Geography Social Studies School Time

Geography is the study of earth and its features. This category lists sites that provide information or educational activities related to geography for children and teenagers.

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• Mr. S's Humanities Club - Includes information about mountains, rivers, weather, Greece, links and software reviews.
  
• Geo Game - Offers adventures from around the globe.
  
• Lesson Tutor - Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
  
• City Population - Statistics and maps about the major population clusters of the world. Also information about the capitals and principal cities of many countries. In English and German.
  
• Geography - Merriam-Webster's Atlas - Shares maps and geographical information about states and countries.
  
• My Wonderful World - Think about geography as a part of your everyday life. Get the most out of the world with tips and tools, and download your own action kit.
  
• Great Circle Mapper - Shows great circle path between specified points on the globe with an aviation focus.
  
• BBC Schools - Geography (11-16) - List of geography websites for 11-16 year old students, including games and activities and resources for teaches and parents.
  
• Climate Zone - Climate information for cities and countries all over the world
  
• Sheppard Software - Geography Games - Offers games which test geography of the world. Country names are spoken and brief descriptions are provided.
  
• Barnaby Bear - Join Barnaby Bear on virtual tours of various parts of the world.
  
• World Trivia Web Quizzes - Learn fascinating facts about world countries. Each quiz selects 10 world trivia facts at random from a total set of 480.
  
• Country Scorecard - Choose a country and find statistics about its population, area, economy, health, and education. Includes images of flags.
  
• BBC Barnaby Bear - Where in the world is Barnaby Bear? Games, stories, photographs and a scrapbook.
  
• GeoNet Kid's Place - Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
  
• Berkeley Geo-Images Project - A photo library that is useful in geography more widely available using computers and the internet.
  
• Great Circle Calculator - Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
  
• CIA - The World Factbook - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
  
• Test your Geography Knowledge - Contains quizzes on maps of continents, countries, and states.
  
• Library of Congress - Country Studies - Find in-depth information about everything from geography to weather, from government to religion, for more than 100 countries. Prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
  
• Distinctive Geography of the Earth - Identifies the biggest, highest, deepest, lowest, tallest, longest, and most populous countries, landmasses, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains, and land surface depressions on Planet Earth.
  
• ThinkQuest - Geography & Travel - Winning entries from the international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites.
  
• UN Cyberschoolbus - Country at a Glance - Learn basic information about countries all over the world by clicking on a country name to get basic facts about its geography, language, economy, and so forth. From the United Nations.
  
• GeoQuiz - Online geography quiz. Topics are shapes and locations countries, regions, places, national flags, capitals and others. Requires free registration.
  
• Atlantic Ocean - Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
  
• Enchanted Learning - Geography - Collection of geography pages, printouts and activities for students.
  
• Geographia - Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
  
• Bermuda Triangle - Information about myths, legends, and folklore surrounding this phenomenon.
  
• Photo Diaries and Sketches - View photos taken from around the world during Robert Bremec's travels. Includes slideshow feature.
  
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
  
• Countries of the World - Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
  
• Countries Quest - Features articles about different countries organized by continent. Offers information on natural resources, people, arts, economy, government, and history.
  
• The Greatest Places - Explore seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth. Learn about the Imax film, add your own favorite place, get a Greatest Places image, or check out the question of the week.
  
• National Geographic - GeoBee Challenge - Online game changes every day with ten new geography questions.
  
• BBC Schools - Geography (4-11) - List of geography websites for 4-11 year old students, including games and activities and resources for teaches and parents.
  
• BBC Landscapes of Scotland - Develop map skills while exploring the highlands, central lowlands and islands of Scotland.
  
• World in the Balance - Based on the NOVA educational TV program. Articles cover topics such as human consumption, sustainable population rate, and the impact of the average age within a country. Page includes people counter, photos, quizzes, and maps.
  
• Euratlas: Physical atlas - Interactive map of Europe locating mountains, rivers, countries, and towns. Includes a map with links to photographs of the featured locations.
  
• About.com: Geography - Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
  
• World Monuments Map Puzzle - Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents. Requires Windows 95, 98 or 3.1.
  
• Where is That - Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
  
• Drive Around the World - Learn about this ambitious project to travel around the globe in order to raise money for Parkinson's disease research. Includes interactive map, daily journals, photos, and geographical facts.
  
• Geography 20G - Provides a wide variety of information on regions of North America. Also project planners and homework schedules for the author's class.
  
  

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