Useful LINKS
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Revision and General
Geography at University
Maps and Places
Research & Journals
Weather & Climate
Plate Tectonics
Other Physical
Human

Revision & General (see also Revision Link to Departmental Site)





 

 

 

Weather and Climate

 

Atmosphere & Weather Systems: A fine resource for all Geography students, produced by two undergraduates working with The King's School for part of their final year project work at Nottingham University
UK Meterological Office:
BBC Weather Online: Local, national and worldwide weather
Hurricane Information Service (USA)
Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Environment: global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain etc

 

 

Plate Tectonics

Science Odyssey: Plate Tectonics animations
Earthquake Quiz
Earthquake tremors
Earthquake Maps and Information
10 Largest Earthquakes in the US and World 1900-1994 seismicity of world, maps, links
Earthquake Facts questions and answers, mainly Washington, Oregon
Tsunami!
Hawaii volcanoes
Mount St Helens
MTU Volcanoes - World Reference Map
Volcanoes

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Other Physical

Gower - virtual fieldtrip: A very relevant resource to complement our own A-level fieldtrip
Practice Questions: on Glaciers and Glaciation
British Antarctic Survey
Los Angeles river tour: An entertaining virtual reality river tour suitable for KS3 students
Encyclopedia of Sustainable Development
People and the Planet articles from People and the Planet on agriculture, oceans
Rainforest Alliance news, conservation, agriculture, factsheets, activities, links
WRI Forest Frontiers Initiative information by country, maps , photos, news, logging in Burma
UK National Air Quality Archive (Source: DETR)
BBC Education rocks- 10 virtual Geo Tours, experiments, geo timeline
UBC - Geology 202 - Igneous
Igneous Rocks Tour: A great site explaining all you want to know about igneous rocks

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Research & Journals

BBC news   UK Census Statistics
Independent   Environment Agency (UK)
Times   UK Government Pages
Sunday Times   Geological Society - London
Telegraph   Institute Of Hydrology
Guardian   Oxfam - Cool Planet
Channel 4 Schools   Developments Magazine
BBC Education - GCSE Bitesize   New Scientist
Geographical Association   Friends of the Earth
Royal Geographical Society   Greenpeace
National Geographic Magazine   National Farmers Union (NFU)
World Bank - education pages   US Census Bureau Home Page
WWF Global Network   United Mission to Nepal (UMN)
Fieldwork and Investigations Manual - only accessible from school
NEW! GCSE & A-Level Resource: GeoActive Index - only accessible from school
NEW! A-Level Resource: GeoFile Index - only accessible from school
NEW! A-Level Resource: Geofactsheets Index - only accessible from school

 

Geography at University

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Popular Universities to read Geography   RGS University List - all UK Geog Dep'ts - pdf
University of Cambridge   University of Birmingham
University of Durham   University of Manchester
University of Bristol   University of Exeter
University College London (UCL)   University of Edinburgh
University of Sheffield   Lancaster University
University of Leeds   University of Wales, Swansea
University of Southampton   King's College University of London
University of Oxford   University of Wales, Aberystwyth
University of Nottingham   University of Reading
University of East Anglia   University of Glasgow

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Maps & Places

Ordnance Survey (UK)   Worcester City
Multimap   Worcestershire
Excellent Country Outline Maps   CIA Factbook
Yahoo! Maps   Los Angeles
Country and World outline maps:   Africa Online
Online Map Creation:   Tunisia online
MapsDirect Large Scale Maps   Virtual Bangladesh
Yellow Pages   Peru
UK house price finder  

Kenyaweb
World Cup Nations 2006    

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Human Geography

HungerWeb causes/solutions, research, fieldwork, policy, education, 50 facts on poverty
Zero Population Growth
US Census Bureau
Moss Side & Hulme
IOM Migration Site
UK City Guides
Population Council
Population Action International
People & the Planet
Virtual Tourist
ETSU - alternative energy (UK) energy efficiency, sustainable energy technology
NREL renewable clean energy, international initiatives, graphics, photos, links
Transport policy in Birmingham: www.birmingham.gov.uk/transportation
London's Congestion Charge - BBC Factfile
London's Congestion Charge - Wikipedia summary
London's Transport Strategy
Against London's Congestion Charge
BBC Panorama: Carmegeddon - The UK's Traffic Crisis (1999)
FACE: Farming And Countryside Education: An excellent resource profiling 9 contrasting UK farms
Details of Worcester's largest inner city redevelopment scheme - the Diglis Basin - Worcester News Article 1 and Article 2

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