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Maps
Physical, political, Ordnance Survey, you'll find many different maps for use here. There's even outline maps, old maps and flags of the world too!
An archive of old maps from the UK
Visit in a new windowType your location in and see your chosen area when it were just fields and a couple of barns. This site can sometimes be a bit slow to load (probably busy) but it gets there in the end. Please don't report the link as broken unless you are sure!
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Basic political detail maps
Visit in a new windowRather a lot of adverts on this site now. Just make sure you know what Google Ads look like and avoid them on the page. Still useful. If you were looking at Kenya, for example, you'd probably want a basic map outline with the main cities and towns marked. This is a great site - the maps aren't crystal clear when resized - but they'll certainly do if you plan to use them on the whiteboard. Great for finding country capitals. Also a map of time zones may support maths lessons.
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Clickable world map games
Visit in a new windowChoice of 4 clickable world map games at 3 different levels.
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Continents and Oceans
Visit in a new windowLearn the name of continents and oceans - game and resource.
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Flags of the world
Visit in a new windowWe thought it would be good to add this one here. Know your Union Flag from your Tricolor! Looks basic, but keep the faith, this site comes up with the goods every time we've used it.
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Get a map of a UK place
Visit in a new windowUse this Ordnance survey site to find a map and zoom in to pick out the details.
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Google Earth software
Visit in a new windowIf you haven't seen this great free software from Google, then don't hang around. It turns the world into a spinnable, zoomable, clickable globe on your PC or interactive whiteboard. The big brother of the online Google Maps site, also linked to in this Topic.
Requires a download and install, so you will need to be an 'administrator' on your PC.
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Interactive map of the UK
Visit in a new windowThis great Google maps site will how you roads and features (not to OS standard - more like an A-Z) it shows beautiful detailed satellite views of many areas (especially urban ones) and a hybrid (combination of map and sat view) It also has a search facility to find a stonking good curry house in say Romford. Or a plumber in Manchester. Great.
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Know your world
Visit in a new windowIncludes the following; The world has fallen apart puzzle, Wet and dry bits (ideal for water projects), Name 20 countries and Name another 20 countries.
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Map of continents and oceans
Visit in a new windowA great drag and drop activity, mainly for KS2 from Mape.
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Map of the world in 3D
Visit in a new windowDownload this free reource and zoom around the world in seconds.
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Map of the world jigsaw
Visit in a new windowIt's great for all ages and will always offer teachers lots to talk about and discuss. Great! Only works with internet explorer.
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Map symbols
Visit in a new windowLots of symbols to look at and lovely worksheets o print out from schooltrain.
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Maps and knowledge
Visit in a new windowUK, Europe and the world are featured here. Can you drag locations to the correct point and also a chance to show off what you know.
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Maps of Englands counties
Visit in a new windowA range of clear and simple maps of English counties showing main towns and key roads.
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Outline world maps of countries
Visit in a new windowJust copy and paste these maps. A great useable resource from Georesources.
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Physical maps
Visit in a new windowShows mountain ranges and rivers all over the world - also seas. This site provides a general overview - not highly detailed maps.
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Physical maps of the world and countries
Visit in a new windowWe do love this! Simple enough for school use and very clear too! Shows physical features. We were so impressed that you could zoom to home countries level on the UK map. The rivers such as Thames and Trent are named -as too are the mountainous areas like the Pennines. It also showed the major cities and the capital. Major seas and oceans are labelled - as well as islands. We reckon this is one of our top map websites ever - perfect for primary school children. Although you can copy and paste the UK maps into documents etc... we found that some of the maps would not copy in the conventional way. You can always use the site directly though!
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Place symbols on an OS map
Visit in a new windowUses full OS grid references like (324,398). Great for upper KS2.
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Plot a leisure route
Visit in a new windowShare your favourite routes on this top class OS map. Key points along the way are sometimes illustrated with photos. A super sharing site! Great for map symbols and reading.
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Political maps
Visit in a new windowSimple maps with land and sea distinction and a selection of the major towns and cities. Also shows the capitals too!
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Sim city classic on the net
Visit in a new windowThis is suitable for very confident ICT users. You will need to register to gain access to this stupendous game. The original classic Sim city is perfect for modelling activites, creating maps, problem solving, would fit nicely into environmental topics if you were able to present children with a pre-created city or town and ask them to make choices as to where the place a road etc... Please give your self plenty of time to read the instructions and set this up. Click the GET IT button to download.
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Simple map of Europe
Visit in a new windowThe title says it all. Seas all labelled but countries are not - I can feel a copy/paste into Word, photocopy then label activity coming on here folks... actually it would be just as useful if copied into your interactive white board software and labelled virtually instead.
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Toporopa
Visit in a new windowWhere is Waterloo? Where can you pay with the Euro? What are the highest mountains and longest rivers? Do you know the capitals and flags of Europe? Toporopa presents entertaining quizzes about about these and other topics on Europe.
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UK maps
Visit in a new windowFrom National Statistics comes these downloadable UK maps. Ideal for work on political maps as it includes all the local education authorities (LEAs as they used to be known) and counties. There is a great map of the National Parks too. Clear and simple.
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World Map Site - Geognos
Visit in a new windowWorld atlas with key facts and statistics on all countries, states and nations with photos, maps, flags, visual information about geography, history, people, demographics, government, economy, communications and transportation.
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