Modern day pirates

World leaders are increasingly concerned by pirates operating off the coast of Somalia, who have seized several ships recently, demanding ransom payments to free them. The BBC news website tell the story.

Worldometers

Explore this website showing world statistics.

Northern Lights

Year 7 Fantastic places

Earthquake hits Italy

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has hit Italy. The earthquake struck at around 3.30am on 6th April 60 miles North west of Rome. The centre of the quake was in a city called L'Aquila. News reports are just coming in saying there are fatalities and over 100000 people will have to be evacuated. More news here.

The Breathing Earth simulation

This facinating site shows birth rates and death rates in real time. Click on the countries to find individual data. it also shows CO2 emissions.

Funzone at Manchester Airport

Try some of these travel based activities from Manchester Airport

You can test your locational knowledge here.

weather forecast.

Low pressure in the Atlantic will bring depression and gales this weekend. The Met office site has all weather details, pressure systems and satellite animations.

Tracking Santa

Don't forget to follow Santa around the world on Christmas Eve.
Go to the NORAD website and see how they track his journey.
Happy Christmas everyone.

Thomas Cook celebrates 200 years since birth of its founder.

The impact and influence that Thomas Cook has brought to modern day tourism has undoubtedly shaped the way people holiday today.

year 11 revsion

Here are some online revision sites for geography GCSE

www.revisionworld.co.uk/gcse/geography
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/
www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_index.asp?subject_id=20&d=0
www.scalloway.org.uk/


The topics in the mocks will be
Population
Managing resources
Weather & Climate
Ecosystems

Can you locate all the states of the USA ?

Try this quiz.

Thomson & First Choice

Thomson & First Choi..
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Waterfalls

The tallest waterfall in the world is the Angel Falls. It is 979 metres high. Year 8's next assessment involves studying waterfalls. Find out more here.

Find your house

Use microsoft local live to find an aerial view of your house.
Just put in your post code.
Click here.

USA prepares for Hurricane Ike

After travelling in the Caribbean Sea and causing damge and loss of life Ike is now appraoching the USA coastline.
Find out more from CNN

Learning the world map starts here.

See how quick you can complete the world jigsaw here.

Try the other quizes. 

Latest on Gustav

Hurricane Gustav: 11:00pm CST Update (Sunday) from Jeff McCord on Vimeo.

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Gustav is forecast to hit the Gulf coast of the USA tomorrow. The Mayor of New Orleans has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city - including emergency services - in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Gustav, which he called "the storm of the century". He urged people to take the situation seriously, and warned them that if they did choose to be "stubborn" and ride out the storm, they would be on their own. Hurricane Gustav has already brought havoc to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Cuba. More information can be found about evacuation of New Orleans here.

Britain from Above

Britain from Above is the latest geography programme from the BBC. The web site has lots of aerial views.

Beijing Olympics 8/8/08

Check out the Newsround Olympic site








Check out this interactive medal site from the NYT.