General Geography

• General Geographic Materials
  • Nation Master offers a wide variety of statistics on the nations of world, with charts and maps..
  • Geo-Sense "is an online, one-two player geography based game. You compete against an online opponent to place a city on a world/continent map as quickly and accurately as you can. It's fast paced and tends to keep kids interested while being educational."
  • geobee offers a daily quiz from the National Geographic based on past questions in the National Geography Bee.
  • Geography at About.Com offers a wealth of geographic-related materials.
  • GEOsources is a Canadian site devoted to educational information about geography.
  • Stratfor.com is a strategic information service offering up-to-date information on strategic world issues.
  • Fodor's offers information on the world.
  • Lonely Planet is the alternative traveler's guide.
  • Ten Risky Places by Mark Monmonier identifies places to be careful about.
  • World Climate offers a searchable database concerning world climatic information.
  • Connected Traveler is a traveler's magazine of the odd spots.
  • Wendy Chan, Photographer has great pictures of world spots.
  • Adventure Online takes teachers and students on learning adventures around the world.
  • Education @ nationalgeographic.com is the main gateway to educational activities at the National Geographic Society site.
  • STS-99 Images is the main index at NOAA to images from the STS-99 Mission. Great!
  • Geography Page is a source for educational geography information at InfoPlease.com's Homework Helper.
  • Xpeditions is a National Geographic Society web site offering family activities.
  • Discovery Channel School: Geography offers links to sites of interest to geography teachers.
• Academic Geography
  • National Council for Geographic Education has a number of resources for teachers of geography.
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• Canada's Geographical Names is a resource for finding places in Canada.
• Canadian Landscapes offers a landscape tour of Canada.
• Great Lakes Atlas is a tremendous resource...a complete online text exploring the Great Lakes and their issues.
• Toporama-Natural Resources of Canada offers clickable topographic maps of Canada.
• CBC is the web site for the Canadian Broadcasting Company.
• National Capital Freenet provides Canadian-based information from Ottawa.
• Emily Way's Canadiana Page offers a good set of Canadian links. Look for the link on the right of the page.
• Native Web is general source for information on Native-Americans.
• National Atlas of Canada offers some nice maps of Canada using a GIS base to change variables.
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States for great simple maps.
• Ecoregions and Other Things of North Dakota and South Dakota offers descriptions and photography of the eco-regions of North And South Dakota.
• Indianz.com aims to become a major site for the distribution of Native American-related news and information. [Recommended in NEA Today]
• Travels with Samantha is a trip around North America by Philip Greenspun.
• The Chemical Scorecard allows you to find information on a number of chemical pollution sites in the United States.
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• European Newspapers and Media on the Web in English is a separate part of this page.
• Holland is a tourist information guide to the Netherlands.
• Slovenia Home Page offers information and a tour of Slovenia.
• The Paris Pages provide a guide to the City of Lights.
• Ukrainian Icons provides a beautiful glimpse into the artistic and cultural past of the Ukraine.
• Ireland On-Line is a general on-line directory to various materials on Ireland
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• Asahi.com from Tokyo, Japan offers news from that country.
• Guide to Japan has a set of simple pages on life in Japan.
• How to Use Japanese-Style Bath. Shizuko Mishima explains the basics.
• NHK Radio Japan. Listen to radio Japan online in English and other languages.
• Haiku Explained offers simple help in writing haiku.
• BollywoodWorld covers the up-to-date news in the film industry of India.
• Planet Bollywood. Get into life with Bollywood.
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• Latin American Network is a source of Latin American materials and sites.
• Latin America Geographia offers information on tourist sites in the countries of Latin America.
• Costa Rica covers a variety of issues concerning the nature of Costa Rica.
• Belize Virtual Guide offers a tour of Belize.
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• The Living Africa is a student-created web site that mixes information,tours, and interactive materials. [See NEA Today, April 2000: 48 for a review]
• Arab Net offers a variety of information on the thirteen Arab nations.
• Maghreb.Net offer information on Morocco.
• Africa On-Line offers links to various African news sources.
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• NZ.com offers a guide to touring New Zealand.
• Australia is a great index for sites on Australia.
• Ogden's Pacific is a listing of home pages for the islands of the Pacific. SUPER
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• Power Point
  • Power Point FAQ provides basic information on using Power Point; from Wittenberg University.
• Sound
  • Classical MIDI Archives contains an extensive collection of classicla music MIDI files. Check the copyright notice prior to the use of any pieces.
  • MIDI Farm contains news on developments in the MIDI music area. Check the copyright requirements on each item.
• Graphics
  • Pardon My Icons is an off-beat source of great small icons. Check the copyright and use requirements for each item.
  • Randy's Icon and Image Bazaar is a good source of WWW icons, etc. Check for copyright and use requirements.
  • Barry's Clip Art Server. Check for copyright and use requirements.
  • The Amazing Picture Machine allows the finding of useful personal images with a simple search.
  • Webfx offers online processing of graphics for web page development.
• HTML
  • HTML Goodies provides an introduction to HTML, the coding used to create web pages.
  • RGB Hex Triplet Color Chart provides an easy to use color chart for the identification of RGB numbers. These are used to set the color of backgrounds, text, links, and used links. [URL Change, July 2001]
  • Mapedit creates image maps for your page. It can be downloaded from Doghouse Technologies at this site.

• Live Cams. The following are Live Cam sites selected for their educational value, as Americana or as showing cultural and environmental features.
  • North America
    • City Cam from San Francisco, California.
    • Beach Cam in Venice, California.
    • Pier Cam in Santa Monica, California.
• Central and South America
  • Live in Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Europe, Asia, Etc.
  • Western (Wailing) Wall in Jerusalem.
• Directory Sites to Web Cam and Radio Sites
  • Live Radio on the Internet offers a long list of web radio stations.