Geography+websites

=Geography websites (including Geology and Astronomy)=

Create and share materials and resources for your subject: []
===Navigate your way around this site to find and use documentaries about your subject, transcripts are provided as well as class worksheets to go with them at Teacher Resources: http://www.pbs.org/teachers===

Carbon footprint calculator: easy to use example on the World Wildlife Fund website: http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/
===This is where you can go on 3D virtual tours of cities and famous places - wonderful panoramas and 360 degree views that you can control as if you are flying: http://www.airpano.com/List-Aerial-Panoramas.php===

Website with lesson plans, interactive resources and access to robotic telescopes: http://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/
===National Geographic programme on the cosmos: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey/ which is also available here with English subtitles: http://ororo.tv/en/shows/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey===

Astronomy: you can connect to the Gaia space telescope project which is scanning the skies for billions of stars and mapping them: https://www.gaia.ac.uk/alerts
=**More geography websites to explore:**=

[|www.educationworld.com]
=Youtube materials=

The Importance of mining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5JVYo5Mh2Y&feature=youtu.be
=Geography songs=

The Seven Continents Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP0YyyzY4Yg
=Online Geography dictionaries=

Free online geography dictionary and glossary: http://www.itseducation.asia/geography/
=FILMS which have some geography/geology/environment content=

Soylent Green (1973, Charlton Heston)
=Publisher websites=

Nelson Thornes http://www.nelsonthornes.com/aqagcse/
**Pearson: http://www.pearsonIS.com/EdexcelIGCSE** **Hodder Education: http://www.hoddereducation.com/Home.aspx**

Excellent clear description of science, including physics, biology, chemistry, and geology:"A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson, ISBN: 9780552997041
=Geography teaching books=

Complete Geography for Cambridge IGCSE (published by Cambridge University Press) by M Fretwell and D Kelly ISBN: 9780199129317
Astronomy picture slides

Astronomy powerpoint slides

=If you come across any other useful websites that you think could be added here, just email me at grahamworkman@aol.com=