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Loc8  A YHGfL project where you can access detailed maps and aerial photos of the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
Humberside from the Air (Aerial photos from around the region of Humberside taken in 1996. Over 100 copyright free photos.) Go directly to Humberside from the Air: tlfe.org.uk/air
See Local
Web Sites (for N.E.Lincs.)
See
News and Newspapers
(very useful for information around the world)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/
(BBC Newsround - Pupil friendly news from around the world)
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/
(Useful site to find out what is going on around the World)
- http://www.georesources.co.uk/
(GeoResources - Specific Geography material aimed at Key Stage 3 and
above. Excellent web site contains good links, virtual fieldwork,
case studies, outline maps, photo gallery, satellite images and a
weekly quiz)
- http://members.aol.com/GeographyWorld
('Geography World' - lots of useful links)
- http://www.geographynetwork.com/
('The Geography Network' - lots of useful maps)
- http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html
(All about different countries including maps)
- http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
(Studies of 100 countries including photographs, maps and charts -
the maps need Acrobat
Reader. Also note - check the first section of a "Book" to see
the date it was written)
- http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/tsdintro.asp
(UK statistics - see StatSearch Catalogue)
- http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
(Database of 227 countries US Census International Database IDB)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
(National Geographic)
- http://www.geography4kids.com/
(Physical Geography)
- http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/CURRIC/NEWGEOG
/Index.htm
(Various Geography from Hewett School Geography Department, Norwich,
UK)
- http://www.geography-site.co.uk/l
(Resources aimed at GCSE)
- http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
(Look at different parts of the World, different environments including
water, dry land etc.)
- http://www.geography-games.com/
(Basic Geographical information)
- http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
(UK National Statistics)
- http://www.swissinfo.net/cgi/worldtime/ (The time anywhere in the World)
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- Humberside
from the Air (Aerial
photos from around the region of Humberside. Over 100 copyright free
photos.)
- http://www.multimap.com/
(Type in a postcode or a place and get a map. Also directions, aerial
photos, historic photos and more)
- http://www.mapquest.com/ (Click on 'World Atlas' and you can zoom in on any place in
the World and recieve information about it or you can type in an address
get a map!)
- http://www.mapquest.co.uk/
(the UK version of the above site but clear route maps only)
- http://www2.getmapping.com/
(Zoom in on the UK using satellite pictures, click on 'International'
for world maps)
- http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk (Ordinance Survey Maps - Put in a postcode, get a map - there
is an education section. You can also zoom in on a map.)
- http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
(Type in a place, get a map! - UK and street maps of London. The zoom
on this is larger than the Ordinance Survey one above)
- http://www.easymap.co.uk (Type in a place, postcode or click on a map and get a very
clear UK map - with less detail)
- http://www.mapblast.com/
(World maps, directions)
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/
maps/
(Maps and more)
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- http://www.4seasons.org.uk/mainmenu.htm (Geography projects based on location & weather)
- http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/air/a00s20.en.html
(All about the Ozone layer)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/index.shtml
(BBC Weather Centre)
- http://www.met-office.gov.uk/
(The Met Office - weather)
- http://www.metoffice.com/weather/satellite/
(Satellite pictures form the Met Office)
- http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/
(The weather around the world)
- http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/England-North/
Grimsby.htm
(The Weather for
Grimsby from the above site)
- http://www.onlineweather.com/
(World Weather forecasts)
- http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk (Latest weather satellite pictures)
- http://www.weather.co.uk/
(The Weather Channel)
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- The Discovery
Centre (A virtual
representation of the Discovery Centre in Cleethorpes consisting of
images and text about animals, insects and
the beach)
- http://www.lincstrust.co.uk/
(Our local environmental organisation with lots of places to visit)
- http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html
(environmental)
- http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/
(environment)
- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
index.html
(Different environments)
- http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
(The Rainforest Alliance)
- http://www.worldlandtrust.org/forestry/
(Learn about conserving
tropical forests)
- http://www.davidshepherd.org/education/education
_global_pack.shtml (free educational pack re the natural world)
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- http://www.globaleye.org.uk/secondary_spring03/
index.html
(A website where you can learn about different places
around the world and the issues associated with these - updated termly
and you can access back issues of the website)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/webcams/
(Take a tour fo England
from the BBC via webcams)
- http://www.vtourist.com/ (Virtual tourist)
- http://www.londontown.com/
(Find out about
London)
- http://www.merseyguide.ndo.co.uk/
(Find out about Liverpool)
- http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_contents.html
(Virtual Bangladesh)
- http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/
(The Lake District)
- http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html
(Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District)
- http://www.peakdistrict.org/
(The Peak District - see the Education Zone)
- http://www.portofrotterdam.com/
(The Port of Rotterdam)
- http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/NEWGEOG/
KENYA/Kenya.htm (Kenya)
- http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/index.html
(Japan)
- http://wildnetafrica.co.za/kidscorner/index.html
(Nature and Wildlife in Africa with some puzzles)
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/
(Everest)
- http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/
(Grimsby Evening Telegraph)
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- http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/pilot/
water_cycle/grabber2.html (The Water Cycle)
- http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/index.html
(All about water)
- http://www.eduweb.com/amazon.html
(All About the Amazon)
- http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/NEWGEOG/Africa
/Nile.htm
(The Nile Basin)
- http://library.thinkquest.org/16645/the_land/nile_river.
shtml
(All about the River Nile)
- http://www.ukrivers.net/education.html
(Education section of the UK Rivers Network)
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http://www.jim-shead.com/waterways/index.htm (Information on canals and rivers in the UK)
- http://www.sln.org.uk/trentweb/
(All about the River Trent)
- http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/
(Virtual river /flooding)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/gcsebitesize/geography/
water_and_rivers/
(Revision bits GCSE revision on rivers)
- http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/czmsitelist.html
(US Coastal environment)
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Rocks,
Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Geology
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/rocky.shtml
(Rocks)
- http://www.keswick.u-net.com/
('Mad about Mountains' - information about mountains all over the
world)
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/
(The BBC essential
guide to rocks)
- http://www.learner.org/exhibits/volcanoes/
(Volcanoes)
- http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
(Volcano World)
- http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/
(Information
about Earthquakes from the British Geological Survey)
- http://www.sciencecourseware.com/
(Virtual earthquake and virtual dating through rocks)
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk/education/
(British Geological
Survey - geology aimed at schools)
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- http://www.animalsindanger.com/
This will open in a new window (Animals in danger)
- http://www.panda.org/
(WWF - World Wide Fund for nature)
- http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education
/high_school/index.cfm
(In-depth facts & info)
- http://www.bagheera.com/
(Endangered Species)
- http://www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/ecosystems/da00s04
.en.html
(The Arctic Ecosystem)
- http://www.worldlandtrust.org/forestry/
(Learn about conserving
tropical forests)
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