Resource Page

The purpose of this page is to assemble resource pages and bibliographies of AWG members or other interested persons or organizations and to facilitate access to geographic materials deemed to be relevant for the AWG and its objectives. Please help the Webmaster to fill this page with useful and interesting links and contribute ideas for its organization!

Libraries:

• Geography Library, University of Washington [includes, e.g. Lists of "New Books" compiled by Anne Zald, Geography Librarian]

• Library of Congress: Global Gateway: World Culture and Resources
  • Portals to the World
  • SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES: Afghanistan
  • SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES: Germany
  • SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES: Iraq

Internet Resources

• Maps of Washington [geography.about.com]

• Gheos Atlas of the World [Gheos.com]

• Color Landform Atlas of the United States [fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html]

• Atlapedia Online ... contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.

• Electronic Map Library The American Cities Atlas Project is a continuing public education project of Professor William Bowen. It is produced for the support of instructional programs in the public schools of California and on the campuses of the California State University System throughout the state. Free, unlimited access is granted to faculty and students of these institutions for non-profit instructional purposes only.
  • Digital Atlas of Seattle and Vicinity
  • Digital Atlas of Honolulu and Oahu, Hawaii
  • Digital Atlas of New York

• Atlas of the Pacific Northwest; Eighth Edition, edited by Philip L. Jackson & A. Jon Kimerling

• Virtual Atlas of the Pacific Northwest [Evergreen State College]

• Atlas of Oregon, 2nd edition, 2001 [with online SAMPLE maps only]

• WashingtonOnline [A Virtual Campus of The Community & Technical Colleges] "WashingtonOnline Virtual Campus is the best place to find online courses from community and technical colleges all over Washington State. Each of our accredited courses is taught by experienced online faculty who understand the special needs of online learners. Read our mission statement."
  • Learning Centers

• Washington State Legislature Kids' Page

• Just for Kids (Access Washington) [access.wa.gov/kids/] Homework Help Washington State Facts - Just about everything you want to know about Washington State can be found here. From Geography to Population and Government to Politics. Excellent resource for home and classroom projects.

• Content Area Resources: Geography [McRel] [www.mcrel.org/resources/links/geo.asp]

• The Five Themes of Geography: [Location | Place | Movement | Human-Environment Interactions | Regions] [www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/themes.html]
  • Geography Bee

• MR DONN'S PAGES: Lesson Plans, Activities & Resources (November 2000) [members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html]

• Country Reports [www.countryreports.org/]

• Geographia [www.geographia.com/]

• Mr. Dowling's Electronic Passport: Browse the world in a Virtual Classroom
  • Example: Oil

• The Usborne Internet-linked World Geography Encyclopedia including Complete World Atlas | www.usborne-quicklinks.com

• Collections of Lessons [Hawaiian Geographic Alliance]

• Lesson Plans ("World") [AtoZTeacherStuff.com/themes/world.shtml]

• Electronic Resources for Geography [Abilene Christian University]

• Helping Your Child Learn Geography [http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Geography/index.html] U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Research and Improvement

• The World-Wide Earthquake Locator is an interface developed by Bruce Gittings of the Department of Geography at the University of Edinburgh in 1995, very much as an illustration of what is possible using the World-Wide Web and the internet.

• RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY INSTRUCTION [www.cmich.edu/~franc1m/homepage.htm]

  The links below are organized around the sequence of topics typically taught in an introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also available for environmental science,earth science/geography education, career opportunities, and more. The sites selected are based on image quality, ease with which lesson plans can be developed, organization, authenticity, scope, and format.

• The Thornton Creek Project

  ... is an educational organization bringing people and resources together to support a shared commitment to improving education by directly involving students and schools in building understanding and a positive future for this 12 square mile urban watershed.

• Welcome to the European Geography Test

  This test will assess your general knowledge and skills in Geography. It is also a learning tool. After the test, you will receive feedback on your test-results, including some learning suggestions with links to geography information pages. [in - Dutch - Frangais - Espanol - English - Deutsch]

• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) [K-12 Resource Materials]

• Differentiated Learning -- Web Sites for Grades K-12

• Global Climate Change Student Information Guide This website reporoduces aric's Global Climate Change Student Guide, written by Joe Buchdahl, a comprehensive work for geology, geography and environmental science students studying climate change.

• Geography Discipline Network (GDN) [Working in association with the National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences]
  • Searchable Resource Page [Case Studies of Interesting Teaching, Learning and Assessment Practices in Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences in Higher Education]
    • Keywords A-Z
  • International Network for Learning and Teaching (INLT) [Goal: To improve the quality of learning and teaching of geography in higher education internationally]
  • International Symposium on Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education [1999, Honolulu, Report by Ken Foote] A symposium to discuss 'Learning and Teaching Geography in Higher Education', organised by Mick Healey (Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, UK), Ken Foote (University of Texas at Austin, USA) and Iain Hay (Flinders University, Australia), was held at the 1999 Association of American Geographers' (AAG) conference.