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Organizations:
NGS - National Geographic Society Online
National Council for Geographic Education
Association of American Geographers
NCSS - National Council for the Social Studies
University of Hawaii Dept. of Geography
Hawaii Department of Education
Tropical Reforestations AND Ecosystems Education Center
Geography, in General:
Mission Geography Mission Geography is curriculum support materials that link the content, skills, and perspectives of Geography for Life: The National Geography Standards with the missions, research, and science of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
The Geo-Images ProjectThe Geo-Images Project attempts to make images (mostly photographs) that are useful in teaching geography more widely available using computers and the internet.
Afghanistan: Land in Crisis This site features up-to-date news, interactive maps, downloadable lesson plans, photo galleries, and archived NGS resources, such as a webcast lecture held at NGS headquarters.
GO.HRW.COM (World History Maps and Charts) A variety of maps and charts about topics related to World Hisory.
GO.HRW.COM (American History Maps and Charts) A collection of maps and charts divided into time periods, which relate to American History.
Geography WorldSite includes cultural and physical geography links.
Pacific WorldsThe Pacific Worlds, a web-based project created by Doug Herman, Ph.D., provides students with place-focused materials rich in cultural heritage and local viewpoint. It also provides standardized information for comparative investigation of the region.
U.S. Geological Survey For lesson ideas on volcanoes, caves, maps, etc., check the USGS website.
ABOUT.COM This site has many links to other sites. Some of the topics are agriculture, cartography, census data, climate, GIS, historical maps, teaching geography, world population. There is also a weekly geography quiz.
Helping Your Child Learn Geography The entire book is printed. Activities are written for ages 5 - 10 years old.
Geography in the News Neal Lineback writes "Geography in the News." There is usually a map that accompanies the article.
E.A.R.T.H. Sue Arsiga has been conducting geography lessons for grades 4-6. She is part of the Department of Education's TeleSchool. Take a look at her lesson plans for E.A.R.T.H.
Economics & Geography Lessons for 32 Children's Books These lessons were developed by Patricia King Robeson and Barbara Yingling from Maryland.
Lewis Armstrong's Electronic Resources for Geography Listed categories for this website are: Historical and Cultural Geography, Geography Resources, Page Building and Concepts, Geography Standards, Geography Resources, and Geographic Organizations.
The Internet Resources for Geographers by UT Austin offers links to categories such as: Journals, Professional Associations and Research Organizations, Map Collections, Geo-Spatial Datasets, Newsgroups and Listservers, and Educational Resources.
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names takes you to any place in the world. If multiple sites are available, you'll be able to view them. Latitude and longitude will be provided. Other descriptions are also available.
The Social Studies Education: Expect Excellence lists geography resources. They include links to physical geography, cultural geography, cartography/maps, pages for students, pages for teachers, and other general geography links.
Being a Tourist/Getting Geographic Tourist informationBeing a tourist website is an interactive and informative site to research about different communities that you would like to visit or look at.
Maps & EarthView:
The Earth as Art Web site is a 30-year archive (created by a scientific partnership between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey) of satellite imagery that provides an invaluable historical record that helps us understand and protect our home planet.
Mapquest: Worldwide coverage for maps and directions.
Map Blast: If you want a street map of your community, go to this site.
Latitude and Longitude to find the latitude, longitude, and distance between two places.
Maps & References This site offers a compilation of internet sites to some of the map and reference resources available on the WWW.
Mapping By HeartThis is an interactive and informative resource which includes links, tools, maps, and book lists for teachers.
Find Names And Locations of PlacesThis site distributes information from the geography nameserver database on locations within the United States.
Interactive Topographic Maps (US) The topozone is an interactive map site for topographic map users and outdoor recreation enthusiasts.
American Memory - Library Of CongressThis site has Americana and cartographic treasures of the Library of Congress. These images were created from maps and atlases and, in general, are restricted to items that are not covered by copyright protection.
Agencies:
World Resources Institute (WRI)World Resources Institute displays data about categories like human and environmental conditions.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA-FACTBOOK)The CIA factbook displays facts about various countries in categories such as geography, people, government, economy, community, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
National Aeronautic And Space Agency (NASA)This is an information and interactive website on aeronautics.
