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Secondary Geography - Internet Links

Module 7

Contents

  1. Links
  2. Themes - environmental issues
  3. Tasks 7 and 8
  4. Discussion
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 Links
General

Anglia Campus Geography Material

www.angliacampus.com/tour/sec/geog/

A subscription service with a free sample of geography material on coastlines.

BECTa

www.becta.org.uk/technology/ infosheets/index.html

www.becta.org.uk/information/cd-roms/

Geography/ICT Curriculum information on the BECTa web site

On-line reviews of over six hundred educational CD-ROM titles,

Curriculum Online

www.geographyonline.co.uk

Geography curriculum material online

Education Quest

www.education-quest.com

Links to many educational web sites with short reviews of each site.

Encarta Encyclopaedia

http://encarta.msn.com/

The popular Microsoft encyclopedia. There are restrictions on free use.

Encyclopaedia Britannica

www.britannica.com

The whole of the Encyclopaedia Britannica featuring regularly updated news and features and recommendations.

European School Net

www.eun.org

Promotes school partnerships across the European Union for shared projects.

Further Education Resources for Learning (FERL)

ferl.becta.org.uk

A Further Education resource with useful links, suitable for use at Key Stage 4 and A-level.

Geography CTI Centre

www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/

Higher education it discipline centre, now a Learning and Teaching Support Network subject centre. A wide range of links

Geography Exchange

www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/ geography/topics.html

Geographical information covering aspects of physical geography created by teachers.

Geography Index

www.teachingideas.co.uk/ geograph.htm

 

GeoResources

www.georesources.co.uk

Case studies and many links for key stage 3, GCSE and A-level.

National Curriculum Geography

www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ schemes/geography/

Documentation including orders, schemes of work and archive material

Royal Scottish Geographical Society

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~rsgs/

 

The Geographical Association

www.geography.org.uk

 

The Internet Geographer

www.internet geographer.co.uk

A directory for geography teachers and students, also a FAQ page ,a regular quiz, and a list of links. Each is evaluated for a recommended Key Stage.

The Probert Encyclopaedia

www.probert-encyclopaedia.co.uk

A free online encyclopaedia requiring no registration. It is an excellent resource, primarily for journalists.

Virtual Teachers’ Centre

vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?temid=64

vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?temid=85

vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?docid=1341

vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?temid=267

VTC Gegraphy area

Enhancing Geography with ICT

Case Studies with practical ideas for integrating ICT into the curriculum.

Internet resources for ICT.

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Geographical enquiry and skills

Ordnance Survey

www.ordsvy.gov.uk

Provides maps of Britain that enable you to zoom in to a particular place up to a scale of 1:35,000. The service is only for personal or limited business use.

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Knowledge and understanding of patterns and processes

Multimap

www.multimap.com

A to Z of the whole British Isles

UK Globe

www.globe.org.uk

An international programme, encouraging schools throughout the world to measure aspects of their local environment and report their results over the Internet

UK Street Map

www.streetmap.co.uk

British A to Z

US Globe

www.globe.gov

Established by US vice-president Al Gore in 1994. The international programme encouraging schools throughout the world to measure aspects of their local environment and report their results over the Internet. Suitable for pupils aged eight to 18, there are full guides for both teachers and pupils, and a list of participating schools. International scheme for schools to contribute data about the home area

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Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable development

Disaster! Finder

ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/ ndrd/disaster/links/

The NASA Solid Earth and Natural Hazards Program - a contradiction in terms? - has extended the term "disaster" to include landslides, drought, epidemiology, avalanches, refugees and many hazards. Some sites recommended are too complex or specialised for pupils; others would make good case studies for older students.

Earth and Moon viewer

www.fourmilab.ch/ earthview/vplanet.html

Computer-generated images as if from space including the terminator in real-time

Natural Hazards

www.census.gov/ ipc/www/pas.html

 

WWF Global Network

www.panda.org

World-Wide fund for nature

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Countries

Africam

www.africam.co.za

Many permanent and mobile web cams in southern Africa, with links to others alternative natural environments

Virtual Galapagos

www.terraquest.com/ galapagos/

‘Visit’ the Galapagos without moving more than a finger (Broken link. Use an online search engine to try out other 'Virtual Galapagos' sites)

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Themes - tectonics

Volcano world

volcano.und.nodak.edu

 

The British Geological Survey: UK earthquakes

www.gsrg.nmh.ac.uk/ gsrg.html

A wide variety of information including a list of recent UK earthquakes, also shown on an map; also recent world earthquake events, reports, seismograms and seismicity maps.

