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1. Teaching geography resources
a. General and gateways (3 links)
b. Websites accompanying textbooks (1 link)
c. Thinkquest entries
with geo subjects (15 links)
d. Geography classrooms (11
links)
e. Networks supporting
higher education in geo-subjects
z. Other (12 links)
2. On-line academic and scientific courses and academic
teaching tools (4 links)
3. Geo-software, animations,
clip-art etc. (2 links)
4. Various lists of geolinks, ripe and green (55 links)
5. Geography quizzes and games (6 links)
6. The World Wide Web as a research tool (2 links)
7. Companion websites for higher education textbooks
(1 link)
1. Teaching geography resources
a. General and gateways
Electronic
resources for geography
A comprehensive gateway to teaching geography resources by
Lewis Armstrong, 19990302
Geography Online
General UK teaching geography portal. This is a subscription
service for secondary schools with news, articles, outline maps, internet
resources, a calendar of events and more. There is a free tour to get an
idea of the contents. Launched April 2001. By ACTIS and supported by the
Geographical Association. 20010608
Geo world: the
geography educators world
Multi-faceted site maintained by Canadian Geography teachers,
19981020
b. Websites accompanying textbooks
Wereldwijs homepage (in Dutch)
c. Thinkquest
entries with geo subjects
Thinkquest
ThinkQuest is an annual international contest for students 12 - 19
years old. Awards total over $1,000,000. Students submit websites on a
wide range of topics.
Amazonas jungle in Ecuador
(1999)
Borderless World: geography
and the internet (1999)
Desert Explorer (1999)
Disasters of Nature (1999)
Environmental Degradation
(1999)
Life in Khayelitsha (South
African township)(1999)
Michigan, The Proud, The Beautiful
(1999)
More revealing facts of the
earth (1998)
Naturedisasters (1999)
People of the Land (on the
mapuche people in Chile)(1999)
Pollution and Environmental
Health (1999)
Project rainforest
(1999)
Siberia, the land of wonders
(1999)
Rainforests of Asia and the
Americas (1999)
Rivers around
the world (1999)
d. Geography classrooms (by
country, city and school name)
Netherlands - Doetinchem
- St. Ludgercollege
Netherlands
- Emmeloord - Zuyderzeecollege
Netherlands
- Epe - Regionale Scholengemeenschap Noordoost-Veluwe
Netherlands
- Groningen - Wessel Gansfoort College
Netherlands
- Groningen - Zernike College
Netherlands -
Nijmegen - Stedelijk Gymansium
Netherlands
- Sneek - Rijksscholengemeenschap Magister Alvinus
Netherlands
- Venray - Raayland College
Netherlands - Wageningen
- Rijksscholengemeenschap De Pantarijn
Netherlands
- Warnsveld - Isendoorncollege
Netherlands
- Zutphen - Baudartiuscollege
e. Networks
supporting higher education in geo-subjects
Geography, Earth and Environmental
Sciences (GEES-LSTN)
Plymouth-based network for teaching geography and related subjects
in higher education. One of 24 subjects centre of the UK Learning and Teaching
Support Network (LSTN). The centre aims to be come the hub for learning
and teaching information in the three geo subjects and more specifically
support curriculum development, disseminate good practices and encourage
collaboration between geo-subjects.Current projects described on the web
site concentrate on virtual fieldwork, a pollen and plat type guide, reflective
learning and team skills. The site further boosts relevant links to other
development of learning and teaching projects and discussion lists. 20010504
z. Other
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6 Billion Human Beings
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Informative site introducing the study of world population trends; has
(interactive) statistics, answers to basic questions etc; this is an accompanying
site for the exhibit with the identical name at the Musée de l'Homme
in Paris, France, [requires shockwave plug-in], 19990709
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Aarde Nu (in Dutch)
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Gateway to ready to use materials for geoscience assignments in secondary
education. For students. This site links to resources on the 'Werkstuknetwerk'.
