GEOGRAPHY


From the National Park Service and Yellowstone National Park.  Electronic field trips including Geyser Quest (lengthy, but excellent). Listen and follow along.  A Teacher section offers pre and post activities.


Choose a continent or country on the map to study, play games, print maps, and much more.

Geography games including jigsaw puzzles of the different continents.

Learn about different countries.

Take a ride through New York history.  Teachers and parents section available.

An interactive world map.  Click a location to zoom in and learn more.  Slideshows are available on a side menu after clicking on a city.

This site is a great place to read about Japan, work a puzzle of Japan, learn some Japanese phrases, and more.

Print and make a flag for any country or state in the world.

You must register to participate.  Read the clues and try to discover what city it's telling about.  Use map skills.

Click "Play Game" to begin this geography world jumble game.

Choose level and category to begin.
Test Your Geography Knowledge
Many geography quizzes including oceans and continents.  Click on an area of the world map to begin.

Learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach.  Interactive maps to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments.

Maps (outline, latitude/longitude, map worksheets, and much more) plus everything you could ever want to know about the earth and countries.  What is the smallest country, what is the tallest mountain on our continent, which country has the smallest population density…on the "List" page.

From National Geographic - Terrain maps, satellite view, and many more choices.

Type in your address to see a satellite view.

Grades K-6 Social Studies activities from from Scott Foresman/Pearson.

Label map - by U.S. region. Read and hear the fact in the "Did you know..." window. Click the Clue button to help with the map activity.  Pushpin map - drag a pin onto the map. Type a pin name and travel log below.  Clue Maps with physical features and landforms, and Puzzle Maps also available.  Click the Maybe Later button to bypass registration.

Learn about types of land from Harcourt Publishers.

Follow in Darwin’s footsteps, courtesy of PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE, to the heart of our planet's largest rainforest, guided by some of the world's leading biologists.  Explore “the greatest expression of life” so far discovered in all the Universe, via a project that uses video, real-time interactions, the Internet and hands-on science activities - PASSPORT TO THE RAINFOREST.

These eco-games have been developed for Bell LIVE! distance learning program.  They are available for everyone to enjoy and learn from!

From National Geographic - See how your name looks in hieroglyphics and print a certificate.

Learn about Ancient Egypt and the pyramids.

From PBSKids and NOVA - Make sure the red arrow of your compass faces magnetic north.  Read the problem, and use your compass to figure out which way you need to go.

Globe Projector - Uses maps and other geographic tools to explore information from a spatial point of view.  Shows that different map projections distort or emphasize geographic features, and how maps can illustrate many kinds of information.

Expedition Hall - This is an interactive “museum” that takes you on geography journeys.  Here you’ll climb a mountain, hover over the Earth, speed across Europe, visit an archeological dig, and even order sushi—plus games, animations, and more!

A quiz on the Continents.

From World Book - Take a nature walk through a forest or a wetland.  Learn cool things about plants and animals.  Visit the craft cabin and make things with your own hands.  Go to the dining hall and make easy recipes for summertime treats.

Jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles and other fun activities.

Take an online tour of Pittsburgh.