Edinburgh University GIS Earthquake Locator

www.geo.ed.ac.uk/ quakes/quakes.html

An up-to-date listing of recent worldwide earthquakes, including locations, magnitudes and depths. The Earthquake locator is a Geographical Information System linked to the National Earthquake Information Center, Colorado, USA. The user can 'zoom' in to find the location of earthquakes.

The Mount St Helens volcanic eruption (USA)

volcano.und.nodak.edu/ vwdocs/msh/msh.html

Information on Mount St Helens before, during and after the 1980, sub-divided into monitoring volcanoes, lava domes and ash eruption sections.High quality GIF images, QuickTime and MPEG video clips showing ash plumbs, mudflows and panoramas.

Nevada Seismological Laboratory (USA)

www.seismo.unr.edu

Information on recent earthquakes in Western USA and around the world. Earthquake FAQ's and a series of lecture notes including photographs, diagrams and satellite images are available

SCIGN Earthquake Education Module (USA)

scign.jpl.nasa.gov/ learn/index.htm

Southern Californian Integrated GPS Network Education Module, it focuses on the use of remote sensing as a means to study seismic activity, more suited to A-level students. There are a number of modules available on plate tectonics and earthquakes, including animation sequences.

USGS Earthquake Site (USA)

quake.wr.usgs.gov

US Geological Survey offers up-to-date global earthquake information (FAQ's), including maps and photographs. In the 'More about earthquakes' link there is an extremely useful resource on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, also the Loma Prieta earthquake, containing information and photographs of the 1989 earthquake, its consequences in terms of rebuilding and earthquake detection, are also investigated.

Volcanoes - can we predict volcanic eruptions?

www.learner.org/ exhibits/volcanoes/entry.html

QuickTime video clips of volcanic eruptions and interactive activities explaining volcano formation and what happens during volcanic eruptions. A number of case studies are available which link to a global map, suitable for Key Stage 4 pupils.

Volcano World

volcano.und.nodak.edu/ vw.html

Current Eruptions to‘Ask a Volcanologist’ section, a guide to building models and lesson ideas (under Teaching) are useful.

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Themes - geomorphology

Essential Guide to Rocks

www.bbc.co.uk/ education/rocks/

Includes an interactive timeline showing continental drift, experiments and 10 virtual walks around Britain which trace the origins of the stone used to build towns and cities.

Natural History

Museum Earth Lab

www.nhm.ac.uk/ museum/earthlab indexdatasite.html

An educational resource allowing students to investigate UK geology on-line. It is a database of more than 2000 rocks, minerals and fossils.

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Themes - weather and climate

Atlantic Hurricanes

www.hurricanes2000.com

The Atlantic hurricane season with maps and up-to-date information. A sea temperature map of the area surrounding the US and weather satellite images of the US East Coast, Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico are available. The Atlantic hurricane names for this season are provided, together with general information on what a hurricane is and how hurricanes are ranked in size. Past Atlantic hurricane track maps and information for individual years are also available.

METEOSTAT

www.nottingham.ac.uk/meteosat/

Copy of METEOSAT Weather Satellite Images from The University of Nottingham

NOAA El Nino Theme Page

www.pmel.noaa.gov/toga-tao/el-nino/nino-home.html

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association site with access to many educational activities. Links to NOAA information on El Nino, FAQ's on global warming and educational graphics on climate change

Other Weather Web Sites:

weather.lycos.com

www.weather.com

www.town.com/weather

www.bbc.co.uk/weather

www.cnn.com/weather

 

Royal Meteorological Society

www.royal-met-soc.org.uk

 

The Met Office

www.meto.govt.uk/education/

Designed to aid teachers and pupils in extending their understanding and knowledge of weather and climate, not only in the UK but also around the world.

UK Tornadoes and Storms

www.torro.org.uk

The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation site with colour photographs of recent UK storm and tornado events. The FAQ's section provides information on El Nino, global warming, severe weather and tornadoes.

USA Today: Hurricane and Tornado Information

www.usatoday.com/ weather/tornado/wtwist0.htm

A weather resource with tornado and hurricane information relating to the Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific regions. The 'understanding hurricanes' section provides information on what a hurricane is, its lifecycle and also associated storm surges..

