GEOGRAPHY
EDUCATION RELATED SITES
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com
lesson
plans http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/lesson_plans/index.cfm
| All
subject areas | Geography
(North
American, World)
| Science
(Earth
science, Life
science, Physical
science) | Social
studies (Government
and economics, U.S.
history, World
history) | Reading
and writing | Animals
| Explorers
|
teacher
store http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/teacher_store/index.cfm
teacher
community http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/teacher_community/index.cfm
maps
& geography http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/maps_geography/index.cfm
online
adventure http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/online_adventures/index.cfm
The Mississippi Geographic Alliance HomePage : http://www.msstate.edu
/dept/geosciences/msga.html
For weather information : http://www.weather.com/education
National Hurricane Center : http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
(an excellent site with info on active storms, maps, graphics and historical
data)
FEMA for kids : http://www.fema.gov/kids
NGS Map Machine : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/maps
Geography Bee Participation and Dates : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/society/ngo/geobee/index.html
US
National Geography Standards : http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/xpeditions/main.html
Helping Your
Child Learn Geography (US Dept. of Education): - http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/index.html
Beginner's Guide to
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - http://info.er.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html
U.S Department of State : Geography Learning Site(GLS) http://www.state.gov
Earth Alert : http://www.discovery.com/news/earthalert/earthalert.html
(This site offers "daily updates on the state of the planet.")
The Population Reference Bureau has resources for K-12
teachers. For more
information or to order a catalogue : http://www.prb.org
Free outline maps can be found at : http://www.rohan.sdsu.edu/home/lukinbea
http://www/ncge.org for the National Council
for Geographic Education information which helps teachers instruct geography in
their classrooms.
