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- About.com: Homework Help - Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
geography.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp
- Arctic Ocean - Provides basic facts about the world's smallest ocean, including geography, economic significance, and transportation.
www.bartelby.com/151/c10.html
- Around the World in 80 Days - Provides information about the book, its author, and each of the countries Phileas Fogg visited. Also includes a geography game.
library.thinkquest.org/J002459F
- Atlantic Ocean - Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
www.bartelby.com/151/c15.html
- Bears Go West - Follow as four stuffed bears travel the major trails used during westward expansion. Each bear travels from one school to the next making its way across the country.
www.sciencejoywagon.com/kwirt/bears
- Bermuda Triangle - Information about myths, legends, and folklore surrounding this phenomenon.
octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html
- Break the Cycle - Follow the travels of David Brunk, who rode his bicycle across the southern United States to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/habitat
- CIA Kids Page: Geography - Interactive quizzes test knowledge of lands around the world.
www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/geography/index.html
- CIA World Factbook 2000 - Government resource provides detailed information on countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook
- City Population - Statistics and maps about the major population clusters of the world. Also information about the capitals and principal cities of many countries. In English and German.
www.citypopulation.de
- Countries of the World - Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_infopays.html
- Cyber School Bus - Stories, games, coloring activities, questions, and an online story to help kids learn about the world.
www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus
- Fjords - Explains a fjord and the importance they play in the environment.
www.gfc.dfo.ca/habitat/aifm12.htm
- Flags and Maps of the World - Offers views of national flags and maps for countries of the world.
www.plcmc.lib.nc.us/kids/mow
- Geo Game - Offers adventures from around the globe.
school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame
- Geo-Globe: Interactive Geography - Interactive games for kids and teens about strange and familiar features of the planet.
library.thinkquest.org/10157
- GeoBee Challenge - National Geographic offers quizzes and questions that have stumped geography whizzes.
www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee
- Geographia - Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
www.geographia.com
- Geography 20G - Provides a wide variety of information on regions of North America. Also project planners and homework schedules for the author's class.
www.geocities.com/geography20g_s
- Geography4Kids - Includes information on physical geography. Includes, energy, sky, land, earth, water, and climate. Also photograph examples and virtual expeditions.
www.geography4kids.com
- GeoNet Kid's Place - Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
www.eduplace.com/geonet
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
- Great Circle Calculator - Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
www.gb3pi.org.uk/great.html
- Himalayas: Where Earth Meets Sky - Examines the geography, history, environment, and culture of this mountain range.
library.advanced.org/10131
- Lesson Tutor - Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
www.lessontutor.com/ltpuzzlehome.html
- Library of Congress: Country Studies - Contains information on geography, weather, government, religion, social, economic, and political issues for many countries.
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
- Name that State - Geography game about the 50 states of the United States.
www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm
- National Geographic Kids - Contains games, contests, articles, experiments, jokes, and activities.
www.nationalgeographic.com/kids
- National Geographic: Xpeditions - Offers a large selection of maps, virtual expedition and museum, forums, and lesson plans.
www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
- Quia: Geography World - Features games to help kids understand plate tectonics and continental drift. Includes matching, flashcards, concentration and word search.
www.quia.com/jg/514.html
- Test your Geography Knowledge - Contains quizzes on maps of continents, countries, and states.
www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz
- U.S. Gazetteer - Enter name or ZIP code in the United States for maps and 1990 census information.
www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
- US State Department: Geographic Learning Site - Includes maps, geographic news, country information, flags, and facts. Content categorized by school grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.
geography.state.gov/htmls/statehome.html
- Where is That - Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
- Where's Curious George - Follow the adventerous monkey as he travels to several cities while learning new and interesting facts.
www.wherescuriousgeorge.com
- World Capitals Quiz - Match game for countries and their capitals.
quizhub.com/quiz/f-cities.cfm
- World Flag Database - Large collection of information and pictures of each country in the world. Also features historical flags.
www.flags.ndirect.co.uk
- World Gazetter - Provides population figures for cities, towns, and countries of the world. Also images of current national flags.
www.population-statistics.com
- World Monuments Map Puzzle - Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents.
www.yourchildlearns.com/monuments.htm
- Your Nation - Ability to rank nations in ascending or descending order, for a number of different statistics.
www.your-nation.com
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