Danny Dorling: Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are) 32 Maps That Will Teach You Something New About the World. Our world is a complex network of people, places and things. Maps are a great tool and can help us understand how we are all connected. Below you will find a collection of informative maps that will hopefully teach you something new and give you a fresh perspective of our amazing planet and those that inhabit it. 1. If You’re on the Beach, This is What’s Across the Ocean The map above shows the countries that are due east and west from points along the coasts of North and South America. Many small island nations are (perhaps unfairly) excluded for ease of reading. 2.
The oceanic pole of inaccessibility (48°52.6′S 123°23.6′W) is the place in the ocean that is farthest from land. 3. 4. 6. 7. 9. 11. 12. 13. 14. 16. 17. The longest distance you can travel between two points in straight line without crossing any ocean or any major water bodies goes from Liberia to China. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 32.
Environmental Change & Management. COASTS RESOURCES. NatGeo Mapmaker Interactive. The Geography Site: coursework,teaching,lessons,information - Encyclopedia of Earth. Social Studies, Government, and Geography. Geographyalltheway.com - Online Geography and Humanities Resources. Gapminder: Unveiling the beauty of statistics for a fact based world view. Earth. Educational Resources - World Savvy. "[World Savvy] helped me locate resources, develop curriculum, and create interesting student projects. They really care about student learning". Educator, San Francisco Welcome to World Savvy’s Resource Community! Here you’ll find a comprehensive range of FREE global education resources accessible to educators across disciplines. We invite you to use this Resource Community to integrate global issues into teaching and learning, in your classroom, community or educational environment.
We’ll help you build your capacity to bring the world into your classroom- every day- with updates and community building opportunities. In this section, you will find: The Monitor is a free online current affairs service for educators, providing background information –a ‘primer’ on complex global issues–and a Classroom Companion which demonstrates how to bring that knowledge into the classroom. Editions: Search the Resource Library View the 2012-12 World Savvy Challenge Participating Schools Program Resources:
Geography World. GeoGuessr - Let's explore the world! Geography for 2014 & Beyond - Home.