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Environments
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Cartoon Stock
http://www.cartoonstock.
com/default.asp
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This website provides excellent starter material for teaching
environmental issues. Search cartoon stock for
environmental categories.
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The National Trust 
http://www.worldarcstudio.com/
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/index.htm
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Really useful site for
all ages. Provides factual information and games and
debates about issues facing National Parks. Good ideas
for role play activities.
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Nature Grid
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk
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Canterbury Environmental Education
Centre
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) website
http://www.panda.org/
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A fantastic site for current news
and issues surrounding wildlife and natural
environments. Incorporates excellent photo galleries,
fact sheets, environmental problems and solutions and
newsroom. User friendly. Useful for KS3, KS4 and KS5.
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Learning and Teaching
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Royal Geographical Society (RGS):
http://www.rgs.org
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CPD programme of low cost face-to-face conferences
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Field training courses for EVCs and in offsite safety
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For up to date information and
interpretation behind news topics relevant to 14-19
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Based on our historic collections and
relevant to citizenship, geography and history at Key Stages 2,
3 and 4.
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Global Issues
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Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
teachers/resources/food.htm
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A useful website that
provides a range of useable resources for teachers of various
global issues such as sustainability and food and water.
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Multinational Corporations
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Corpwatch website
http://www.corpwatch.org
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Useful information on sweatshops and current case studies.
Recommended for KS5.
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World Trade Organisation Loteria
http://www.wtoloteria.com/
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A superb site that has informatin on 54 multinational
corporations. Each MNC provides information on activist
groups as well as the official MNC site. It also features
current news issues on MNC's. Highly recommended for KS5.
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OS Map Skills
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Elections
Maps
http://www.election-maps.co.uk
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New Ordanance Survey
website for use by teachers, MPs, councillors, candidates and
party workers to see the extent of electoral constituencies
against various scales of mapping background. Users can select
from a variety of administrative and electoral boundaries that
can be overlaid on the mapping.
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Mapzone
http://www.mapzone.co.uk
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Variety of games, competitions, and
homework help for children about mapping and geography.
This site is fantastic for KS2 and KS3. Loads of map
skill activities and support.
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Multimap
http://www.multimap.com/ |
Useful with KS3.
Allows pupils to locate specific places and print their own
maps.
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World Atlas
http://www.worldatlas.com/
aatlas/world.htm
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A website that provides
factual information about different countries in the world.
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Oxfam Issues
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Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
teachers/resources/food.htm
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A useful website that
provides a range of useable resources for teachers of various
global issues such as sustainability and food and water.
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Rainforests
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Rainforest Alliance website
http://www.rainforest-alliance.org |
A user friendly site. This site has
useful articles about rainforest issues is the news and
teachers ideas that are particularly useful for KS2. A
bright and fun site to use.
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Rainforests
http://www.schools.ash.org.au/
bilambil/rforests2.html |
Bilambil Primary School Rainforests
website
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Tropical Rainforest (Virtual Tour)
http://www.msu.edu/
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You can choose between two online
tours of the rainforest, filled with beautiful pictures and
interesting facts. The Virtual Rainforest was designed
for all ages, but with particular emphasis on teaching
children about tropical rainforests.
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World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) website
http://www.panda.org/
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A website that highlights the
problems and solutions of rainforest destruction. The
site also incorporates up to date news issues surrounding the
rainforest debate. Easy to use with lots of facts and
pictures.
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Revision
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Revision Notes
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/
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Geography Revision Aids - Crosswords
http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/
geography/resources/fun/xwords/
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Sustainability
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BBC Disposable Planet website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english
/static/in_depth/world/2002/
disposable_planet
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This site looks at many issues discussed at the World Earth
Summit, such as population, food, cities, waste, tourism and
energy. Many other relevant sites to surf that are
excellent. This site also includes a slideshow that poses
key questions about the future.
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BBC Earth Summit website
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi
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earth_summit/
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At the bottom of this page there is a very long list of very
useful case study material, with sustainable and environmental
issues.
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Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
teachers/resources/food.htm
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A useful website that
provides a range of useable resources for teachers of various
global issues such as sustainability and food and water.
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Sweat Shops
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Corpwatch website
http://www.corpwatch.org
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Useful information on sweatshops and current case studies.
Recommended for KS5.
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Teaching Geography
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Crossword
Compiler
http://www.crossword-compiler.com/ |
A website that allows
pupils and teachers to produce lots of ideas for teachers on
plenaries, starters and lesson plans for KS3.
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Glaciers and Glaciation
- from the Geography site
http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/
geography/links/glac.html
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Information on the
formation of glacial features. Also good selection of
pictures for GCSE.
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Geography
Pages
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/
index.html |
Supported by the RGS
this is an excellent site that provides lots of idea for
teachers on plenaries, starters and lesson plans. The
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The Geography
Site
http://www.geography-site.co.uk/
index.html |
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Internet
Geography
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.
co.uk/index.html
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A good selection of
pictures for GCSE. Information on the formation of
glacial features has been recommended.
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QCA website -
Innovating with Geography
http://www.qca.org.uk/geography/innovating/
geography_matters/cpd_activities/ |
Continuing professional
development (CPD) units, written by practising teachers,
demonstrate how you can use the web to add value to your
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Water Issues
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BBC World Water Crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english
/static/in_depth/world/2000/
world_water_crisis/default.stm
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Interactive world map that highlights world water issues around
the world. Gives detailed case study material. Useful for
teacher's resource or KS4 & KS5 resource.
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Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/
teachers/resources/food.htm
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A useful website that
provides a range of useable resources for teachers of various
global issues such as sustainability and food and water.
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Weather
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WWF Environments
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WWF Learning website
http://www.wwflearning.co.uk/
welcome/
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An excellent site latest environmental issued covered. The
site also consists of teaching material for both primary and
secondary, with resources attached. Easy to use and
excellent web links to other relevant topics.
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