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The Geography Site

A brilliant resource for anyone interested in geography. A combination of original teaching resources, some of which are online lessons, and carefully selected weblinks. Ideally suited to GCSE students and teachers in the UK.

14-16 year olds
Pupils

Learn about the Weather

Learn about weather phenomena including clouds, rain and snow, with these excellent videos and animations from the UK Met Office. They are YouTube videos so will not be accessible in all schools but they are ad free.

9-14 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

GCSE Bitesize - Geography

Don't wait until revision time to see what's on offer on here. Most GCSE and Standard Grade topics are examined: Cities, Coasts, Economic Activity, Ecosystems, Tectonics, Population and Development, Water and Rivers, and Weather and Climate.

14-16 year olds
Pupils

Reservoir Safety Teacher's Guide

A water safety teacher's guide which links to videos that can be used to deliver key messages around water safety, together with suggested additional activities to aid learning around the topic.

7-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Spider Web Art Project

A great art idea for a minibeast or Halloween project. It's a water-colour resist spider.

5-8 year olds
Pupils

A Walk Through Time - The Evolution of Time Measurement

This presentation traces the history of time keeping from the earliest clocks to present day. It explains ancient calendars and time zones.

11-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Winsor and Newton Guides

Hints and techniques to enable you to explore your artistic abilities with water colours, oils, acrylics, pastels and colour mixing.

11-18 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

Materials

A BBC Bitesize resource with 4 learner guides and 17 class video clips on topics such as heating and cooling materials, why we use different materials, which materials dissolve in water and recycling and its effect on the environment.

5-7 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

WaterAid

WaterAid works in countries in Africa and Asia helping local people provide water and sanitation. There is a wealth of teaching and learning resources.

7-16 year olds
Teachers, Pupils

The Microbe Zoo

Informative and visually appealing site about microbes. Covers the positive and negative effects of microbes in agriculture, on animals including people, in water and in the air. Play the Safari game to hunt for microbes.

7-11 year olds
Pupils
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