This page contains the internet links that are accessed
through the KS3 Geography CD-ROM for use
with the relevant questions and activities in the
Cut, Paste and Surf! ICT Exercises for KS3 Geography
pupil book. There are Extension
Units below for several chapters. Please note that websites
can change or shut down with no warning. We regularly check
these links but please e-mail us at ict@nelsonthornes.com
if you find that a link no longer works. Many thanks.
Click
on the hotlink for the exercise number you are doing to
open the website.
| Chapter |
Exercise
Number |
Topic |
Comment |
| 2 Weather |
|
Met Office
website >> |
Home page |
| 4 Tourism in
Cornwall |
4.1 |
Tourist Net UK
website >> |
Home page for a lot of Cornwall's attractions |
| 5 Hurricanes |
5.1 |
Hurricanes: Nature’s Greatest Storms
website >>
|
General site about hurricanes |
| Difference
between a tropical depression, tropical storm and a
hurricane? |
i |
Unisys
website >> |
Weatherpage Hurricane Index |
US National Weather Service
website >>
|
Hurricane Brochure |
| What is a
hurricane? |
ii |
World Book Store
website >> |
Hurricane information page (In the box on
the right click on “Tropical Cyclones: hurricanes
and typhoons” and then click on “What is a
hurricane?”)
Hurricane page |
Fema
website >> |
|
| How is a hurricane formed? |
iii |
NASA’s Observatorium - Hurricanes
website >> |
A well presented site about hurricanes
and how they are formed |
Environment Canada
website >> |
Information page on how hurricanes are formed |
| What is a hurricane like? |
iv |
Environment Canada
website >> |
Information page on what a hurricane looks
like |
| Which part of the hurricane
does the most damage? and list the wind speed and damage
for three categories of hurricane? |
v, vi |
Remote sensing using satellites
website >> |
Information on the damage caused by hurricanes |
USA today
website >> |
Includes a hurricane damage potential scale |
| When do they occur? |
vii |
Dare County Emergency Management
website >> |
Information on hurricane season in the USA |
| What to do |
viii |
Hurricane Guide
website >> |
How to prepare for a hurricane in Florida |
| Hurricane Andrew |
ix |
US National Weather Service
website >> |
Report on Hurricane Andrew |
| 7 Goa |
7.1 |
Department of Tourism - India
website >> |
Introduction to Goa, particularly
for tourists |
Goa Tourism
website >> |
| 8 Farming in the EU - Wine Growing |
|
History of Bordeaux wines
website >> |
Information about the history of wine growing
in the area as well as information on wine growing today |
A2Z Language: Bordeaux, France
website >> |
An overview of wine growing in this area. |
| 9 The Pas-De-Calais
area |
9.1
9.2
|
Tourism in France
website >> |
Tourist sites for the Pas-De-Calais
area (in English) |
Comité Départemental de Tourisme du Pas
De Calais
website >> |
| 12 Retirement to Florida |
12.1 |
Blair Group
website >> |
Examples of condominiums for
the elderly |
Pringle Development
website >> |
| 13 Avalanche |
13.1 |
Colorado Avalanche information centre
website >> |
Information about avalanches |
| 14 Volcanoes |
14.1 |
Volcano World
website >> |
One of the most useful and visited education
sites about volcanoes |
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