Unit+3+websites

= Formation of the Earth =

Here is the video we watched in class **The Living Planet Chapter 1** 'The Building of the Earth'

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6e99md

http://hubpages.com/hub/Types-and-Formation-of-Mountains-For-kids#
 * How mountains are formed** with some photos to show different types:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Rp9MJJGCU
 * Billy Blue Hair erosion explanation:**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_yRnFqDwYA
 * Billy Blue Hair mountain explanation:**


 * What is a mountain?** //Short video with diagrams and photos of mountains//:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqfaUWurSs

http://theconversation.com/how-a-changing-landscape-and-climate-shaped-early-humans-19862 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22730394-100-key-moments-in-human-evolution-were-shaped-by-changing-climate/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/humans-caused-major-shift-earths-ecosystems-6000-years-ago-180957566/ https://qz.com/935491/humans-may-have-turned-the-sahara-from-a-thriving-ecosystem-into-a-barren-desert/ https://dirt.asla.org/2010/04/06/six-ways-that-human-activity-is-changing-the-planet/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/07/human-impact-has-pushed-earth-into-the-anthropocene-scientists-say http://humanorigins.si.edu/human-characteristics/humans-change-world https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/06/theres-basically-no-landscape-on-earth-that-hasnt-been-altered-by-humans-scientists-say/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6725e1900191 http://www.nbcnews.com/id/9731968/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/humans-add-natural-disaster-risk/#.WtO28zPavIU Kake Peigneur disaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlrGkeOzsI https://sciencing.com/effects-human-intervention-environment-23067.html https://news.mongabay.com/2012/02/humans-drove-rainforest-into-savannah-in-ancient-africa/
 * Formation of the Earth and human evolution/intervention**:

= Landforms quiz to practise: =

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=NTc5ODQ3

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNc8NTiisUM Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTgbjLMwUEM
 * Landforms video with explanation and pictures:**

= Volcanoes =

This website shows how volcanoes form with diagrams and video clips. [] Map of recent volcano and earthquake activity: https://earthquakes.volcanodiscovery.com/

= Seasons and Time Zones =


 * Time zone map**: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/

NASA kids:[] Understanding time zones:[]
 * Time zones videos:**


 * Seasons**: []

=Earth's Spheres =

These websites explain what the spheres are. http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/spheres.html https://schoolworkhelper.net/the-spheres-of-the-earth/


 * Felix Baumgartner's Stratosphere jump **[]

=Wind and Weather =

NASA kids climate site: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/

How are winds formed short video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D52rTzibFRc

La Niña and el Niño, explanations of what they are:[]

Videos about weather formation:[]

Rainforests in the water cycle: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/southamerica/brazil/placesweprotect/amazon-rainforest-water-cycle-infographic.xml

=Continental Drift =

This webpage explains how the continents drifted over millions of years into the shape that they are today. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Continents.shtml

This video shows how the continents changed over billions of years. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA&feature=relate

=**Rivers**=

http://www.juegos-geograficos.es/rios.html
http://online.seterra.net/en/vgp/3133


 * The Living Planet Chapter 8 'Sweet Fresh Water':** http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1d4wkn_the-living-planet-08-of-12-sweet-fresh-water_tv

18 mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TwaEjAei4M
 * __The River Severn__** from source to mouth 9 min: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M48ANM3hAQ

http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/riverthames/ [] https://londontopia.net/site-news/featured/10-random-facts-figures-river-thames-probably-didnt-know/
 * River Thames **

[] <span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">[|http://www.elpais.com.co/especiales/rio-cali/#part-one] <span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">[] <span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">[] __<span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">http://www.cali.gov.co/pazycultura/publicaciones/138073/gran-jornada-de-limpieza-de-rios-este-fin-de-semana/ __
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Rivers of Cali **

<span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">[] __<span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">http://citiscope.org/story/2016/cleaning-manilas-pasig-river-one-tributary-time __ __<span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;; font-size: 16px;">https://e360.yale.edu/features/a_successful_push_to_restore_europes_long-abused_rivers __
 * <span style="font-family: &#39;Calibri&#39;,&#39;sans-serif&#39;;">Cleaning up and restoring World Rivers **

=<span style="color: #d24807; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">Natural disasters =

//**Video Eyewitness Natural Disasters:**// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU__h1qqO5Y&t=8s

This website gives updated information about where natural disasters are happening in the world: http://www.gdacs.org/

Cause and effect of Natural Disasters:http://www.worldwatch.org/human-actions-worsen-natural-disasters Lists of natural hazards that may become disasters: https://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/Natural_Disasters/introduction.htm https://www.connectsavannah.com/savannah/are-there-more-natural-disasters-now-than-ever-before/Content?oid=2750185

