- National Geographic Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Contains games, contests, articles, experiments, jokes, and activities.
- Geographia - http://www.geographia.com/
Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
- Library of Congress: Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Contains information on geography, weather, government, religion, social, economic, and political issues for many countries.
- U.S. Gazetteer - http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
Enter name or ZIP code in the United States for maps and 1990 census information.
- Bermuda Triangle - http://octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html
Information about myths, legends, and folklore surrounding this phenomenon.
- World Monuments Map Puzzle - http://www.yourchildlearns.com/monuments.htm
Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents.
- Name that State - http://www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm
Geography game about the 50 states of the United States.
- National Geographic: Xpeditions - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Offers a large selection of maps, virtual expedition and museum, forums, and lesson plans.
- Geography 20G - http://www.geocities.com/geography20g_s
Provides a wide variety of information on regions of North America. Also project planners and homework schedules for the author's class.
- City Population - http://www.citypopulation.de/
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.
- GeoBee Challenge - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/
National Geographic offers quizzes and questions that have stumped geography whizzes.
- World Gazetter - http://www.population-statistics.com/
Provides population figures for cities, towns, and countries of the world. Also images of current national flags.
- Lesson Tutor - http://www.lessontutor.com/ltpuzzlehome.html
Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
- Great Circle Calculator - http://www.gb3pi.org.uk/great.html
Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
- Break the Cycle - http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/habitat/
Follow the travels of David Brunk, who rode his bicycle across the southern United States to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
- Countries of the World - http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_infopays.html
Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
- Where is That - http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
- About.com: Homework Help - http://geography.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/
Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
- Geo Game - http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/
Offers adventures from around the globe.
- Cyber School Bus - http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
Stories, games, coloring activities, questions, and an online story to help kids learn about the world.
- Bears Go West - http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/kwirt/bears/
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.
- GeoNet Kid's Place - http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/
Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
- State Web Games - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Collection of 34 web games about the fifty states. Designed to teach capitals, abbreviations, locations, and trivia.
- World Trivia Web Quizzes - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_trivia_world.htm
Learn fascinating facts about world countries. Each quiz selects 10 world trivia facts at random from a total set of 480.
- Teach: Great Lakes - http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/geog/intro/intro_1.html
A large collection of information about North America's Great Lakes, including the region's geography, geology, history and culture, plants and animals, pollution concerns, and economy. Includes answers to kids' questions and a few other interactive features.
- Mr. S's Humanities Club - http://humanitiesclub.users.btopenworld.com
Includes information about mountains, rivers, weather, Greece, links and software reviews.
- ClassBrain: State Reports - http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
Includes information on people, products, history, maps, symbols, places of interest, state capitols and tourism.
- CIA Kids Page: Geography - http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/games/geography/index.shtml
Interactive quizzes test knowledge of lands around the world.
- Memorize U.S. Capitals - http://members.aol.com/uscaps/index.html
Learn the states and capitals in the order the states were admitted to the U.S. using the mnemonic device of location. Features mnemonic pictures of the states and their capitols.
- Atlantic Ocean - http://bartleby.com/151/zh.html
Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
- Distinctive Geography of the Earth - http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Earth.html
Identifies the biggest, highest, deepest, lowest, tallest, longest, and most populous countries, landmasses, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains, and land surface depressions on Planet Earth.
- HomeTownLocator Gazetteer - http://Gazetteer.HomeTownLocator.com/
Gazetteer with physical features, cultural features, aerial photos and various maps. U.S. Census 2000 data can be accessed by city, town, county and zip code.
- GeoQuiz - http://www.geoquiz.com/
Online geography quiz. Topics are shapes and locations countries, regions, places, national flags, capitals and others. Requires free registration.
- Climate Zone - http://www.climate-zone.com/
Climate information for cities and countries all over the world
- Countries Quest - http://www.countriesquest.com
Features articles about different countries organized by continent. Offers information on natural resources, people, arts, economy, government, and history.
- The Greatest Places - http://www.greatestplaces.org/
Explore seven of the most geographically dynamic locations on Earth. Learn about the Imax film, add your own favorite place, get a Greatest Places image, or check out the question of the week.
- Class 6 Pompeii Webpage - http://www.ambrit-rome.com/clasproj/6pompeii/pompeii.html
Kids from an international school in Italy give their impressions of a visit to this ancient city.
- Trip to Verona - http://www.ambrit-rome.com/clasproj/verona/verona.html
A 7th grade class presents photos and impressions from their visit to this Italian city, including references to Shakespeare's plays.
- CIA World Factbook - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Government resource provides detailed information on countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
- U.S. State Capitals Quiz - http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-capitals.cfm
How quickly can you match the states with their capitals?
- African Geography Web Games - http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
Offers games which test geography of the world. Country names are spoken and brief descriptions are provided.
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
- Drive Around the World - http://www.drivearoundtheworld.com/
Learn about this ambitious project to travel around the globe in order to raise money for Parkinson's disease research. Includes interactive map, daily journals, photos, and geographical facts.
- Photo Diaries and Sketches - http://www.spin.si/robertb/
View photos taken from around the world during Robert Bremec's travels. Includes slideshow feature.
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