 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Educational Links for
Geography Teachers
(Michelle Mok)
These links focus on assisting grade 9 to 12 geography teachers in Ontario, but are useful to anyone studying geography. The links are organized into the five ‘strands’ of the new Ontario Curriculum for geography. A selection of links explaining the curriculum is provided, as well as links to lesson plans and activities. Teachers, organizations, companies, and publishers have produced all sites, and the course the link is useful for is given.
Curriculum:
Ontario’s
Ministry of Education site provides secondary school curriculum for all disciplines
including Geography, categorized under Canadian and World Studies.
The site discusses material covered in grades 9 to 12 geography courses,
as well as learning objectives. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/
The Ontario Curriculum
Centre site provides information on the new geography curriculum, as well as
course profiles, textbooks used for each course, units of study, and learning
objectives. http://www.curriculum.org/occ/occindex.htm
Natural Resources Canada
provides this site of Canadian landscapes and landforms. The site supplies photographs, maps, and information
on various types of landscapes and landforms. http://sts.gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/page1/landf/canada.htm
Grade 9: Geography of Canada.
Environment Canada provides
this primer on climate site to explain what climate is and how it works, as
well as what climate change is, and its impacts. http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/primer/sec-3.htm
Grade 11: Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes, and Interactions.
Parks
Canada provides this site of the terrestrial ecozones of Canada. The site provides maps, as well as descriptions
of landforms, climate, and biodiversity for ecozones within Canada. http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/natress/inf_pa1/ECO_DES/ECOZONES/ZONE_00E.HTM
Grade 9: Geography of Canada.
This
Parks Canada site provides information on parks in Canada, history of parks,
conservation issues, policies and reports, and provides numerous links. http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/np/np_e.htm
Grade 11: Regional Geography: Travel and Tourism.
This
site is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau and provides population pyramids
for every country. The site gives students
insight into population distribution as well as spatial patterns. http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
Grade 9: Geography of Canada.
This
site provides users with access to hundreds of communities’ located throughout
Canada. Municipal websites as well as
provincial and federal websites are listed.
http://www.ageofreason.com/proj.htm
Grade 9: Geography of Canada.
This National Library of Canada website provides historical maps of Canada from 1783 to 1905 along with useful information on the changing face of Canada. http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/confed/maps.htm Grade 9: Geography of Canada.
This
site provides information, photos, and descriptions of soils in Canada. The site also provides links to other soil
related sites. http://quarles.unbc.ca/nres/soc/soc.htm
Grade 11: Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes, and Interactions.
Human-Environment
Interactions:
This site provides information
on Canada’s Boreal Forest, and is aimed at Canadian high school students.
The site provides modules that students can work through, and cover topics
including the global ecosystem, disturbances, threats and impacts, sustainable
development, and maps. http://atlas.gc.ca/legacy/schoolnet/issues/borealnet/b_contents/content.htm
Grade 9: Geography of Canada, Grade 11: The America’s: Geographic
Patterns an Issues, Grade 11: Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes, and Interactions,
and Grade 12: The Environment & Resource Management.
The International Development
Research Centre provides information on Water Demand Management in North Africa
and the Middle East. The site provides
information on the program, publications, links, reports, background information,
objectives, and research activities. http://www.idrc.ca/waterdemand/
Grade 12: World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions,
and Grade 12: The Environment and Resource Management.
The
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade provide this site with
information on Sustainable Development. Topics
covered include economic prosperity, social development, and environmental protection.
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/sustain/SustainDev/overview-e.asp
Grade 11: The America’s: Geographic Patterns and Issues and
Grade 12: Canadian & World Issues: A Geographic Analysis.
This
Green Peace site provides information on the history of the East Coast Fisheries,
as well as the events leading up to the collapse of the fisheries, and a discussion
on lessons learned from these events. http://www.greenpeace.org/~comms/cbio/cancod.html
Grade 12: The Environment & Resource Management and Grade
12: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis.
Methods of Geographic
Inquiry:
This USGS site describes what G.I.S. is, how it works, what is special about it, and applications. The site also provides useful G.I.S. links. http://www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html Grade 12: Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action and Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit.
This USGS site focuses
on mapping, and includes a teacher’s guide and activities with related handouts.
Themes covered include the idea of place and region, and relationships
between humans and their environment. http://info.er.usgs.gov/education/teacher/what-do-maps-show/index.html
Grade 9: Geography of Canada and Grade 11: Geographics: The
Geographer’s Toolkit.
