Resources
London 2012 fieldwork ideas
Background information about the Olympic Park, Stratford, Westfield, Hackney Wick, Fish Island and Canary Wharf together with maps, fieldwork survey sheets and links to further resources. This area also includes a Risk Assessment sheet which you can adapt to your own needs.
Digimap for Schools
GA Award-winning online service which provides up to date Ordnance Survey maps at a variety of scales and free resources for all key stages.
Free Send My Friend to School pack
Send My Friend to School is a campaign for global education. The website contains free teaching resources and teachers can sign up for a free 'Go For Gold' 2012 campaign pack containing a teachers' guide, posters, stickers and DVD.
ICT resources for geography teachers
From case studies of the Dharavi slums to historical crime records, this page features comprehensive reviews of online resources which can be used to spice up your geography lessons.
Geography Awareness Week 2012
This year's Geography Awareness Week takes place from 25-29 June on the theme of 'Geographies of Difference'. Download the free 26-page resource pack now to use whenever you like.
Geography resources for all phases
Browse our extensive range of geography resources for all phases of education including Barnaby Bear, Tocuaro, atlases, maps, fieldwork equipment, Key Stage 3 lesson plans, DVDs, option time leaflets, A-level case studies and much more. All UK orders get free postage and GA members receive big discounts!
Discover Explore website launched
Discover Explore is part of Discovering Places, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad campaign to inspire the UK to discover its natural, built and historic places. The website contains a number of fun missions that challenge students to explore various locations in Scotland and earn badges in the process.
Free European migration resource pack
Should Emily and Peter stay or go? is a free resource pack for KS3, GCSE and A-level geography based on the real life experiences of two Polish migrants. It contains information, activities, resources and links to support the teaching and learning of economic migration within the EU.
Free Arctic Ocean geography resources
Visit the Digital Explorer website to download free Frozen Oceans resource booklets for KS3 and GCSE geography. The multimedia packs include lesson plans, activity sheets, experiment ideas and fact sheets.
Free teaching resources about the Ice Age
The QRA is a research organisation dedicated to promoting understanding of the Ice Age. They provide free teaching resources about glaciation, long term climate change and the Ice Age.
Gapminder and Worldmapper
This new page has been created to help geography teachers understand the importance of a fact-based world view and to change the way we think and teach about development. It provides an introduction to Gapminder and Worldmapper and offers a selection of free resources to help you use both tools with students.
Is More Equal More Green?
These teaching ideas use Worldmapper visualisations and data to help GCSE and A-Level geography students explore issues of inequality, consumption, sustainability and ecological footprints.
Free Key Stage 3 Geography Case Study
Sign up to Collins' geography emails using the promotional code KA4100W and receive Two Wheels Good: London's cycle hire scheme, a case study written by the Geographical Association to support Collins’ forthcoming Key Stage 3 Geography series.
FILMCLUB - Free film library for schools
This exciting scheme gives all state schools in England free access to an extensive film library including geography-related titles such as 'An Inconvenient Truth', 'The Day After Tomorrow' and 'March of the Penguins'. Funding is also available to help set up your school cinema covering items such as black-out blinds, cushions and popcorn makers! Find out more on the FILMCLUB website.
Outdoor activities
Get your geography students outside during the summer term with these activity ideas.
GIS Made Easy
Nine complete lessons to help you integrate GIS into your Key Stage 3 geography teaching.
Geography apps
List of geography apps for mobile devices including iPhone, iPad, Android, Blackberry and Windows.
Geography Blogs
Browse our A-Z of geography blogs and don't forget to let us know if yours isn't on the list.
Managing Flood Risk
Flooding from rivers or the sea is a natural hazard that has a major impact on people and the environment. In this series of case studies students will find out why flooding occurs and how we can manage flood risk in the future.
Global Dimension
Think Global recently relaunched their Global Dimension website which lists hundreds of teaching resources on a wide range of topics.
Protected Planet
An interactive world map containing detailed information about protected areas around the globe.
Discovering Places
Events, activities and ideas for exploring the natural and built environment. Part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Japan tsunami
Links to media coverage, scientific information and teaching ideas following the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
Case study of a school weather station
Find out about Maiden Erlegh School's successful Weather Club and how they set up a weather station on the school grounds.
Ghana mining photos
A new set of photos taken at the AngloGold Ashanti gold mine in Ghana. GA members only
New outline maps
We've added 18 new maps to the Base Maps page including Great Britain, Kenya, India and Japan. GA members only
Aiming for Gold
View an interactive sample of this new DVD based on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Geocube
Geocube is a free online resource created by HERODOT. Move the Geocube around with your mouse to explore 54 geographical topics.
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