National Oceanic And Atmospheric AgencyThis website gives information on charting & navigating, climate, coasts, fisheries, ocean research, research lab, satellites, and weather.
Population Reference Bureau (PRB)Population Reference Bureau website displays statistics about categories like immigration and world population.
United Nations This is an easy to use database that views and compares most-up to date statistical data for member states of the United Nations.
United States Census BureauThis website is used to identify people, business, geography, and news on data.
United States Department Of Agriculture (USDA)USDA website is an informational agricultural factbook.
United States State DepartmentThis is an informational website for teachers and students on the history of diplomacy, government, and the different embassies around the world.
World Wildlife Organization (WWO)WWO website is an informational and interactive site for teachers and students to learn about world wildlife and lands.
United States Geological Survey, National Atlas Of The United StatesUSGS website delivers easy to use digital map-like views of America's natural and sociocultural landscapes.
Library of Congress Country StudiesSite contains on-line versions of books previously published in hard copy by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress.
United States:
National Parks Live! Students take an Internet Tour of the United States National Parks. There are many links that go with the activities.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Home Page Gives links to the different departments. i.e. wetlands, migratory birds, endangered species, protecting habitat.
Foreign Embassies Information on all of the Foreign Embassies of Washington D.C is included at this site.
Internet Resources for Geography and Geology Education Index One of the sections is the Multimedia Resources. From here you can link to sites such as Washington the Way it Was: Photographs or Cities-Buildings Archives around the world.
The U.S. Geological Survey provides the Nation with information to describe and understand the Earth. Included are topics on biology, geology, mapping and water. Resources for teachers are available for viewing and ordering.
Volcanoes:
Volcano World Premier site for volcano information.
Earthquake Information Check out the latest volcanoes at the USGS site.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Read about Hawaii's volcanoes.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS):
Geography Matters! GIS Touches All Our Lives, Everyday See how important GIS is and how it is used throughout your day.
Teaching with GIS This site has great ideas for incorporating GIS in the classroom. It has links to many resources that will help you as you start teaching with GIS.
Explore Your World You may download lessons from this site.
Community Atlas Project The Community Atlas is a project that your students can apply GIS. Check out the ESRI site for further information and online projects that students have completed.
GIS Lounge Other K-12 GIS websites can be found from this site.
Geography Assessment
NAEP Geography -- Geography 2001 Results reports National achievement scores for grades 4, 8, and 12 in geography.
Alternative Geography Assessment Items - Illinois provides teachers with 54 alternative assessment items that can be copied and used to measure student knowledge of important physical and human geography concepts and principles.
Geography and Assessment - Texas includes summaries of the units each workshop participant developed and a copy of the complete unit in Adobe .pdf files.
Sample Standards-Based Geography Assessment provides samples of geography assessment according to national standards.
General Sites on Classroom Assessment
Grades vs. formative assessment includes links of Classroom Assessment Techniques.
Student work samples provides student work samples with teacher commentary.
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Rubrics includes a collection of rubrics for formative and summative assessments.
Collection of Assessment Strategies describes and analyzes a particular type of assessment strategy, then lists sources of further information. Following those discussions, samples show how each type of strategy might be used at various grade levels.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Classroom Assessment Teachers share their strategies for assessing their student's work and their teaching.
AP Geography:
AP Geography - For information on AP Human Geography, you may want to check this site out. Included are lesson plans developed by teachers.
AP Human Geography will be offered for the first time as a course in the year 2000 with the first examination scheduled for May 2001. This collegeboard website describes the course and exam for AP Human Geography.
Web Activities for Students:
Test Your Geography Skills Geography trivia questions for kids. A CIA site.
Mission: Biomes gives pictures and descriptions of seven different biomes. Explore and analyze the images in a fun way.
Geography from SpaceThe National Air & Space Museum has quizzes for students to test their geographic knowledge.
The GeoNet Game is based on the national geography standards for grades 4 and up.
Hawaii Education & Research Network (HERN) - Hawaii Geographic Alliance Project
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