An initiative of the Dutch university geoscience departments. 20010323
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Ask the Geographer
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A service for geography teachers offered by the Ohio Geographic Alliance,
19990215
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Harm
de Blij's political geography speech at NCGE
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Harm de Blij, an influential US geographer (of Dutch origin) delivered
this speech at the opening session of the National Council for Geographic
Education conference, November 3, 1999. He elaborates on the contribution
geography can and should make to solving world problems. He particularly
focusses on Africa, global environmental problems and China. 19991117
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DIANE: De Internet Atlas
Nederland (in Dutch)
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Project description of the Dutch version of the Landuse UK Survey '96 of
the Geographical Association. In this Hogeschool Holland initiative primary
scholl classes are invited to participate and map one square kilometer
on the aspects of livibility and quality of the landscape. The results
are uploaded to a central server and become available on the website, 19990105
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Geographic Learning Site
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Foreign (to USA) and global geographic issues explained at K12/primary
school level. It is a service of the US State Department and also includes
issues of US foreign policy. Handy list of 'new countries' and country
name changes with background informatio, 19990720.
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Geography Station
Geography for grades 1-12. Includes basic lesson plans, some low profile
glossaries and more, by Annette Lyon, Western Opportunity Network Alternate
Program in the Sooke School District, British Columbia, Canada, 19990830
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GeoMEON
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UK initiative to encourage network-based learning environments, the development
of web-based geography material, the use of videoconferecning and E-mail
and web-based discussion forums, cooridnated by Liverpool Hope University,
19990713
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Geo Teacher
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High school geography resource site for students, parents an teachers with
many links. By Renate Williams of Denbigh Highschool, Newport, VA, USA.
19991220
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Helping your child
learn geography
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Ideas and examples for parents wanting to learn their child more about
geography through activities and games; "From creating treasure maps to
helping children find pen pals, the book offers many simple, fun activities
to teach youngsters the fundamentals of geography"; contains a checklist
"What Does Your Fourth Grader Know?''; guide to resources and software;
aimed at children ages 5-10; by the U.S. Department of Education Office
of National Research and Improvement (OERI), In cooperation
with U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey &
National Geographic Society, 19981214
INLT: International Network for Learning
and teaching geography in Higher Education
International network working for improvement of the treaching of geography
in higher education. It grew out of a conference on the subject. Participatans
are from UK, Australia and the USA, but others are invited to join in.
The site offers useful project information, a not-too-busy discussion area
and a list publications on teaching geography. 20001020
Lessonsplans
Lessonplans for all subjects (geography in science and social science
categories) for K-12 education, 19990215
Mapping the world by heart
K-12 curriculum for map drawing and geography quizzes, maintained by
David J. Smith, 19980901
United Nations
Cyber Schoolbus
Information on United nations Countries: statistical, pictures, city
profiles, UN documents etc., 19980910
U.S.
State geography standards
1998 assessment of rigour of standards set by US states for geography
education in K12 grades. Many states are a long way off the goals set out
by US president Geogre Bush at the 1989 education summit in Charlotteville.
At that time geography got recognition, along with history, English science
and maths, as a crucial discipline in primary education. By Susan Munroe
and Terry Smith for the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. 20000306
Unterrichtspraxis
Geographie (in German)
Free documents and resources for teaching geography subjects related
to news items. With texts, links, data, maps and more. Docuements are mostly
in PDF and Word. By Cornelsen Online. 20000407
2. On-line academic and scientific courses and academic
teaching tools
3. Geo-software,
animations, clip-art etc.
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Geographical
clipart from Graphic Maps
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Numerous clip art images of countries, globes etc. for free. 20000207
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MacDEM
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MacDEM is an application to view and edit digitial elevation models (DEM)
files for the Mac OS. 20000403
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4. Various list of geolinks, ripe and unripe, by author/edito
for the main geo-gateways see the
General
and gateways section of the 'resources by discipline/subject' category
anonymous (USA) - Geography
bookmarks
anonymous (Aberystwith,
Univ. of Wales, UK) - web resources at the inst. of geogr. and earth. sci.
