World Geography

World Geography
General Geog Sites	Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapters 4-5	Chapter 6
Chapters 7-9	Ch. 11-15: USA	Ch. 16: Canada
Ch. 23-26: W. Europe	Ch. 28-31: Russia and N. Eurasia	Ch. 32-34:Middle East
Ch. 42: China..	Ch. 43: Japan/Korea	Ch. 49-50: Australia, N.Z, Antarctica

General Geography Sites to Visit and Use
Your Hometown: A teen perspective (Nat. Geog lesson creating a website)	"What is the capital of" (Great list of quizzes and study guides)	Geography World (Games, etc..)
Blank outline maps and info of every country.	Huge archive of games, quizzes, etc.	Lesson on 5 Themes of Geography
World Atlas.com (Incredible site of maps, current times, everything!	AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS- or less: A virtual trip	Huge source of global projections
World Population Clock with updated pop.	World Time-zone map with current times	Country Watch.com Huge resource of info for every country

Chapter 1
The 5 Themes of Geography	Create a Map	Unbelievably cool site of views of the earth from outer space, live!!
NASA Digital Web Map Viewer	S.S School Service: An Intro to maps and globes:lesson	Interactive Map Quizzes
Map / Globe games, quizzes, etc.	Map Projections Lesson Plan from National Geog.	Animals vs. People: Who are better Navigators? Nat. Geog. Lesson Plan on Mental maps
Map Machine site	Mapmaker, mapmaker, make me a map site

Chapter 2
Sunrise/sunset at Arctic Circle	Seasons: Why it's essential (Nat. Geog lesson)

Chapter 3
What forces affect our Weather	Earth's Atmosphere	Permafrost
Cool interaction of Greenhouse Effect	Orographic Effect (Graphic)	Remote Sensor Activity
What's up with the weather? Nat. Geog lesson	Great Plains: A harsh welcome to settlers (Nat. geog lesson on adapting to environment)

Chapter's 4+5
Plate Tectonics	Plate Tectonics / Contintental Drift animation	Hydrologic Cycle Graphic
EXCELLENT Plate Tectonics site!!	Good Water Cycle graphic	The Ring of Fire (Nat. Geog lesson)

Chapter 6
Biomes (Pics..)	Biomes (Very good)	More great Biome examples
Demonstrations: Rotation and Revolution	Ecosystem/biome examples

Chapter 7-9
6 Billion and Beyond: Great PBS population site	Earth trends: The Environmental Information Portal	Population links
Nat. Geo. Lesson Plan: Through the eyes of a refugee	National Geog. Lesson Plan: Oil and Water in the Middle East	Nat. Geog. Lesson Plan: What makes a group? (Ethnicity)
Culture Shock: Nat. Geog. Lesson	Cultural symbols and the characteristics of a place: Nat. Geog. Lesson	Why do People Move? (Nat. Geog lesson)
Human Migration within and into the US (Nat. geog lesson)	Pop. Issues in China and India Nat. Geog lesson

Chapters 11-15: United States
Maps of S.D.	States and Capitals game	A look at the Pop. Density of the USA: National Geog. Lesson Plan
Defining regions of the US: Nat. Geog. Lesson Plan	Physical Processes in shaping places: Nat. Geog. Lesson	Great USA tourism site for multiple spots in the US

Chapter 16: Canada
Matching game	quiz game	Capitals Games
Games, quizzes, puzzles, trivia

Chapters 28-31: Russia and Northern Eurasia
Welcome to the New Russia	Lenin Internet Archive	Modern History: Stalin
Russian Revolution:1917	Fallout from Chernobyl (Nat. Geog lesson)	Who pays when a sea disappears? (Nat. geog lesson on Aral Sea)
The Aral Sea: What happens to whom? (Nat. Geog lesson)	Map of the Kremlin and Red Square

Chapters 23-26: W. Europe
European Adventure: A group project	Games quizzes, Puzzles, trivia

Chapters 49-50: Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica
Destination Australia: Lonely Planet	Games, puzzles, quizzes, trivia	States capitals
Great Barrier Reef Nat. Geog Lesson	Cool page with didgeridoo music, etc.	Australia Tourism site

Chapter 43: Japan/Korea
Japan Atlas (great!)	Interactive History of the Kimono	Cool interactive Nature map
Good Shinto site	Very good Resource page on Japan	Asia for Educators

Chapters 32-34: Middle East
Pilgrimage to Mecca: The Hajj lesson	Daily Life in the Middle East Lesson Plan from Nat. Geographic

Chapter 42:China, Taiwan...
Asia for Educators	China National Tourist office