National Geographic Environment Home Page.
Interaction of physical and human systems
More than 10,000 images are available. Take special note of a link to a page about teacher and student use of the imagery. Top-Level Topics Include: + Animal World + Art and Design + Bones and Fossils + History and Material Culture + Literature + Natural World + Plants and Flowers + Portraits + Science and Invention + Scientific Instruments and Apparatus + Society and Culture + Technology and Transportation + Trade Literature
The United Nations Cyberschoolbus is a website about global issues and the UN, for students ages 5-18 and their teachers.
Climate, Ecosystems, etc. short videos for the Landforms Unit
Large tracts of land in Africa and China simply blew away in 2006. When land is stripped bare or robbed of rain by climate change, it often turns to desert.
Maps-of-War is a multimedia site dedicated to producing diverse, creative visuals that enhance our understanding of war and its history.
Historic map of the Middle-East
statistics for countries of the world, grouped by region, ability to manipulate what data is presented on graphs, includes data on a timeline, etc
Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.
May 2003 National Geographic - celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hillary climbing Everest
articles, photos
Map of the world with links to newspapers in most countries Some available in English, other in the country's language Great way to find out what is happening around the world
a tropical rainforest at 7 different levels w/interactive scanning and short videos (under 1 min) where a scientist talks about the area
connections to geography in modern life, possible careers, photographs, activities, lessons, etc
History and stories of people who have borrowed from the Grameen Bank and improved their financial well being
Grameen Bank serves the poorest populatio in rural areas of LDCs
history of the Berlin Conference and how colonization impacted Africa
Economic, health, education, environment
Information, data for countries around the world