The Canada Centre for
Remote Sensing site provides an education centre containing tutorials for students,
information on remote sensing, satellite images of Canada, a glossary, and a
list of useful links. http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/
Grade 12: Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action and Grade 11:
Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit.
The ESRI Canada site provides
a special education section that contains information including what G.I.S.
is, applications, information on the schools program, as well as access to G.I.S.
lesson plans for k-12 students. http://www.esricanada.com/
Grade 12: Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action and Grade 11:
Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit.
This
site provides information on countries around the world, and contains information
on cartography and G.I.S. http://www.kidsvista.com/socialstudies/geography.html
Grade 12: World Geography: Human Patterns & Interactions,
Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit, and Grade 12: Geomatics: Geotechnologies
in Action.
The
Canadian Geographic site provides snapshots of Canada, articles, travel sections,
and a mapping section including a mapmaker, lesson plans and activities for
teachers and students, games, a map archive, and historical maps of Canada.
http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/mapping/
Grade 9: Geography of Canada, Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s
Toolkit, and Grade 12: Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action.
This
site provides information on the history of cartography, the mathematics of
cartography, and provides numerous links and lesson plans for teachers. http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/pres/map/
Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit and Grade 12:
Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action.
This
Geosystems site provides information on cartography including history, map scales,
projections and how to understand maps. http://www.geosys.com/cgi-bin/genobject/maproom/tig5e6
Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit and Grade 12:
Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action.
The
Parks Canada site provides information on the use of G.I.S. in Canada's National
Parks. The site discusses the history of G.I.S. use, a general description of
G.I.S., and applications of G.I.S. use within the parks. http://parkscanada.pch.gc.ca/natress/inf_pa1/GIS/GIS_E.HTM
Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit and Grade 12:
Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action.
The
How Stuff Works page provides information on how many different things work.
This link provides access to GPS information where information including
what GPS is, how it works, and applications are provided. http://www.howstuffworks.com/gps.htm
Grade 11: Geographics: The Geographer’s Toolkit and Grade 12:
Geomatics: Geotechnologies in Action.
Global Connections:
Statistics Canada Education
Resources provides student and teacher resources. Lesson plans and activities are provided using
Statistics Canada data. Themes include
people, economy, land and resources, and nation for grades 9-12. http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/index.htm
Grade 9: Geography of Canada, Grade 11: The Americas: Geographic
Patterns and Issues, Grade 12: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis,
and Grade 12: The Environment and Resource Management.
This Scotiabank site provides
information on Canadian economy and its global impact. The site provides access to reports covering
topics such as global outlook, provincial information, fiscal information, market
trends, and economic directions. http://www.scotiabank.ca/eccomm.htm
Grade 12: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis.
The Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade provide this site focusing on Foreign Policy.
Topics covered include human rights, multilateral relations, history
of the foreign affairs policy, international environmental issues, and sustainable
development. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/foreignp/menu-e.asp
Grade 9: Geography of Canada, Grade 11: The Americas: Geographic
Patterns and Issues, Grade 11: Regional Geography: Travel and Tourism, Grade
12: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, Grade 12: World Geography:
Human Patterns and Interactions, and Grade 12: The Environment and Resource
Management.
This site includes flags,
maps, and information about different countries. The site also provides country ranks for topics
including geography, economy, population, climate, government, natural resources,
and current issues, as well as a glossary, activities, and social statistics.
http://www.geographic.org/ Grade 11: The Americas: Geographic Patterns and Issues, Grade
11: Regional Geography: Travel & Tourism, Grade 11: Physical Geography:
Patterns, Processes, and Interactions, Grade 12: Canadian and World Issues:
A Geographic Analysis, and Grade 12: World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions.
This
Statistics Canada site provides information on Canada’s primary industries including
agriculture, fishing and trapping, forestry and logging, and energy and mining.
http://www.statcan.ca/english/Pgdb/Economy/primar.htm
Grade 11: The Americas: Geographic Patterns and Issues, Grade
12: Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis, and Grade 12: The Environment
and Resource Management.
The
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade provides this site focusing
on NAFTA. The site has information on
what NAFTA is, the actual agreement, an update on the agreement, as well as
institutions involved. http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/nafta-alena/what-e.asp
Grade 12: World Geography: Human Patterns and Interactions.
