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  • Geography at Home

    How can you help at home?

    National Geographic for Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

    Up to date weather forecasts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather

    Activities, games and stories about Barnaby Bear's travels for KS1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear

    Newsround world current events: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround  

    KS2 geography support materials: http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/E/essentials/geography/qmenu.shtml

     Environmental themes: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/fun/?lang=_e

     Mapping: http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/index.html

    Local street maps: http://www.upmystreet.co.uk/

    Street maps: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/

    Online mapping site which includes eye level 'Streetview': http://maps.google.co.uk/

    Maps resized to show population sizes, income, etc: http://www.worldmapper.org/

    Distant locations: http://www.globaleye.org.uk/

    Global citizenship issues: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/kidsweb/index.htm

    Distant locality studies: http://www.actionaid.org.uk/

    Images

    The Geography Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographical photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=41689877

    Photographic images of countries which can be selected by continent, then by country: http://www.travel-images.com/

    UK, Europe and USA images: http://www.freefoto.com/

    Panoramic images: http://www.panoramas.dk/