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Southern African Geography Teachers Network
This is a google group e-mail network for Southern African teachers
Africa Geographic digimag - Bringing Africa to the world
This is an absolutely amazing interactive magazine- I REALLY wouldn't mind having all my magazines in this format. Interactive beautifully illustrated with photos, video snippets and scrolling info bars. Lovely. Could be great in the Geography class/library.
GeoHive: Global Statistics
A site with geopolitical data, statistics on the human population, Earth and more. The main kind of data you can find here is population statistics of regions, countries, provinces and cities. Next to that there are some statistics on economic factors like wealth, infrastructure; statistics on natural phenomena; ....... and yet, even more."
Download Free Wallpaper of the Earth From Above
This site has amazing photographs of earth for about 100 countries in context. Can be great for classroom use. Very informative and amazing.
Factbook Charts Africa’s Footprint, Human Development Trends
"If current population and consumption trends continue, Africa’s Ecological Footprint will exceed its biocapacity within the next twenty years, while a number of countries, including Senegal, Kenya and Tanzania, are set to reach that threshold in less than five years, according to a report issued today by Global Footprint Network and key partners. "
Introduction to GIS
Understanding what GIS is and what it can be used for. With a GIS application you can open digital maps on your computer, create new spatial information to add to a map, create printed maps customised to your needs and perform spatial analysis. In this worksheet we explore the basic concepts behind Geographical Information Systems.
Our World And The Science Behind It
Lovely resources and images for biology and life sciences teachers
Spatialworlds
"The Spatialworlds blog is a repository of teaching resources, images, commentary and website links for those interested in spatial education in schools."
SPATIAL WORLDS THE SPATIAL LITERACY PROJECT
"The use of spatial technology in the classroom: any classroom!!"
Earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up
earth album is a simpler, slicker Flickr mash-up that allows you to explore some of the most stunning photos in the world courtesy of Google maps and Flickr. To begin your journey, just click somewhere on the map, e.g. "India". Note-- since the top Flickr images are used, the images change every few weeks; bookmark this site and check back for a different experience in a month!
GIS and Geographic Inquiry for use in geography classrooms
Lots of useful resources here for geography teachers
Africa Map Puzzle
Interactive way to learn all the countries in africa
Google Earth launches climate simulator
Google earth are launching a series of Google Earth layers and tours to allow you to explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet and the solutions for managing it. Working with data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it shows on Google Earth the range of expected temperature and precipitation changes under different global emissions scenarios that could occur throughout the century.
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