Weather Station

www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk/pages/weather/

 

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Themes - settlements

Discover Railtrack

www.discover-railtrack.co.uk/

Educational web site for primary and secondary schools, teachers

QLS Internet Geography

education.guardian.co.uk/ netclass/schools/geography/ 0,5607,97536,00.html

Geography across Staffordshire, with plenty to offer teachers across the rest of Britain. An enquiries section offering a variety of topics with teaching aids and links to relevant websites.

Streetmaps

www.streetmap.co.uk

 

UKVillages

www.ukvillages.co.uk

Local community information for the UK

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Themes - economic activity

Lonely Planet Online

www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/

Tourism guide online in the characteristic Lonely Planet irreverent style

National Farmers Union web site

www.nfu.org.uk/ education/farmstud.shtml

The NFU has assembled nine case studies, in English and Welsh, of different types of farm. A tour of a dairy farm for primary pupils and a Filipino farm study are also online. At secondary level, these tackle the economic decisions made by farmers and would make good case studies at key stage 4.

Tourism concern

www.tourismconcern.org.uk

An organisation promoting awareness of the impact of tourism on people and their environments

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Themes - environmental issues

4 Seasons

www.4seasons.org.uk/ mainmenu.htm

School-based weather projects, and a range of environmental education resources for schools.

Detr's Global Warming Website

www.schools.detr.gov.uk/ global/

What Global warming is all about as well as information for projects and course work.

Envirolink

http://www.envirolink.org/

 

NASA: Global Warming Module (USA)

www.cotf.edu/ete/ modules/modules.html

This problem-based learning module investigates issues of global warming with resources available including Excel datasets, graphs and Landsat images. Other natural hazard related modules available in this series include volcanoes, severe weather, and hurricanes.

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Activity

 

Task 11 (Optional)

  1. Using the list of hypertext links, devise a more useful way of organising or categorising them.
    1. What headings would be useful to you?

      You might consider functions, potential usefulness, topics, age group, scheme of work ..

  2. Copy the table using your organisation strategy and use it as the basis of your personal favourite bookmarks.

 Discussion 

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Aspects of the Internet include:

    • Electronic Mail (email)
    • Web-boards / Forums / Newsgroups
    • Chat Rooms
    • Conferencing: Video and Web telephony
    • File transfer
    • World Wide Web
    • ECommerce
How might each be useful in supporting learners in geography?
 

Teaching and learning

Professional development

Management

Assessment and recording

Research

Electronic Mail

Exchange of resources

Collaborative learning

Dissemination

Remote reporting

Electronic surveys

Web-boards / Forums / Newsgroups

Topic discussion

Remote training groups

Topic discussion

Agreement trialling

Focussed discussion

Chat Rooms

Live debating

Tutoring / Mentoring

On-line meetings

Moderation

Sample interviewing

Conferencing: Video and Web telephony

Live discussion

Remote training

On-line meetings

Remote assessment

Sample interviewing

File transfer

Resource exchange

Access to training material

Document exchange

Collation of data

Data exchange

World Wide Web

Access to classroom resources

Access to primary information sources

Access to guidance and support material

Access to local and national data

On-line data entry

ECommerce

Purchase of resources

Subscription to professional bodies

Conference registration and payment

Examination registration

Purchase of census / audit data

table after J. Backwell, 2000

Potential benefits for education

(extracts taken from the BBC Webwise ‘Issues’ page)
  • access to masses of factual data presented in an exciting interactive way,
  • bringing the rest of the world directly into the classroom,
  • enabling positive and long term contact with people from other countries and cultures,
  • providing practical web-based resources to support for learning in any curriculum area,
  • promoting the sharing of good practice and providing teachers with the latest advice and information.

 

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 Discussion 

 

  1. Where do you see ICT in geography education going?
    • It is useful to look at the developments in technology and application but it is important to see this in a professional light, to look for new opportunities in learning and teaching experiences to enhance what already takes place. Equally developments that do not support learning should be scrutinised as to their worth to learners.
  2. How do you feel about this?
    • Professional judgement is very important in the successful adoption of ICT developments, as well as becoming excited about possibilities their pedagogic value must be proven before full scale use and the investment of valuable resources, not least time. A healthy, critical but not prejudicial consideration is vital.
  3. Where do you see yourself in this?
    • With developments in educational ICT a view of professional and personal development priorities and aspirations is important so that the development might be seen in a context. It allows us to modify a tacit personal development plan if necessary and consider exploiting developments in a meaningful way.

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