Other
Population for Countries and Cities Around the World
Site calculates and approximates populations for numerous major cities around the world, and also has information about world countries as well.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Geography
A comprehensive learning module on maps that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn about map symbols, cardinal directions, and...
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Maps and Globes
A comprehensive learning module on maps and globes that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn what a map and a globe are and the...
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census: Population
This site is great for gathering sociological data. Data can be related to a wide variety of topics. Great for research!
US Geological Survey
Geographic Information Systems
This is an extensive resource explaining what Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are, how they work, applications of GIS, and GIS through history.
George Mason University
George Mason University: World History Sources: Maps
Learn about the history of maps, what makes a map a map, and why bother with maps. Get answers to many different map questions and much more.
Other
World Time Zone: Map With Current Time
See a map of the whole world with the current time given for each time zone. Also, find time zone maps of selected areas, countries observing daylight saving time, a sun clock showing the day/night areas of the world, and what the time...
Ohio Test Prep
Ohio Test Prep: Module 4: Geography Skills
Test preparation material for the Ohio tests in Social Studies provides video tutorials, practice interactives and assessment on geographic tools, latitude and longtitude, and regions.
Other
Esri Gis Education Community
Educators can incorporate ESRI GIS into their classroom to enrich geography lessons and use this community to trade ideas with other educators.
Other
Population Reference Bureau: Country Stats & Reports
This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...
Other
The Teacher's Corner: Atlas Game
Use this resource to learn how to use a gazetteer index in this atlas game.
Other
Ge Onet Names Server (Gns): Home Page
Access the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's database of foreign geographic feature names. Worldwide excluding the United States and Antarctica.