Geography Resources Online

Today, I have mostly been investigating... This site has lots of powerpoint resources here that are really amazing , including the rivers millionaire game , the car park geography catchphrase game , and the animation showing how stacks form . There's also a really in depth section called Juicy Geography's Google Earth page for teachers . Which is all about the fantastic Google Earth . Juicy Geography is a five star site!

Seed Magazine is cool. It's kind of like New Scientist , but easier to understand. Our overarching goal is the nurturing of a science-savvy global citizenry by increasing public interest in and understanding of science. Sounds good to me. Here's the best bit: Scientific issues and innovations seem to creep into everyday conversation more than ever before. Recognizing that we could all use some expertise in hot science topics, Seed offers its Cribsheet. They've got guides all about nuclear power , hybrid cars , avian flu , climate change and stem cells . Check them all out here: http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/cribsheet/ All the files are available as either a handy GIF file or as a PDF. So, print them out to help with revision, or enlarge them and stick them on the wall! These Cribsheets are also really useful if you're just getting started on a topic and want to know the facts.

Britain is facing a chronic shortage of geophysicists as fewer students choose to study geophysical science at university and leading scientists in the field retire, a new study reveals. The problem has reached crisis point and if the current rates of decline continue there will be no geophysics undergraduates by 2030, the British Geophysical Association report warns. EducationGuardian.co.uk | Research | Report warns of earth scientists shortage

Find all the weird, cool, beautiful places on the planet with Google Earth. Google Earth Cool Places - famous buildings, beautiful places, weird land formations

The Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan peninsula are shown in this image acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite, on May 25th, 2006. The Aleutian Islands, with 57 volcanoes among them, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Stunning High Resolution Image (JPEG Image, 5600x4400 pixels)

Free sample GCSE question about rivers: GCSE Geog Physical 1 Example.pdf You have to buy the real papers, and they're between £5 and £7. This one is a free question about waterfalls and flooding , so it could be useful as a practice question in class. via www.examinationgroup.com

Nice Google Map showing information about active vocanoes: Active Volcanos - Google Maps API Example

Despite the difficulties inherent in predicting climate changes over decades and centuries, Earth's longer term forecast is simple: Same as the last million years. Million-Year Forecast: Disasters Galore

Mount St. Helens Shoots Steam, Ash Plume Into Air

Here's one for you: The government says that by 2020 it wants all schools to be "models of energy efficiency and renewable energy" and provide "healthy, local and sustainable food and drink produced or prepared on site". British Schools Must Go Green Carrington Junior School in Buckinghamshire, have a wind turbine at the end of the playing field. School goes green with turbine The level of power generated and used will be displayed on an interactive whiteboard outside the library. A long-range, comprehensive plan like this should help not only lighten the footprint of British schools, but also produce better educated, and healthier students. More (green) power to the people! Woo! via: Treehugger

More solar cooking shennanigans... The Solar Cooking Archive

Treehugger: Solar Oven

More than 30 countries around the Pacific Ocean have tested a system to warn them of approaching tsunamis. Read more here . Here's a handy animation that shows how the Asian Tsunami happened. Click on the picture below!

Printable Maps of the United States.

Tarn (lake) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Triad Lake in Glacier Peak Wilderness (click picture for wiki page and image credits) A tarn (or corrie loch) is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a corrie excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. (A corrie may be called a cirque.) More images of tarns here. via Google image search This is a page with a picture and a map showing the steep back wall (notice that the contours are very close together). See the definition of a cirque from the Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms

DOZENS of the world’s cities, including London and New York, could be flooded by the end of the century, according to research which suggests that global warming will increase sea levels more rapidly than was previously thought. London 'under water by 2100' as Antarctica crumbles into the sea

Ever wonder what a Drumlin was? Here's a glossary featuring all the terms you might associate with glaciers, from the website All About Glaciers .

The Northern California earthquake of April 18, 1906, commonly referred to as the “Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906", is the most damaging earthquake in US history. This virtual tour utilizes the geographic interactive software Google Earth to explain the scientific, engineering, and human dimensions of this earthquake, so as to help you visualize and understand the causes and effects of this and future earthquakes. USGS Earthquake Hazards Program » A Virtual Tour of the 1906 Earthquake in Google Earth

Interesting stuff here, will investigate later and post a review. :) Welcome to the GeographyPages - home of Geo Blogs

The government is to give England's schools almost £2m over two years to encourage children to study geography. Maybe they should start reading Geography Resources Online! BBC NEWS | Education | £2m to halt decline in geography