Geographical Association

EarthKAM
ISS EarthKAM is a NASA sponsored program that provides stunning, high quality photographs of our planet taken from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

Earthlearningidea
Earthlearningidea was set up for the International Year of Planet Earth. They produce weekly, practical Earth-related activities aimed at age groups between 8 and 18.

Earth Observatory
NASA's freely-accessible site where the public can obtain new satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth.

Earthshots
Articles and corresponding satellite images on world-wide issues.

Earthwatch
Website of the Earthwatch Institute, which has information about expeditions and the work of the Institute. Also includes lesson plans, ideas and resources and keeps track of live expeditions.

Earthwatch Educator Programme
Earthwatch runs an Educator Programme which fully funds a professional development opportunity (CPD) for secondary stage educators in the UK mainly focusing on Science, Geography and Citizenship Education.

Earthworks
A world leading portal of job and career opportunities for geographers, Remote Sensing/GIS specialists, geoscientists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists, water resource professionals, remediation/contaminated land specialists, geotechnical engineers, environmental scientists, ecologists, conservationists, oceanographers, marine scientists, and forestry/agricultural scientists.

EasyNewspapers
A comprehensive directory of local newspapers around the world including the UK.

E-Base goes Live
Launched on 22 February 2008 this website contains daily video dispatches and galleries from the E-Base mission as Robert Swan and his team lived solely on renewable wind and solar energy for two weeks at Antarctica's first dedicated educational base.

Edexcel
Edexcel offers a range of qualifications that meet the needs of learners from school students to senior managers.

Education for Sustainable Development
This 'glossary item' from the Teacher Training Resource Bank provides definitions, articles and links relating to ESD.

Education Show
The Education Show (held in mid March each year) is the UK's leading event for educational resources, offering visitors the chance to compare, test and experience all the latest products and services from leading educational resource suppliers. Entry is free to all visitors.

Eduspace
Offers a gateway to space applications and a widespread visibility of Earth Observation, co-ordinated by the European Space Agency and national and international partners.

EfficienCity

An online town from Greenpeace that demonstrates how the UK could reduce its carbon footprint by using 'decentralised energy'. The site contains interactive case studies and animations to bring the town to life.

Engaging Places
Resources to support teaching and learning through buildings and places.

Environment Agency
From daily flood warnings and air quality to fishing and waste management, the website provides reliable, up-to-date information for environmental lessons.

Espresso
A constantly growing digital library of high quality, innovative, video-rich, cross-curricular resources, all tailored to the National Curriculum and cross-referenced to QCA Schemes of Work.

ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute)
Contains 114 GIS-based lessons from mapping a plant cell to exploring the SS Titanic. ESRI also offer a special bundle of ArcView software and data as a school site licence.

ESPERE-ENC International
Focuses on topics around climate for schools. Features the latest research, but presented in a student-friendly way, including a climate encyclopaedia, and a section for teachers.

Ethics and Animal Farming
The Ethical Matrix is an educational resource for students and teachers in schools and colleges. The resource provides three class exercises in how to apply ethics to issues in animal farming, including an interactive web-based exercise.

EUROPA
The portal site of the European Union. It provides up-to-date coverage of European Union affairs and information on European integration.

European Schoolnet
An international partnership of more than 26 European Ministries of Education developing learning for schools, teachers and pupils across Europe. It provides insight into educational use of ICT in Europe for policy-makers and education professionals.

Eurostat
Packed full of data about countries in the European Union.

Every Jouney Matters
This site contains information about how children around the world get to school, as well as KS2 lesson plans on the theme of sustainable transport. The site also contains games, quizzes and competitions.

Examinations Appeals Board
An independent body which aims to help give confidence to candidates, parents, schools and colleges who make use of the examinations system, that the grades awarded are fair and accurate.

Excellent Development
Excellent Development works on sustainable development projects in Africa and in addition works to enhance development education in the UK and worldwide.

Exploring the Environment
The Exploring the Environment™ online series features an integrated approach to environmental earth science through modules and activities and is developed at the NASA Classroom of the Future™.

Eye to Eye with Child Labour
Developed by Save the Children, Eye to Eye's main aim is to develop, in collaboration with secondary school teachers, engaging and participatory classroom resources on the various issues connected to child labour.

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