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Geography Resources At Home
We have compiled some of our team's tried and tested resources for learning more about geography. If you have any resources that your family have found particularly useful then please contact us by emailing lisa@writeplacemedia.co.uk
- National Geographic Kids contains lots of engaging geography resources for primary aged children and is curriculum aligned and the You Tube channel has many different videos on relevant subject matters relating to geography
- The Royal Geographical Society have designed a unit of resources relating to the physical and human environments of the United Kingdom.
- The Mapzone tool supported by Ordnance Survey is a fantastic interactive way to introduce kids to map skills
- Kids World Travel Guide is a simple, informative website giving kid-friendly facts from around the world
- World Geography Games has quick and easy games for helping young students with countries, flags, capital cities and oceans
- The Tutorful website has compiled a list of useful educational geography resources
- The cross-curricular BBC Bitesize series of programmes has a regular series of geographic activities and learning materials as well as these specific sites for key stage 1 and key stage 2
- The BBC Teach site has some resources related to Go Jetters for Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 children
- The EarthCam website has links to many different locations around the world including landmarks, volcanoes, towns and cities,
- The Teach Primary website has some great ideas for how you can use Google Earth for key stage 1 and 2 children for activities at home
- Popular CBeebies show Go Jetters has a great minisite with games, songs and quizzes for young primary age children. You can also view any of the episodes directly on BBCiPlayer
- The excellent Twinkl home education site has home education resources covering geographical topics for all stages, including some free downloads. All downloads are available with a Twinkl membership, but you can also access a free trial
- Oxford Owl at home have written an article about the geography curriculum and how parents can support their child's learning at home.
- BBC Bitesize has a full set of videos and articles to support geography learning at home
- The excellent Our Planet site gives children an opportunity to explore the world with its interactive tool and spot landmarks and historical changes
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