ROSS HIGH SCHOOL LINKS

Ross High School website
http://www.rosshigh.co.uk/

Ross High Parent Council
http://edubuzz.org/blogs/rosshighparentcouncil/

COURSEWORK-RELATED

Past Papers
PDF versions of mnay past papers, for Standard Grade and Higher
http://www.sqa.org.uk/pastpapers/findpastpaper.htm?subject=Geography

Scottish Qualifications Authority
The website of the body that sets the curriculum
http://www.sqa.org.uk

CONTENT

BBC Learning Zone Broadband
A huge number of searchable videos clips for any class
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/

BBC - Britain From Above
The website to go with the series. Plenty of geographic resources
http://www.bbc.co.uk/britainfromabove/

Ordnance Survey
Excellent online resource for OS maps
http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk

The Weather Channel
Much more than weather forecasts: lots of lovely graphs too!
http://uk.weather.com

BBC Bitesize
Innumerable tips for geography students
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/

GeoTube
YouTube for Geography!
http://geovideos.fliggo.com

Oxfam Mapping our World
A whiteboard teaching product for 8 to 14 year olds.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/mapping_our_world/

Higher Geography Resources
A bunch of links to useful resources for the Higher unit
http://www.highergeography.co.nr/

Worldmapper
All sorts of amazing world maps
http://www.worldmapper.org

GIZMOS

BBC News in 3 minutes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7875336.stm

Wallwisher
A great way to share ideas and do homework online
http://www.wallwisher.com

Classtools
Free Flash tools for educators
http://classtools.net/

Create Magazine Cover
Upload a photo, name your magazine and add headlines
http://bighugelabs.com/magazine.php

Smoke Signals
Make customised smoke signals come out of any map location
http://www.mapmsg.com/send/smokesignal/

Splashup
Online image manipulation: just like Photoshop
http://www.splashup.com

Wordle
Enter the text from a document you've created to see the most commonly used words
http://www.wordle.net

Pixton
Make your own comics online!
http://pixton.com/uk/

Quickmaps
Quickmaps allows you to annotate, draw, and place markers on Google Maps.
http://www.quikmaps.com

Scran
Royalty-free images for schools
http://www.scran.ac.uk/

Google Earth Hacks
Links to interesting content on Google Earth
http://www.gearthhacks.com

Sea level rise
Measure sea level rise with the assistance of an interactive map
http://flood.firetree.net/

Flickrvision
Watch a world map as Flickr images are uploaded in realtime.
http://flickrvision.com/

Twittervision
Watch a world map as Tweets are exchanged in realtime.
http://beta.twittervision.com/

GeoGreeting
Let Google Earth spell out any sentence
http://geogreeting.com/

Icon Finder
More than 100,000 icons to use in your reports and powerpoints
http://www.iconfinder.net/

MULTIPLE RESOURCES FOR GEOGRAPHY

Geography At The Movies
A host of films and animations made by Geography teachers for their classes
http://www.gatm.org.uk/

Digital Geography
A host of geography ideas and gizmos
http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk

Ollie Bray
Like Digital Geography, Ollie Bray's site offers a wealth of ideas
http://www.olliebray.com/

Geog.World
This site is linked to the Geog. books. It countains many useful links, animations and questions
http://www.oup.com/uk/geog.world/main/intro/

Rethinking Schools Online
Classroom resources for building a better society
http://www.rethinkingschools.org

Scalloway Junior High School Geography section
Online guide to the Sandard Grade course
http://www.scalloway.org.uk/

Odblog
A weblog designed to share Geography resources with students and colleagues
http://geodonn.blogspot.com/

NEWS SITES

The Real News Network
Independent, viewer-funded online news resource
http://therealnews.com/

New Internationalist
Well-resourced website of the magazine that covers worldwide geographic matters in depth
http://www.newint.org/

Open Democracy
In-depth news analysis and analysis from a pro-Democracy, pro-Human Rights perspective
http://www.opendemocracy.net/

Foreign Policy in Focus
FPIF studies US foreign policy and international affairs
http://www.fpif.org/

Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program from the US
http://www.democracynow.org/

Corp Watch
CorpWatch investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world.
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Media Lens
A corporate-free analysis of current events.
http://www.medialens.org

CAMPAIGNING SITES

New Economics Foundation
NEF is an independent 'think and do' tank. They believe in economics as if people and the planet mattered
http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/

Tax Justice Network
The Tax Justice Network promotes transparency in international finance and opposes secrecy.
http://www.taxjustice.net

Liberty
Liberty promotes the values of human dignity, equal treatment and fairness
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk

World Development Movement
WDM stands for justice for the world's poor
http://www.wdm.org.uk/

Space Hijackers
These people takea humerous approach to winning back private space for the public
http://www.spacehijackers.co.uk

Greenpeace
Greenpeace hopes to change attitudes towards protecting and conserving the environment
http://www.greenpeace.org

Free Range Studios
They work to sell ideas that will build a more just and sustainable world.
http://www.freerangestudios.com/

People and Planet
UK student action on world poverty, human rights and the environment
http://www.peopleandplanet.org

Ethical Trading Initiative
ETI identifies and promotes good practice in the implementation of labour practice
http://www.ethicaltrade.org/

Trade Justice Movement
TJM campaigns for change to unjust rules and institutions governing world trade
http://www.tjm.org.uk/

FUN VIDEOS

The Black Hole

Slow motion punch

http://edge.famecast.com/actionfigure//STRING-AF_PUNCH.mov

Procrastination