Geography Links

Need some extra information, or help with your school work?  Try some of the links below.

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There are activities and information for all subjects at Learnthings, as well as news and research tools.  Ask your teacher for the school username and password.

Sheffield City Council Geography Links

• Multimap
  Multimap is Europe's leading provider of mapping and location-based services. The company delivers more online maps, point-to-point driving directions and geo-spatial ("where's my nearest?") searches to businesses and consumers than any other supplier in Europe. 

• Streetmap
  Online maps with detailed street maps of UK locations. Search by postcode, place name, street name or grid reference. 

• Weather Teddy
  Explore the various weather conditions with Weather Teddy. In differing weather conditions, what clothes should I wear? What activities can I do? 

• CIA World Fact Book 2000
  United States government profiles of countries and non-self-governing territories around the world. Information on geography, people, government, resources and economies. 

• Geo-Globe
  Play interactive games on the Geo - Globe site. They cover a wide range of geography-related topics, so everyone should find something of interest! Play for five minutes and learn a few quick facts, or spend some time and become a geography whiz.  

• BBC Weather
  Find out what the weather is like where you live, or where you may be travelling to. 

• The River Trent
  Take a trip with Fergal the frog to his River Trent home. Discover the history, facts, conservation and the many uses of the River Trent. 

• National Geographic - Map Machine
  Find almost any place with online National Geographic atlases, order maps by country, region or continent. 

• Countries A-Z Altapedia Online
  Atlapedia Online contains full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. 

• Virtual Bangladesh
  Everything you wanted to know about Bangladesh. Here you will find basic facts, vital statistics, information about culture and lifestyle, as well as a visitor's guide. Images, sounds and text. A little bit of Bangladesh for everyone. 

• Welcome to India
  Snaith Primary School provide an insight into the diverse culture and landscape of India. 

• WWF - Virtual Wildlife
  Everything you wanted to know about endangered species - from their habitats to their behaviour to the threats confronting them. Organised to meet your study requirements. 

• Journey Along a River (KS2)
  Take a long journey along a river. Learn more about river processes, river facts and rivers and transport. Learn about caring for the river environment and the ever increasing threat of pollution. 

• Digital Jurassic Coast  (KS2)
  Play Rocky's Time Machine board Game. Go back through time in your time machine to discover the oldest dinosaur.  

• Manchester Airport (KS2)
  Use your mouse to drag the place names onto the correct location on the map.  

• A Virtual Geography Journey (KS2)
  Take a virtual geography journey. Discover more about the Hydrological Cycle, learn more about the course of the River Dane.

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