World InfoZone
World Info Zone
Detailed, comprehensive information on countries and people all over the world. Great tool for discovering facts on world issues, seeing photos, and just exploring the world in general. Also includes quizzes based on the website's content.
Channel 4 Learning
4 Learning: Geography Essentials, Weather Around the World
This resource offers in-depth information on weather and different types of climate including desert, tropical rain forests, and more. Also provides worksheets (Word documents) and images relating to weather.
The History Cat
The History Cat: Geography Phenomenon: Hurricanes
Describes how ocean currents affect climates around the world and the impact of the Gulf Stream, which can cause hurricanes to form. The role of wind patterns in the Caribbean is also discussed.
PBS
Pbs: Scientific American Frontiers: Little Ice Age
Did you know there was a global 'Little Ice Age' around the time Columbus sailed across the Atlantic? Climatologists have documented changes in temperature and how countries and people around the world were affected. What caused the LIA?...
Precision Nutrition
Encyclopedia of Food: Oranges
There are many varieties of oranges grown in the southern United States and other warm climates around the world. Find out their nutritional value, types, and ways to prepare and store the juicy fruit.
Wonderville Media
Wonderville: Crocodiles
Crocodiles are among the largest reptiles in the world, and they are also some of the most dangerous creatures on the planet. Crocodiles and their close relative, the alligator, are responsible for more human deaths each year than any...