General Geography 114

Planet Earth

Globe Visualization Home Page - Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome.html?〈 =en&nav=1

GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary school-based science and education program.

Earth From Space - Astronauts' Views of the Home Planet
http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

A dataset of selected astronaut-acquired imagery of Earth - cities, earth landscapes, earth-human interactions, distinctive features, hurricanes and weather, Earth's water habitats, and geographic regions.

Photographic images from space provide a global perspective and show the limits of our world dominated by water and shielded from space by a thin atmosphere. From space, Earth is seen as a whole structure, the land, oceans, and atmosphere that provide our life-supporting environment.

EarthKAM
http://www.EarthKAM.ucsd.edu/

ISS EarthKAM is a NASA sponsored program that provides stunning, high quality photographs of our planet taken from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station.

Exploring Earth From Space
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/Exploring.Earth.From.Space/

This NASA educational lithograph set includes instructional materials and thirteen pictures of Earth taken from aboard the Shuttle as part of the NASA EarthKAM program. Available to download from the site in PDF format.

Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

A searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the Earth.

The Globe, the Map of the World, and the Atlas

Atlapedia Online
http://www.atlapedia.com/index.html

Contains full color physical and political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

CIA's World Fact Book
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

Yes, this is a site published by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. Includes extensive country profiles and reference maps.

Flags and Maps of the World
http://www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/kids/mow/

Map Machine - National Geographic
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

A collection of current and historical online maps of the world, continents and countries.

United Nations Cartographic Section - Maps and geographic information resources
http://www.un.org/Depts/Cartographic/english/index.htm

More than 100 general maps are currently available in PDF format for best display and print results. Also contains a list of countries, capital city, country code and country name of each member and non-member State in PDF format.

World Atlas.com THE LIST : featuring useful information on cities, continents, countries, dependencies, islands, landmass, longest rivers, major lakes, mountains, nations of the world, oceans and seas, overseas territories, two-letter abbreviations etc.
http://www.graphicmaps.com/geoquiz/thelist.htm

Topographic Maps, Road Maps, and City Plans

Topographic Mapping
http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/topo/topo.html

This site examines topographic mapping and the USGS in this changing cartographic world. It describes the topographic map, its use, its history, its production, and - in light of new technology and the digital mapping revolution - its potential.

Elements of Physical Geography

The Earthquake Hazards Program
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Offers frequently asked questions about earthquakes, research on earthquakes, & more. Visitors can follow recent seismic activity around the world, view hazard maps, or learn what a geophysicist does. (USGS)

Volcano World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

University of North Dakota site - contains sections on teaching and learning, interviews with volcanologists, Frequently Asked Questions section, volcano adventures and much more...

Elements of Human Geography

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/

Your Nation
http://www.your-nation.com/

Compare statistics for any two countries, rank countries by a statistic of your choice, or display a summary of a country.

Commission Scolaire des Affluents -Géographie générale (GÉO 114):
http://www.csaffluents.qc.ca/wsed/geo114index.html Géographie générale- Première secondaire - École secondaire Camille-Lavoie
http://www.chez.com/leprof/