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Here you will find all the weblinks included in the Primary Geography Handbook. They are organised into subsections as they appear in the book. We'll keep this list as up to date as possible so if you find any broken links, please email us.

Section 1: Geography and learning

Chapter 2 - Geography, creativity and place

Standish, A (2002) ‘Constructing a value map’


Chapter 4 - Making geography fun

Puzzlemaker
BBC Weather
Mapzone
Volcano World
Sea and Sky
Global Gang


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Section 2: Geographical skills

Chapter 10 - Fieldwork

Adventure Activity Licensing Authority
Norfolk ACPC


Chapter 12 - Geography and ICT

Everest

Scholastic Publications
Unlocking the Archives (RGS)

Himalayas

The Himalayas
Jeroen Neele Photo Gallery
Nepal and the Himalayas on the Web

Mountain Regions

Rocky Mountains Canada
Mountain Nature
Snowdonia National Park
Peru (Paddington Bear)
Tiki the Penguin visits Peru
The Austrian and Swiss Alps
Peakware World Mountain Encyclopaedia
Iceland
Virtual Montana
Global Eye Focus on Mountains

Distant Places

Action Aid
Global Eye (Worldaware)
Global Gang
InfoNation
One World
Oxfam for Kids
Save the Children
UNICEF
Vision Aid
Water Aid
World Info Zone
World Vision

Guidance and advice

Geographical Association
Becta
ICT advice
Innovating with Geography
Micros and Primary Education (MAPE)
National Curriculum
Ofsted
Primary Geography Pages
QCA
QCA Scheme of Work

Images

Aerial survey UK
BBC: The Day/Week in Pictures
Free Foto (great for UK)
Geo Images
Geography Photos (Ian Murray)
Images of England (English Heritage)
Images of the World
Jeroen Neele Visiting the World
Physical landscapes
Picture Search
Webshots
Window on the World

LEA sites

CLEO (Cumbria, Lancashire)
Devon
Kent
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Wakefield
Hertfordshire
Kent NGfL
London Grid for Learning
North West Learning Grid
Shropshire IT4L
South West Grid for Learning

Maps

Get a map (OS)
Multimap (for maps and aerial photos)
Old maps
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey MapZone
Outline maps
Streetmap
World atlas

Weather and climate

BBC weather site
CNN weather site
Met Link
Met Office
Staffordshire school weather data
Weather at Keele
World climate
Yahoo

School Websites

Ambleside Primary School (Award-winning site, especially good for ks1 geography)
Snaith Primary School (especially for sections on Seaside, Water, Paris, India)
Perton First School (especially for the travels of Barnaby Bear)


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Section 3: People and places

Section 4: Themes and topics

Section 5: Managing the curriculum

Chapter 22: Planning the geography curriculum

DfES


Chapter 24: Geography, inclusion and special needs

National Curriculum Online
Quality Circle Time
SEN Teacher Resources
SEN Toolkit
Teachernet


Chapter 26: The inspection process

Ofsted


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This issue focuses on global learning at primary level and includes articles on school partnerships, food and farming and South Africa 2010. It also features the second part of the Forest Schools Diary.

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The Spring issue of Teaching Geography has a new look and a new format. Focusing on 'enquiry', it is full of teaching ideas and resources, which show how an enquiry approach can be used to engage and motivate students.

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The Spring 2010 issue, edited by Eleanor Rawling, looks at the geographies of organised crime, the geographies of the creative industries, 'joined-up geography' and more.

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