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This site has amazing photographs of earth for about 100 countries in context. Can be great for classroom use. Very informative and amazing.

"Worried about your impact on the environment? The way we use the planet's resources makes up our ecological footprint. Measuring yours takes less than 5 minutes and could set you on a life-changing journey... "

Created by Angela Cunningham for the enrichment of Social Studies instruction using technology. Great set of resources and conceptual approaches to embedding technology into instruction. 

An Apple/Android app which aims to make you worldly by teaching you facts and figures about countries around the world. Play a quiz with your new world knowledge.

An intriguing site which has split the whole world into 3 metre by 3 metre squares and assigned 3 words to label that coordinate, giving addresses to millions around the world who don't have an official address, or making a meeting point more accuracy than a postcode. For educators, there are lots of geographic and literacy possibilities - geocaching with spelling, or writing short stories or descriptions about a real location including the words. The site can be viewed in many different European languages meaning there are MFL possibilities too."

"A fascinating 3D globe which shows air currents and lots of other data. View in real time or review past data. A must use site for geographers."

"A mesmerising animated map is weather and other data layers, including winds, wave direction and and height, clouds, CO2 concentration and much more."

"Journey to the centre of the Earth and view the amazing facts about what can be found beneath our feet with this BBC microsite."

all about bodies of water and where they are located

This lesson about the crisis in Darfur makes use of video and an online game.

"A brief animated history of Spain over the past 2000 years, including multiple invasions, exploration and cultural upheaval."

"An adaptable 3D cycle cycle to cut out, bend and assemble."