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These pages are general and specific resources that can be of use to students that are taking a Geography course.  Please email me if you have a good suggestion for a geography resource site for this page.

Useful Resources

• School Zone - a general site from which you can search links to other Geography sites.
• S-cool.co.uk - basic revision notes which can be used as an easy checklist.
• Times Educational Supplement - general searchable site for teachers.
• Active Map of UK Universities and Higher Educational Institutions – follow the links to find Geography courses around the UK.
• A Research Guide for Students – search tool to help gather secondary source material for Geography essays and projects.
• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• CIA World Fact Book – most comprehensive database of country specific facts on the web.
• The Internet Public Library
• Geography Dictionary / Glossary for Students – over 1600 Geography words and terms defined for high school and undergraduate students.

Awesome resource: World Maps: Political, Physical, Satellite, Africa, Asia, Europe at geology.com. Comprehensive country facts linked to maps and satellite imagery.

• i-study – useful links in the reading and articles column.
• IB Geography Syllabus IB Geography Syllabus (Word Document).
• Revision Notes: IB Geography IB Geography Notes. Not complete.
• IB Geography Notes Geography notes. Not complete.
• Geography: IB Higher Notes Geography notes.
• www.gtasa.asn.au is the site of the Geography Teacher's Association of South Australia. This site contains support material such as a glossary, image bank and links to IB notes and IB revision notes (although these are links to other sites and the quality is not as good as it could be, and naturally not necessarily specific to what is taught by each centre).
  
• http://ibgeog.wikispaces.com/ - Contains a selection of information that is directly relevant to both students and teachers of IB, including list of skills, assessment criteria, coursework information and so on. Also has a course outline with some links for some of the topics, which can be used to build activities around. Very clear - especially useful for schools just starting the IB as it includes outline of assessment process and skills required by students.
  
• www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REVgeography.htmfeatures a list of links which relate to all parts of the syllabus. Excellent gateway.
  
• www.geoworld.co.uk provides excellent ideas and activities designed to encourage students to develop their thinking skills. Pitched at UK Key Stage 3.
  
• www.pupilvision.com/mainframe.htm has won many awards and has information relevant to any geography course. It is aimed at teachers rather than students.
  
• www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org is a Royal Geographical Society site which selects news stories related to geography. A great way to illustrate an topic with contemporary material or to start a discussion.
  
• www.nationmaster.com is a great resource that allows for comparison of a wide range of statistics.
  
• www.geoimages.berkeley.edu is a bank of images which can be used to illustrate a range of physical geography topics.
  
• www.georesources.co.uk - although designed for the British National Curriculum, this site has a whole range of relevant pages - photos, case studies, teacher resources, outline maps, etc.
  
• www.geographypages.co.uk– massive resource of info, notes and links. UK based but good for all.
• Geography quizzes - A great source of geo general knowledge quizzes which run against the clock (Jetpunk.com)

IB Resource Links

The following links contain a collection of subject specific resource links for IB and other students studying different subjects

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