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-09/major-global-storms-since-2007/5080952 http://severe.worldweather.org/ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/08/world/gallery/storm-radars/ In the UK :http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34834799
 * Storms**


 * Drought**

http://www.drought.gov/gdm/current-conditions http://spei.csic.es/map/maps.html#months=1#month=2#year=2018 https://weather.com/science/environment/news/california-historic-drought-world-brazil-africa-korea http://www.wri.org/blog/2015/06/global-tour-7-recent-droughts http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/24/historic-droughts-wreak-havoc-usa-brazil-n-korea/30513289/ http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/oct/09/why-isnt-there-a-global-body-to-monitor-drought

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/byyear.php http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/25/worlds-deadliest-earthquake/26357241/ http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-quake-major-idUSTRE79M21N20111023
 * Earthquakes**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landslides#21st_century_landslides http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/washington-state-mudslide10-worst-landslides-disaster-history-1442181 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2592896/A-story-hope-mudslide-Moment-youngest-victim-Washington-landslide-plucked-debris-good-Samaritan-came-seconds-away-caught-disaster.html http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/12/21/china-rescuers-look-landslide-victims/77690528/ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-32785201 http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/13/americas/guatemala-landslide/ http://news.yahoo.com/three-missing-myanmar-jade-mine-landslide-officials-043617818.html http://www.gulf-times.com/story/445643/Rain-hampers-search-for-landslide-victims http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24067928
 * Landslides**

=<span style="color: #001cff; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">Flooding =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">These are **maps** of the world that you can click on and see the current state of flooding in any area: http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/ http://www.hewsweb.org/floods/ **This one is more detailed**
 * Flood timeline:** http://www.mapreport.com/subtopics/d/w.html#2013

http://www.environmentlaw.org.uk/rte.asp?id=99 http://www.bbc.co.uk/climate/impact/flooding.shtml [|http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol204/riversystems.htm] [] [] []
 * Causes of flooding:**

This summarizes some of the vocabulary and also links rivers to flooding and management of rivers: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

Map that shows **flooding around the world** from 1985 - 2006 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/GlobalFloods1985-2006.gif

http://www.ehow.com/how_11372701_prevent-floods-medcs-ledcs.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/water_rivers/river_flooding_management_rev5.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/water_rivers/river_flooding_management_rev6.shtml
 * Flood Prevention**

<span style="color: #10ba10; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">Earthquakes

Haiti - one year later. Excellent photos with some commentary to show what life is like one year after the earthquake: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/haiti_one_year_later.html

https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/chile-was-ready-for-quake-haiti-wasn-t-1.1784564

Haiti - two years later: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/11/haiti-earthquake-promised-aid-not-delivered http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1113809--haiti-recovery-progress-disappointing-two-years-after-earthquake-ottawa

Haiti - one year later. CBS news channel video report, 3 minutes: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7236943n

Chile earthquake - pictures taken on the day it happened: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/02/earthquake_in_chile.html

Map of earthquakes that are happening at the moment: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

Lists of earthquakes with statistics for 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes_in_2012

=<span style="color: #7f7f08; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">Mountains = A good site to show how mountains are formed and the ring of fire. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.mountain.org/education/subexplore/explore02.cfm

This one has the descriptions and names some of the mountains of the world of the types described. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.buzzle.com/articles/how-are-mountains-formed.html

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site has loads of diagrams of every type of mountain formation there is. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://hubpages.com/slide/Types-and-Formation-of-Mountains-For-kids/1970102

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site has very simple explanations and good diagrams. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/mountains/types.htm

<span style="color: #3a0b0b; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">Rocks <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a good simple website to help you with geology. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.kidsgeo.com/index.php

=<span style="font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">Planets =

http://www.planetsforkids.org/ http://kids.nineplanets.org/ http://www.esa.int/esaKIDSen/index.html http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xvi1iUaams
 * Our position in the universe:** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKT-Z6Dy6TU

=<span style="color: #a60f95; font-family: &#39;Arial Black&#39;,Gadget,sans-serif;">LEDCs and MEDCs = <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site explains the differences between more and less economically developed countries and how we measure them:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/development/contrasts_development_rev2.shtml

This site gives examples of **flooding in LEDCs and MEDCs** and compares how different countries cope with floods: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2006/12/differences-in-flood-management-between.html

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site explains how many disasters happen around the world and what can be done to help people who are affected: http://www.globaleducation.edna.edu.au/globaled/go/pid/308

This site explains what LEDCs and MEDCs are and gives lists for both: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEDC#List_of_emerging_and_developing_economies

The world fact book gives details about many countries: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The United Nations publishes a Human Development Index (find the country then click on Open All): <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

The **Nationmaster** site has all the statistics you could think of, but you have to search through the list to find the country. So, for example, if you want to know the % of paved roads per capita you click on //'transportation'// then //'highways paved per capita'// then //'go'// []