YouthLinks/InterJeunes http://www.histori.ca/youthlinks/ is an initiative of The Historica Foundation of Canada http://www.histori.ca and is meant for high school students and teachers from across Canada and internationally.
Understanding and
Managing Change:
This Great Lakes site
provides information on the lakes and states/provinces surrounding them. Information on current issues, research occurring
in the area, the environment, economy, education, maps and G.I.S., tourism,
history and culture, and pollution are included. http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/
Grade
12: The Environment and Resource Management, and Grade 11: Regional Geography:
Travel & Tourism.
The Sustainable Development
Department and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations discuss
sustainable development themes including people, institutions, knowledge, and
the environment. The site also offers
articles on these topics, as well as a useful search engine. http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/Welcome_.htm
Grade 12: The Environment and Resource Management.
The International Institute
for Sustainable Development site provides information on sustainable development
in business, climate change, communities and livelihoods, government policy,
leadership development, natural resources, and trade. The site also provides access to a research
library. http://iisd1.iisd.ca/ Grade
11: The Americas: Geographic Patterns and Issues, Grade 12: World Geography:
Human Patterns and Interactions, and Grade 12: The Environment and Resource
Management.
The
International Development Research Centre provides information on Community-Based
Natural Resource Management. The site
provides an overview as well as sections on approaches, objectives, specific
research initiatives, and project publications. http://www.idrc.ca/cbnrm/ Grade
11; The Americas: Geographic Patterns and Issues, Grade 12: World Geography:
Human Patterns and Interactions, and Grade 12: The Environment and Resource
Management.
Sites Providing Information
on More Than One Strand:
The Canadian Communities
Atlas is a project sponsored by Natural Resources Canada and provides local
and national perspectives on physical, economic, human, and historical geography
of different regions around Canada. http://cgdi.gc.ca/ccatlas/
Natural Resources Canada’s
National Atlas allows users to produce maps, download and print maps, quizzes,
and facts about Canada. The site also
provides teaching resources and links organized by themes including physical,
economic, and human geography. http://atlas.gc.ca/english/index.html
Geography World provides
a number of useful geography links for both teachers and students.
Topics include physical, cultural, and environmental geography.
The site also provides access to games. http://members.aol.com/bowermanb/101.html
The
Canadian Council for Geographic Education and the Royal Canadian Geographical
Society provide news, quizzes, lesson plans and information on Canada. The site also provides links for all strands
within geography. http://www.ccge.org/geosources/default.htm
Geography
links for k-12 education. This site
allows users to search topics including economic, environmental, spatial, and
physical geography. The site also provides
information on places and regions, and geographical publications. http://www.macalstr.edu/~geograph/apgeog/links.html
This
site provides links for teachers and students interested in Canadian geography. There are plenty of links covering topics such
as economic, physical, human, spatial, and environmental geography. http://bennett.freehosting.net/geog.htm
Waterloo
Region School Board provides this site for geography teachers and students.
The site contains activities and quizzes relating to Canada. The site
also covers physical and cultural geography, and natural resource management.
The site also supplies useful links. http://www.freespace.net/~tnlmcd/internaut/home.html
Lesson Plans and Activities:
The National Geographic
site provides online adventures, maps, and lesson plans and activities for k-12
teachers including handouts, themes covered, and required materials. The site also provides a teacher community
including bulletin boards, forums, and a teacher store. http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/index.cfm
This site provides k-12
teaching plans and lessons for teachers on different subject areas including
geography. http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/
This
site provides Canadian and world geography links, as well as links to lesson
plans and different educational sites. http://www.edenhance.com/navigation_page_1.htm
The
British Columbia Ministry of Education provides resources for students and teachers,
including grade 12 geography practice exams. http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/
Based
on the curriculum of the Ministry of Education British Columbia, the site provides
links and teacher materials for grade 12 geography, as well as useful publications,
lesson plans, and fieldwork ideas. http://www.cent.org/geo12/geo12.htm
Canada’s
SchoolNet site allows teachers to search curriculum areas, including geography,
for related links. The site also provides links to lesson plans and activities
under the heading ‘staff room’. http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/
This
site provides lesson plans and activities by Ontario teachers and is useful
for teachers and students. The site
focuses on k-8, but provides many useful geography links that could be useful
for grade 9-12 review. http://www.linktolearning.com/
The
Geoworld site provides geography educators with world geography links to educational
sites and curriculums, as well as lesson plans and activities. http://home.istar.ca/~whamilto/
