Google Earth

A truly amazing download which combines satellite imagery, maps and terrain to let you view the world's geography at the click of a mouse. Fly to your address or now you can even view the night sky. It can help children understand what a map view is.

Owl and Mouse Interactive Maps

Free good quality maps, to print out, of countries and every continent of the world. Excellent interactive maps where you roll over the countries to see country names and capital cities.

Location

An excellent site with interactive activities relating to positional language. Parents can use the site to help their child learn the language of where things are placed and the site also lends itself well to use on an interactive whiteboard.

Practical Action Schools

Free STEM resources for teachers include lesson plans, PowerPoints, activities, posters, challenges, images, videos and games all set around global issues including energy, climate change and disaster risk reduction.

Barnaby Bear

Superb activities and a delightful story based around Barnaby Bear who is well known in infant schools in England.

Christian Aid Learn

Find free downloadable resources, including assemblies, classroom activities and simulation games, covering a wide range of global issues. Arrange visits from volunteer teachers to your school or youth group.

The Ballad of Lisa the Lemur

Lemurs are in danger as rainforests disappear. Listen to the song about Lemurs and see what is happening as rainforests are destroyed.

MetLink

Teaching resources for teaching weather and climate in schools.

CAFOD Kidzzone

Real life stories and photographs from children in developing countries. Read about life in different countries in Africa, Bangladesh and Peru. There are games to play and a 'Things to Do' section.

What is Weather?

'Nice weather we're having!' But what does it mean? Explore the seven main weather elements such as wind direction and force, temperature, sunshine and more. Find out how weather affects people. Useful Flash movies.