.jsp
 Finding the geographic location of a name.

 

The Encyclopedia of Earth, an electronic reference about the Earth, its natural environments, and their interaction with society. The Encyclopedia is a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work. The articles are written in non-technical language and will be useful to students, educators, scholars, professionals, as well as to the general public.

Futures wheel  : use to consider how development or a change in a particular area may affect the future of other areas

 

Top WebsitesFlag Game
Can you name the country by its flag? A great little geography teaser and proof that you don’t know as much about the world as you think you do.

 

GeoQuiz 1.1

http://www.handmap.net/

If one can’t go around the world in a jet or on a cruise ship, it’s not a bad idea to learn about world geography via this handy application. With GeoQuiz 1.1, visitors can zoom in around a map of the world to learn the answers to such basic questions as “What country is that?” Of course, they will have to guess from a list of options, as it is a quiz of sorts. The program also contains a number of new modules, such as those for the United States, which is designed to help users learn the location of each state. This version is compatible with all computers running Windows 98 and newer.

(From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2005. http://scout.wisc.edu/)

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