Geography

Map Reading Skills

Contours
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Learn to draw the cross section of a geological feature by studying the contours on a map with this interactive web application.

Six-figure grid references
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Can you accurately locate a six-figure grid reference on a map? Play this game to find out!

Ordnance Survey: pairs game 1
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A game to help your pupils remember the Ordnance Survey symbols. This game requires a good memory as well as knowledge of this subject area.

Ordnance Survey: pairs game 2
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Another game to help your pupils remember the Ordnance Survey symbols. This game requires a good memory as well as knowledge of this subject area.

Ordnance Survey: pairs game 3
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Yet another game to help your pupils remember the Ordnance Survey symbols. This game requires a good memory as well as knowledge of this subject area.

Six-figure grid references and O.S.map symbols: Quiz 1
Six-figure grid references and O.S.map symbols: Quiz 1 Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A game that tests your ability to identify the feature located at a given six-figure grid reference.

Six-figure grid references and O.S.map symbols: Quiz 2
Six-figure grid references and O.S.map symbols: Quiz 2 Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

Another game that tests your ability to identify the feature located at a given six-figure grid reference.

Bearings: Maps and scaled drawings
Bearings: Maps and scaled drawings Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

Learn to measure distances and draw bearings on a scaled drawing. (worksheet)

Drawing bearings
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This resource includes a teacher tool and a student-led game to teach pupils to accurately draw, measure and estimate a three figure bearing. Ideal for interactive whiteboards or tablets!

Estimating bearings
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This resource includes a teacher tool and a student-led game to teach pupils to accurately estimate a three figure bearing. Ideal for interactive whiteboards or tablets!

Coasts

Coastal features
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A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge. Click here for a slightly higher level quiz: Coastal features - higher

Longshore drift
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A sequence of animations showing the process of longshore drift.

Wave erosion
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A beautiful set of animations describing the various processes of wave erosion.

Caves, arches, stacks and stumps
Caves, arches, stacks and stumps Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A sequence of animations showing how coastal landforms are formed by wave erosion.

Cliff retreat and wave-cut platforms
Cliff retreat and wave-cut platforms Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A sequence of animations describing the process by which a wave-cut platform is formed.

Headlands and bays
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An application to show how headlands and bays form over time.

Coastal management: glossary games
Coastal management: glossary games Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge.

Coastal management: value line activity
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There are many different ways we can act to control coastal erosion. In this activity you must consider the different methods and then decide where they should be placed on a value line.

Coastal processes quiz
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A general knowledge quiz on the action of the sea and coastal landforms.

Six-figure grid references and map symbols: coastal features
Six-figure grid references and map symbols: coastal features Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A game that tests your ability to identify the coastal feature located at a given six-figure grid reference.

The UK coast line
The UK coast line Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A simple map showing the areas of the UK at risk to flooding in the event of a sea level rise due to global warming.

Ice on land

Glacial erosion
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A suite of animations showing the three main processes of glacial erosion: freeze-thaw weathering, plucking and abrasion.

Glacial features: glossary games
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A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge.

Formation of a corrie
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A sequence of animations depicting the gradual formation of a corrie, cirque or cwm.

Glacial landforms: labelling exercise
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Learn to identify the features of a landscape shaped by the action of glaciers with this labelling exercise.

Glacier budget
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An application to help you understand the glacier as a system of inputs and outputs. Discover how changes in the weather may affect its advance or retreat.

Water on land

River features: glossary games
River features: glossary games Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge. Click here for a slightly higher level quiz: River features - higher

Meanders and ox-bow lakes
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An animation to illustrate the formation of meanders and ox bow lakes.

Waterfalls and gorges
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A suite of animations illustrating how a gorge is formed as a waterfall retreats upstream.

Hydrological cycle: glossary games
Hydrological cycle: glossary games Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge.

The hydrological cycle
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A visual database showing the processes involved in the movement of water in the hydrological cycle.

Flood management: glossary games
Flood management: glossary games Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A compendium of games and activities to ensure you know the key-terms and their definitions: jigsaw puzzle, cloud-click quiz, hangman, anagrams and our ever popular froggy-spelling challenge.

Tectonic activity

Tectonic plate boundaries: 3D globe
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This amazing globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth and its tectonic plate boundaries.

Tectonic plate boundaries
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This interactive map shows you the major plates, their relative motion and the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes around the world.

Conservative boundaries and earthquakes
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A series of animations showing how the movement of tectonic plates at conservative boundaries produces earthquakes.

Types of volcano
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See how composite, shield, dome and cinder cone volcanoes are formed with this suite of animations.

Tectonics quiz
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A general knowledge quiz on tectonic activity.

The rock cycle
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Two drag 'n' drop activities to teach you all about the different types of rock and how they are formed.

Weather and climate

Precipitation: relief, convectional and frontal
Precipitation: relief, convectional and frontal Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

A beautiful series of animations illustrating the three main processes that result in precipitation.

Average yearly precipation: 3D globe
Average yearly precipation: 3D globe Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

This amazing globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth where each country is colour-coded based on its average yearly precipitation.

Depressing weather
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A beautiful resource that shows the changing weather conditions experienced by Old Man Beardy as a depression passes over.

Depressions
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A resource to explore the formation and development of a depression. It illustrates the gradual closure of the warm sector as the cold front undercuts the warm front to produce an occluded front.

Synoptic chart
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An application showing a synoptic chart.

Weather and climate quiz
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A general knowledge quiz on weather and climate.

World climate zones: 3D globe
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This amazing globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth with the global climate zones mapped across the landmasses.

World climate zones
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An application to illustrate the world's major climatic zones.

Climate types: glossary games
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A set of glossary games to help make sure you know the climate types and their descriptions.

Average land temperature: 3D globe
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This amazing globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth showing the average land temperatures across the world.

Industry

Geography bucket sort: types of industry
Geography bucket sort: types of industry Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

Is the word in the primary, secondary or tertiary industry? Guide it to the correct bucket.

Farming as a system
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An animated flow diagram illustrating the farm as a system in terms of inputs, processes, outputs and feedback.

GDP per capita: 3D globe
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This amazing globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth where each country is colour-coded based on its GDP per capita.

Population

The demographic transition model & population pyramids
The demographic transition model & population pyramids Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

Study how the population of a country changes as it develops by looking at trends in birth and death rate at each stage of the demographic transition model.

Megacities
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A fast-paced game that tests your ability to accurately locate the largest cities on the planet.

Amazing 3D globes

These 3D globes give a completely different perspective on population statistics. Each globe gives you a 3D view of the Earth where each country is colour-coded based on the population statistic you are viewing.
The population cartogram is a bit different- it gives you a fascinating view where each country is scaled so that it is proportional to the number of people living there!

General resources

3D interactive Earth globes
3D interactive Earth globes Tablet enabled - iPad | Android | more...

This stunning resource uses WebGL technology to create 15 different visualisations of Earth. Geographic, demographic and economic views include tectonic boundaries, climate zones, average temperature and precipitation, political maps, GDP per capita, population density, energy consumption, GINI index, fertility rate and population growth.

DR ABC - emergency response
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Would you know what to do in an emergency? Use this informative resource to make sure you do!

Timer
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A new improved timer that now includes a countdown timer as well as a standard timer. Some of the alarm sounds are not for those of sensitive disposition. The time is given in Hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second. Handy for timed tests, exams and activities.

Class minder
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A digital assistant that keeps an eye on your class on those rare occasions when you have to pop out.

Square breathing
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Feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed? Take yourself to a place of peace and calm in only five minutes with this tried-and-tested technique.