Achievement Standards and assessment specifications

2011 Examinations timetable

Social Sciences Online
www.ssol.tki.org.nz
This has been developed to support the Social Sciences and the New Zealand Curriculum.

www.ssol.tki.org.nz/geography
This supports the geography curriculum with access to the teaching and learning guidelines, assessment and resources.

www.seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Social-sciences/Geography
A direct link for the teaching and learning guidelines in Geography.

Te Kete Ipurangi – The Online Learning Centre

Internal assessments and other educational materials

Auckland Geography Teachers' Association
Resources

New Zealand Geographical Society
www.nzgs.co.nz 

Learnz

World Vision

Global topics and contemporary issues with interactive activities

 

World Mapper

Great for Disparities in Development. World maps with associated information.

 

Gap Minder

This lets you explore the changing world from your computer. Moving graphics show the development of all countries by the indicators you choose.

 
United Nations Education website
A wide range of information on countries, global and current issues.

Global Education
An Australian educational website on Global Issues e.g. HIV/AIDS, environment, urbanisation, water, human rights.

Metservice
The New Zealand Met Service has information sheets on Climate in New Zealand as well as rainfall and temperature data from the key urban areas.

Geography.about.com
Blank maps of countries around the world.

National Geographic
National Geographic has lesson plans, and many maps, as well as a large amount of information.

Welcome from the Staffordshire teachers of Geography
A wide variety of resources and ideas for Geography teachers including images, GIS, Thinking in Geography, and Excellence in Geography.

Juicy Geography
This site has many resources, fieldwork ideas, active learning, and great ways to using Google earth in the classroom.

Engineers New Zealand

http://www.ipenz.org.nz/ipenz/

This has the latest fact sheets regarding the Christchurch earthquake

Geography teaching resources

http://www.localpages.com/content/local-and-global-resources-geography-teaching-resources.html

More resources to support your teaching of geography