anonymous
(Charles Univ., Prague, Czech republic) - related sites
anonymous
(Galaxy internet guide, USA) - Geography
anonymous
(Galaxy internet guide, USA) - Geoscience
anonymous (Eurogi, Netherlands)
- GI sites
anonymous
(Univ. of Calinornia, Berkeley) - Earth Sciences and map library internet
resources
anonymous
(International Geographical Union) - Links
anonymous
(Librarians' Index to the Internet, Cal. State Library, USA) - Geography
anonymous (Univ. of Lyon-2,
France) - des documents en Géographie... (in French)
anonymous (Nerd World
Media, USA) - Geography
anonymous (Oregon
State Univ., USA) - Geography on the web
anonymous
(Library of Penn State University, USA) - Geoscience resources
anonymous (Pierson
Library, Univ. of Amsterdam) - Internetbronnen ruimtelijke wetenschappen
(in Dutch)
anonymous (Salem
State College, USA) - Geography/GIS links
anonymous
(Würzburg University, Germany) - Georelevante Links
anonymous
(WW-Lib UK web library, Wolverhampton, UK) - Geography
various (Geofinder.de) - Geofinder
Armstrong,
Lewis (formerly Abilene Christian University, USA) - Electronic resources
for geography
Andresen,
Thorsten (Univ. Kiel, Germany) Interessante geowissenschaflichte Verweise
(in German)
Baaden, Joachim (Univ.
Mainz, Germany) - GeoWID
Bannister,
Jerry (Western Connecticut State Univ., USA) - Geography internet resources
Bowerman, Brad
(Lakeland High School, PA, USA) - Geography World
Castleford, John (CTI
Geography, geology and meteorology at Leicester Univ., UK) - information
gateway
Charlton,
Clive (Univ. of Plymouth, UK) External links for geographers
Crnicki, Josip (USA) - My top links
Earth Sciences, Geology, Mineral Exploitation
Blake, Megan (Clarke Univ. US) - Where in de world? - Links
Boals, Dennis (USA)
- Geography/Economics links
David
(teacher, UK) - Geography Exchange
Derksen,
Charlotte (Geoscience Inf. Soc., USA) - Selected Web Sites for Geoscientists
Fong, Jon (Indiana
University, USA) - Scientific WWW Servers (in earth sciences)
Garrison, Mike
(no aff. stated) - Websurfer's Biweekly Earth Science review (WBESR)
Gunther, Paul
(Univ. of Wisconsin, USA) - Physical Geography Resources
Hamilton, Wayne
(Geoworld, Canada) - Geoworld's complete WWWsite list
Hensel, Paul
(Florida State Univ., USA) - Geography links
Hermann, Nicol (Germany)
- Geoworld.de
Herrig,
Klaus (Universität Würzburg, Germany) - Geolinks
Klöti,
Thomas (Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Bern) Fachinformationen
Geographie
Knapp, Ronald
G. (State Univ. NY, New Paltz, NY, USA) - WWW Links
Krumme,
Günther (Univ. of Washington, Seattle, USA) - Geography servers
Kühn,
Hermann (TU Hamburg/Harburg, Germany) - Internetresourcen im Fachreferat
Bauwesen
Kyriakou,
Paul (Univ. of Adelaide, Australia) - Geography resources on the web
Madin, Martin (independent)
- Academic Info: Geography
Martindale,
Jim (USA) - The Virtual Geoscience Center
McDaniel,
Bob (Univ. of Western Onario, Canada) - Weblinks of geographic interest
Medzini,
Arnon (School of Education, Oranim, Israel) - Internet Resources
Nouwens, Henk
(Netherlands) - Henk's Adressen (in Dutch)
Smith, David J. (USA) -
Mapping the world by heart - links
Soult, Graham (UK) - Sapling (architecture,
planning and landscape links
Strunck,
Evelyn (Univ. Karlsruhe) - WWW-Virtual Library Germany: Geography
Topolie, Gary (secondary
school, Canada) - Gary's Geographical Gnome
Verville, Jean-Luc
(Canada) - Ze Web - Geography
West, Ian M. (Univ. of Southampton)
- West's Geology Directory
Williams,
P. (Univ. of Lancaster, UK) - Geography related WWW-links
Wingfield,
Martin A. (Univ. of Sussex, UK) - Links to geography sites
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Zephryus,
David (UK) Geography Exchange - Links (esp. educational)
Zeylmans, Maarten (Fac.
of Geographical Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands) - Nice geography
servers
5. Geography quizzes and games, tests, fun and trivia
6. The World Wide Web as a research tool
7. Companion websites for higher education textbooks
Human
geography
Companion website for Knox & Marston's general human geography
textbook. Organised by chapter it mainly holds key term definitions, excersises
and internet resources. 20001117
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