Primary Geography Handbook Weblinks
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
Chapter 14 - Contrasting Localities
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges
SoftTeach
Chapter 16 - Geography and the global dimension
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Cree proverb
Day Chocolate Company
Global Express
Global Eye
Oxfam Coolplanet
New Internationalist
Ethical Consumer Magazine
Eco-schools
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Section 4: Themes and topics
Chapter 17: Weather and climate
BBC Weather
CNN Weather
GLOBE
Online Weather
Yahoo Weather
Advisory Unit Computers in Education
Griffin and George
Invicta Plastics
Meteorological Office
Royal Meteorological Society
SoftTeach
TTS Ltd
UK Webcameras
Chapter 18: Rivers, coasts and the landscape
Environment Agency
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Meteorological Office
Mountain Rescue Council
Wildgoose
Chapter 19: Settlement
Environment Agency
Ordnance Survey
Chapter 20: Environmental geography
Community Education Development Centre
Eco-Schools
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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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Resources
Distant Places
Coolplanet
Global Eye
Global Gang
Environment
Wastewatch
WWF
Local Area
2001 Census
Mountains and Volcanoes
Volcano World
Rocks and Minerals
British Geological Survey
Natural History Museum
Rivers
Staffordshire Learning Net
Teaching Ideas
Teaching Ideas
The Geographical Association
Puzzle Maker
Staffordshire Learning Net
UK Maps
Get Mapping
Mapzone
Multimap
Weather
BBC Weather
Meteorological Office
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