Links to useful sites

Maps
http://www.multimap.com/
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/africa_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/asia_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/central_america_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/middle_east_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/south_america_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/canada_map.htm
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/us_map.htm

Webcams
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webcams/

Bya quiz
http://www.triv.net/html/geography.htm
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/justfun/games/mapgame.html

Google Earth http://earth.google.com/

Hot Deserts
http://curriculum.calstatela.edu/courses/builders/lessons/less/biomes/desert/hot-des.html
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/desert/index.htm

Biomes of the World
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/

Japan
http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/ (Japan website)
http://155.187.10.12/flags/nation-flags.html (flags of most of the World’s countries)

Standard Grade
http://www.bbc.co.ukleducation/standardgradebitesize/geography/index.shtml (Revision material)
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=20 (Revision material)
http://www.scalloway.org.uk

Higher
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=6 (useful Revision material)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/contents
http://www.geographyhigh.connectfree.co.uk/higher.html (specific info and links for Higher Students)

Photos and Satellite Images
http://www.regolith.com/ (good for landscape pictures)
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/main/images.html (fantastic satellite images)
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_HOME_PAGE.html
(satellite images of specific landforms)
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents
(images showing environmental change)

Earthquakes and Volcanoes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq 1/ (earthquakes)
http://library.thinkquest.org/17457/english.html (volcanoes)
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Glaciers
http://www.glacier.rice.edu

Weather
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotweather.html (Scottish weather stuff)
http://www.meto.govt.ukl/ (UK weather stuff)
http://www.noaa.gov/ (US weather stuff)

Statistics
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html (general info and stats on Scotland)
http://www.odci.gov/cialpublications/factbook/index.html (World facts and figures)
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk (General Register Office for Scotland - population stats. and census
info.)
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/

University Geography Depts in UK
http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/dept.html