Thursday, September 10, 2009

Free Poverty

FreePoverty - Knowing Helps
By playing this game on FreePoverty.com, each answer you get correct, 10 cups of water will be donated.
Every day, at least 30,000 people around the world die from poverty; most of whom are under five years of age. They die because they are undernourished, and do not have enough food or water to survive. More than 800 million people go hungry every day. This is 13% of the world population. How can you help? By playing this game on FreePoverty.com, each answer you get correct, 10 cups of water will be donated. Somewhere in the world, someone will receive it. And it will make a difference to their day.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Geography Matters

Friday, December 26, 2008

Video for Change

Monday, December 22, 2008

Renewable Energy Resources

Learning About Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Environmental Literacy; energy
Green Planet Energy
Project Photos
Trading Card Project

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

GeoEye Satellite View

See a satellite gallery of various sites, natural disasters, natural landforms, volcanoes, cities and many more

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Minature Earth Video

Watch this video!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Environmental Current Events

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Geography : Right Here, Right Now

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Make Interactive Flashcards

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Waymarking

Discover interesting points of interest around the globe. Lots of categories to choose from.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Current Events on the Globe

Click on the different spots on the globe to read and hear audio of a current event from NPR

Track the Storms!

Track current storm disturbances or search for information on past storms. This site tracks where the storm will be hour by hour and by days

Charity Water

See how a man celebrated his birthday month by donating money to drills water wells around the world so that people have access to clean water

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Water Quiz

Take the water quiz

Disaster Simulations

Test your ability to manage a disaster. Created by the United Nations

Food Force

Games created by the United Nations to help students understand world issues

FreeRice

Play the vocabulary game and grains of rice are donated through the United Nations food program

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Nationmaster

Country comparisons using graphs, maps. Huge database of world statistics. Reference site contains country statistics, maps, flags, graphs and pie charts.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Green Planet Search

Environmental search engine

Zipskinney

Type in a zip code for anywhere in the United States, and you immediately get information from the 2000 Census, along with a map of the area. Not only that, you can also compare the data with neighboring zip codes.

Hot Pads

This site allows you to identify cities and neighborhoods on a map, and then lets you choose key demographic data. It then shows the data visually on a shaded map, along with a map key.

Travel Challenge

Try this challenge!

Your Footprint on the World!

How environmental friendly are you?

Nations Illustrated

This site has over 7,000 photos from all over the world.

Geography Challenge

How good are you? Take the challenge

Finding Our Place in the World

Learn more about maps and mapmaking as you explore the pages, each featuring one of the seven sections of the exhibition.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Planetfesto

Be part of a movement to spread a virtual ribbon around the world.
Conservation and preservation of our Earth is the focus

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The World Without Humans

Wonder what the world would be like without humans? Check out this video

Exploring Antarctica

Amazing resource about the largest frozen desert. Slideshows and awesome photos!

Interactive Map

Use this interactive map to display all kinds of information, conflicts around the globe, food shortages and many more.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Geographia- World Travel Destinations

Information on the various regions and countries of the world

Lonely Planet

Use this Site for country information

Sunday, March 9, 2008

The World Bank

The World Bank's mission is to end global poverty and the improve living standards.
This site gives economic information on the conditions and issues of the world's countries.

United Nations Website for Students


Resources about global conditions. Country statistics, UN intro, news center, webcasts, and simulations of world issues

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Geography Matters video

Check out this cool video. It proves what Mrs. Basilio, Mr. O'Connell, and Mr. Little always say....Geography matters !!!!

Population Data From Around the World

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Learning About Renewable Energy

Great resource

Renewable Energy Resources

US Department of Energy website

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

GeoJuice

GeoJuice is an image bank, designed to celebrate the geography of our planet. Find great images of locations across the globe.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

epaedia/ environment explained

Excellent resource for the environment and our global issues

Saturday, November 10, 2007

Earthpulse

National Geographic home for conservation.

Environmental Protection Agency

PORTAL TO EPA ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
Informative environmental site.

Environmental Literacy for Students

Get homework help and learn more about environmental topics like energy use, climate change, and recycling

Clean Air, Soil, and Water

U.S. Department of Energy fact site

Soil-Net.com

Learn the facts about soil and what threatens the world's soils.

World Wildlife Global Challenges

Website of the World Wildlife Foundation

National Geographic

National Geographic's environmental page

State of the Environment

United Nations Environment Programme.
Excellent site which provides key facts and challenges regarding our environment.

Saving Tomorrow's World

CyberschoolBus site
Saving tomorrow's world
Our environment is fragile -- it needs to be looked after.

Depletion-Conservation of Natural Resources

Find a variety of links regarding the depletion and conservation of our natural resources. Great Site !

What is Global Warming

The Planet is heating up. Find out more at this National Geographic site.

Project Photos

Photos for natural resource project.
Don't forget to cite the source!

Global Environment

An overview of our global environment.

Greenguide

What can we do to protect our resources and our future? Find out how you can make a difference.

Rainforest Threat

Read what is happening to the world's rainforest

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Geography IQ

GeographyIQ.com
Online world atlas packed with geographic, economic, political, historical and cultural information.

GovSpot

GovSpot.com
A resource for anyone exploring the Web for government information

Altapedia

Altapedia Online
Includes physical maps, political maps, key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

Country Profiles

Detailed information on countries of the world

People and Places

National Geographic People and Places website

World Bank Countries and Regions

Browse and research by region. Includes current events as well as country data.

Country Watch

Up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.

World Fact Book 2007

Facts about all the countries of the world
Gives information that includes geography, people, government, economy, communication, transportation, culture, and current issues

United Nations Cyberschoolbus

A great selection of sites created by the United Nations
Includes nation studies, introduction to the United Nations, webcasts, and United Nations programs to end poverty, clean water issues, world hunger and more......

Map Practice

Great site for practicing your map skills

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Country Watch

CountryWatch is an information provider for corporations, government agencies, universities, schools, libraries and individuals needing up-to-date news and information on each of the recognized countries of the world.

Geohive

Great site for global statistics

Visual Geography Series

One stop resource for country specific research

World Atlas.com

A great geography site for lists of the longest....tallest....most populuated